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Boss Christiansen wants Lasogga to beef-up his attacking options and ease the work-load on £20m-rated striker Chris Wood.

New Zealand international Wood, 25, is a target for Premier League rivals Stoke, Southampton, Swansea, Burnley, West Brom and Brighton.

The Clarets have already had a £12million bid rejected, but Christiansen insists Wood, who bagged 30 goals for the Whites last season, is going nowhere.

But the Dane is short of strikers and has turned his sights on Lasogga, 25, who has fallen out of favour at the German outfit.

He was left out of the squad for Sunday’s German Cup defeat against Osnabruck, and is now Hamburg’s fifth choice striker.

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Leeds hope to sign Lasogga on loan for the season with an option to buy at the end of the season for a cut-price £1.8m.

Christiansen, meanwhile, is ready to shuffle his pack for tonight’s home clash with fellow promotion hopefuls Fulham.

He said: “I know how tough this league can be with games most every Tuesday and Saturday, especially in the first few weeks of the season.

“I have good numbers in the squad, so I might make changes. You never know.

“I’ll see the performance against Preston, I’ll see how the players are, and I shall take the best decision for the team to get the three points.”