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Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has put Burnley goal machine Danny Ings at the top of his Christmas wish-list.

Rodgers wants a new striker to give him depth behind Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge - and the England Under-21 hot-shot is his main target.

Ings has been sensational in the Championship this season and the Reds' chief Rodgers thinks he is ideal to add an extra dimension to his squad.

The former Bournemouth striker could be persuaded to go to Anfield, although he would clearly only be cover to Suarez and Sturridge.

Rodgers has seen his strikeforce's shortcomings exposed by Sturridge's ankle injury, but was chasing 21-year-old Ings before that setback.

Now, the heat has been turned up.

High-flying Burnley would demand a major fee for Ings as they are chasing the massive financial prize of promotion back to the Premier League.

However, the parachute payments from their last stint at the top table in 2009-10 are running out, and they recently revealed losses that were only partly covered by the summer sale of striker Charlie Austin to Queens Park Rangers.

If Liverpool come calling with a decent offer - and if Ings wants to go - it will be a hard move for them to resist.

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