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Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez looks to be determined to make his club ever the stronger, now that he’s signed a brand new long term contract.  Benitez has made Liverpool’s top transfer target for the summer, Barcelona and Cameroon striker Samuel Eto’o.  A very fine choice to back up Liverpool’s main attacker Fernando Torres, and probably somebody that Benitez should have looked to previously.  Opposed to the mistake made in signing Robbie Keane, or in not ensuring you have enough striker talent to survive Torres injury blows by keeping David N’Gog as the club’s only backup striker.

Samuel Eto’o is the perfect sort of fit for Liverpool, because he’s cocky, talented as hell, and let’s not forget the fact that the Cameroonian has 25 league goals so far this season.  Liverpool need a striker of his sort if they want to remain long term title contenders in the Premiership.  The thing that makes Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United so full of longevity is the depth of the squad.  Practically no matter how many players are injured, Manchester United has worthy replacements always at the ready.  And that has been the main reason for United’s success over the history of the Premiership, and the last two years.

Liverpool have a problem in that area, the same sort of problem Martin O’Neill is finding with Aston Villa.  Take a few players out of the Liverpool line-up, like Gerrard, Kuyt, and Torres, and suddenly you’ve got a completely different club, and one that would be lucky to finish in the top half of the table.

Benitez needs to make squad depth his primary focus, and Samuel Eto’o would be a fantastic start to the spending necessary for Benitez to build Liverpool into the same sort of consistent squad that set England’s record for most League titles in the first place. 

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