Report: Liverpool could consider surprise January loan swoop for World Cup hat-trick scorer

Liverpool have been linked with a surprise January loan swoop for a Champions League-winning striker.

The Reds’ gradual resurgence over the past month has come at a cost as injury problems pile up for Arne Slot, most notably the fractured fibula for Alexander Isak last weekend which means he’ll miss at least the next two months of action.

It leaves Hugo Ekitike as the only out-and-out senior centre-forward in the squad, and the Merseysiders seem likely to miss out on the versatile...