Honestly I would go:

Coutinho-Sturridge-Suarez

Eriksen-Xabi-Gerrard

I doubt the Xabi transfer would have any bearing on Eriksen. The only thing I could think is the owners/BR possibly holding off on buying a young AM for another season if we were to gete Xabi. That would do two things:

1. Possibly allow us to qualify for the CL and attract a bigger prospect (hard to find, but they are out there)
2. Allow us to save money for a young AM.

It is no secret we need a young AM. Rodgers knows this. If we get Xabi this summer I can see him instead focusing on the CB situation more since our midfield would receive a world class player.

So in summary, regardless whether or not we get Xabi, a young attacking mid is in the cards whether it be this summer or next.

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Posted by xavierTIGER

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Posted on 3/27/13 at 11:59 am to LSUSOBEAST1

Yea, I agree with most of what you're saying there. I guess it's just hard for me to sit Lucas because of how well he plays defensively when he's fully healthy. I don't remember if it was last year or the year before when right before his season ending injury he looked like the best defensive mid in England. I think there was a run of games against City and Chelsea maybe where he absolutely took over the opponents third of the field and was just destroying people. Obviously Alonso has much better vision going forward and his passing is far superior to Lucas'...i guess it's just a trade off. But until we shore up our fullbacks, I'm a lot more comfortable with an on form Lucas playing in front of them.

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