Saints are being linked with a Liverpool striker, but will the Virgil Van Dijk issue make Saints favourites to land him or the deal dead in the water before it starts.

Saints are being linked with Danny Ings of Liverpool, the striker who signed for the Anfield club in the summer of 2015 has seen his career stall initially after injuries but since then he has failed to force his way into a Liverpool team top heavy on attacking players.

Hes has started only 3 Premier League games for the club with a further 3 as sub and his 17 minute appearance as a sub in Liverpool EFL Cup defeat at Leicester when he could not even get in the starting line up of a virtual Liverpool reserve team was an indication that he perhaps needs to leave Anfield if he wants to kick start his career

Ings is a local lad who grew up in Netley Abbey and played first for Bournemouth and then Burnley before his move to Merseyside.

But will Saints chances of landing him either on loan of permanently be hindered by the current relationship between Saints and Liverpool, as much as we are seemingly refusing to do business Liverpool they are not going to be keen to talk to us either, unless of course it involves Virgil Van Dijk moving to Anfield.

That could be a key part if Saints are actually interested in the deal and certainly they have been linked with Ings before so there is every reason to believe that they could be, it will be a case of whether Saints are ready to cash in and whether Ings would be seen as a solution to the goal scoring problems if they have not been solved by January.

There will be competition for Ing's signature, West Ham, Newcastle and Crystal Palace are also being linked, but there is also the issue of the players fitness, he has barely played and has had two lengthy spells out due to injury, like Jay Rodriguez there are bound to be doubts he can recapture his previous form, that being the case a loan move is more likely so any prospective buyer can assess his condition before laying out a substantial transfer fee

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SanMarco added 22:45 - Oct 22 May I be the first to say "why in the hell would we want this?"...
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kenis added 23:53 - Oct 22 If we are reluctant to play Austin except in desperation can’t see us going for Ings. Austin should be playing from start.
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SaintPaulVW added 04:02 - Oct 23 I opened this article expecting to read about Sturridge. Phew!
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BaselSaint added 08:06 - Oct 23 Is this the level we are aiming at? Disappointing even just hearing this. Should be Gabbiadini level minimum.
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steadyeddie added 08:08 - Oct 23 Why??? Too injury prone anyway.
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mattlegod added 11:17 - Oct 23 Why would you?? We got rid of Rodrigues, we are not playing Austin (who should be getting a start instead of Austin in my book) and Ings is certainly no better.
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pete_boggs added 13:14 - Oct 23 Reed has bought various 'seconds' over the last 5 years (Redmond,Long, Hodge, Clasie) etc. Isn't it about time we bought 1st class, 1st choice players if we seriously are are aiming for a top 8 finish?
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City_boy added 19:28 - Oct 23 Ings is not the answer to our goal scoring problems. We have quality strikers. We just need to provide them with a decent service and not feed off scraps.
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underweststand added 08:07 - Oct 24 Whilst I agree with most of the above, I have always asked myself what does " injury prone " really mean? Players who get fouled / injured in the course of a game are a tad unlucky.(e.g) VvD). Getting an ALS injury seems more commonplace nowadays and in part can be put down to the rigours of more intensive training methods, etc. However, Finding form after such career-threatening injuries can be tough (e.g Jay Rodriguez) . Sadly Danny Ings really doesn't come into the category of "unlucky", and like the sad case of Darren " Sicknote" at Spurs - sometimes ...there seems to be no real cure. I hope for his sake he can resurrect his career, but doing so at Prem. level is " a big ask".

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