Ex-Liverpool man Vladimir Smicer urges Reds to sign teenage star

Former Liverpool midfielder Vladimir Smicer believes the club should sign Monaco teenage sensation Kylian Mbappe this summer. 

The France international has excelled for the Ligue 1 outfit this season, netting 14 league goals, more than any other teenager in Europe’s top five leagues. 

Interest in Mbappe is high across the continent, with a host of teams chasing the 18-year-old’s signature. 

Smicer, though, believes Liverpool should do all they can to lure the Frenchman to Anfield this summer. 

“I think we need a striker,” Smicer told the Liverpool ECHO. 

“Daniel Sturridge has had a lot of problems this season. I thought he would be our main striker like Diego Costa at Chelsea, Zlatan Ibrahimovic at United and Harry Kane at Tottenham. 

“I think we've missed this type of player. It's probably cost us the title. If we had a striker who had scored 20 goals plus, who knows? We could be top. 

“I like the Monaco striker Mbappe. He's only 18, but what I've seen from him has been really unbelievable for such a young player. 

“Everything looks so natural to him. I like the way he plays. He would definitely be very expensive. 

“All the big clubs in Europe will chase him so it would be difficult to get him, but if I was the Liverpool manager I'd go for him.”

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