Roberto Firmino faces new Liverpool challenge as transfer question changes

That's the thing about Liverpool forwards. You wait ages for one to arrive then four turn up all at once.

Having scrabbled around for much of January in search of a combination up front, Jurgen Klopp now has a plethora of options.

Of course, he'll have to wait just a little bit longer for Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane, given the duo will scrap it out for the Africa Cup of Nations crown in Cameroon on Sunday.

But the earlier-than-expected £49million arrival of Luis Diaz from Porto has given Liverpool strength in depth they were not expecting when the winter transfer window was flung open at the start of the month.

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Throw in the return of Divock Origi, and Klopp has the kind of selection headache of which most managers could normally only dream.

Diogo Jota, Roberto Firmino and Takumi Minamino were the main senior options throughout the last month, although Minamino was ultimately edged out by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and teenager Kaide Gordon.

As a consequence, both Leeds United and French side Monaco sought to tempt