Reds table bid for Dutch striker

Liverpool are waiting for a response from Utrecht after offering £8.5m for their prolific striker Ricky van Wolfswinkel.

According to reports in Holland, the Eredivisie side will decide whether to accept the offer over the weekend and give Liverpool an answer next week.

Van Wolfswinkel is one of the deadliest strikers on the continent having hit 11 goals in just 17 starts for 10th-place Utrecht this season.

And Liverpool were said to have been impressed by his performances against them in the Europa League, even though he failed to net as the pair drew 0-0 twice.

Dubbed the "new Van Basten" in his native Holland, Van Wolfswinkel, 21, has admirers in Germany and Italy, but Liverpool are the only side to have made a bid so far, according to sources.

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