John Aldridge has urged former club Liverpool to buy a top-quality striker this summer.

The Reds have often struggled in attack this season due to Daniel Sturridge's recurrent injury problems.

Liverpool scored 101 Premier League goals last term with Sturridge and Luis Suarez up front, while they have managed just 47 so far this year.

"There's a lot to sort out at Anfield in the summer, but item number one on the agenda should be firepower, firepower, firepower," he told the Liverpool Echo.

"We've got a promising kid in Divock Origi coming in next season, but we simply have to go out and get another striker who can score goals. We have to fill that gap, because it will cost us big time if we don't."

Liverpool return to Premier League action on Saturday when they face West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns.