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Kevin Keegan: 'Liverpool still way behind rivals'

By Danielle Joynson, Staff Reporter | 14 May 2013

Kevin Keegan believes that Liverpool need to spend in the summer transfer window in order to move closer to their rivals in the Premier League.

Former Liverpool star Kevin Keegan believes that the Merseyside club remain "way behind" their rivals in the Premier League.

The 62-year-old is adamant that manager Brendan Rodgers will need to dip into the transfer window this summer in order to keep the Reds on the right track, with a central defender being a main priority.

"They're still way behind, the league table doesn't lie," Keegan told Sports Mole. "They're still a lot of points behind and still way behind so they're going to need two/three players.

"A good central defender is absolutely imperative because it seems like, for whatever reason, Rodgers has been playing [Jamie] Carragher over [Martin] Skrtel knowing that Carragher's going to leave. [It] sort of tells its own story I think. They'll definitely sign a central defender."

Liverpool will finish in seventh place in the table when the season comes to a close following this Sunday's clash against Queens Park Rangers at Anfield.