5 signings who could win the Champions League for Liverpool

#2 Riyad Mahrez

Riyad Mahrez would slot right into Liverpool's playing style

If Liverpool wanted to replace the role that Coutinho’s been playing in outright, then a man they could definitely turn to could be Leicester City’s Riyad Mahrez.

Coutinho has largely played in an advanced role this season, something Mahrez is very used to, having played largely as a winger-come-forward for Leicester since his arrival there in 2013/14.

It could be argued that he’d be a downgrade on Coutinho – their stats in terms of Premier League goals and assists this season are similar, but Mahrez has played in ten more games – but if he could recapture the form that he showed in 2015/16, when he was arguably Leicester’s key player, scoring 17 and assisting in 11, he could certainly fill the Brazilian’s boots, especially playing alongside the likes of Mo Salah and Sadio Mane.

Leicester wouldn’t want to part with the Algerian superstar but Mahrez has already expressed a wish to move on from the King Power Stadium now it’s become clear that their Premier League title win in 2015/16 was an outlier, and Liverpool could offer him Champions League football right away, something Arsenal – who have also been linked with him – couldn’t.

If he could hit the ground running, then he could even help them to a major underdog win in Europe’s biggest competition.