Football FanCast columnist Jerome Johnstone is in no doubt that Liverpool need to sign a winger this summer and has compiled his short list.

If there is one thing that has become abundantly clear about Liverpool in the past few years is that we have continually lacked natural width.
It has certainly not been the want of trying and over the years we have seen many attempts to fill the void, but to no avail and we are constantly left to make do with makeshift alternatives like Stevie G or in recent months Dirk Kuyt. It has been holding us back that is without question and it is high time that Liverpool sorted out if we want to move on to the desired level.

It is clear our inefficiencies haven't been lost on the press who have made it their duty to link us to every known winger in Europe and to be honest it has gone from the sublime to the absolute ridiculous. For every Ricardo Quaresma, we have a James Milner and for every David Silva, we have an Aaron Lennon, I suppose if the media fire enough bullets then one of them is bound to hit.

Rafael van der Vaart

Ricardo Quaresma

David Silva

There is no question for me that these are the three outstanding candidates, who could finally provide us with some much needed width. We need the flair, the creativity and more importantly the type of player who can unlock the tightest of defence with a moment of brilliance and produce the necessary ammunition for Fernando Torres - who is the best option and the most likely to wearing the red of Liverpool, next season?