Liverpool's striker hunt may start from within the club

By Ben Smith BBC Sport

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Liverpool are in unfamiliar territory.

A calamitous final 24 hours of the transfer window has left Brendan Rodgers contemplating the recruitment on an ageing free transfer to bolster a wafer-thin forward line that features Luis Suárez and Fabio Borini as the only recognised senior strikers.

Problem position

• After posting the worst chance conversion in 2011-12 (9%), Liverpool also have the worst conversion rate so far this season (5.6%)

Source: Opta

Andy Carroll left Anfield to join West Ham on loan, despite the lack of a replacement, leaving Rodgers woefully short of options.

Liverpool's failure to sign Clint Dempsey on deadline day, prompted principal owner John W. Henry to write an open letter to the club's fans in an attempt to respond to hostile criticism coming from all quarters and defend his transfer policy.
Whatever the reasons Liverpool have been reduced to scouring the free agent market for players others might have missed. The reality is that with very few realistic options available, Rodgers is more likely to promote from within.
Eidur Gudjohnsen and Florent Sinama-Pongolle are among those available on a free transfer, though precocious and hungry youngsters, such as Samed Yesil and Adam Morgan, are more likely to be given a chance to prove their worth, at least until January when the club will think again.