Con: Could his form be temporary?
He might have scored 15 goals this season but it’s worth pointing out that 12 of those have come in the last 13 games. It’s an impressive purple patch but it makes us question what he was doing for the first six months of the season? The whole Villa side were struggling for goals under Paul Lambert and Tim Sherwood’s introduction has paid dividends for the now in-form striker. But will he struggle for Liverpool if we don’t match Sherwood’s style.
Con: Doesn’t fit our preferred style of play
That leads us on nicely to our final point. We mentioned earlier that it might be worth trying something different, but is Benteke too much of a step in the wrong direction? He scores a lot of his goals from headers and we aren’t known for getting the ball down the flanks and crossing it into the box. Will he enjoy the same level of success if he’s feeding off the flicks and tricks of Philippe Coutinho or Raheem Sterling? We may never know the answer.
