Christian Benteke: I wouldn’t have joined Liverpool if I wasn’t ‘priority’ striker

Out-of-favour striker Christian Benteke says he would never have joined Liverpool if he felt he was not going to be a “priority”.

The €41m summer signing feels he has suffered from the Reds’ decision to sack Brendan Rodgers in October and bring in Jurgen Klopp.

Rodgers made the Belgium international his number one summer transfer target, persuading the club’s transfer committee to go well beyond their valuation of the player, to add a different dimension to the team.