It is a known fact that our right wing isnt as good as our left. And then a striker has to be bought.But with Henderson not really up to the mark yet,I believe that a long term Gerrard replacement like Eriksen as a CAM is required.AS for the people talking about CM,I think Lucas,Adam,Gerrard,Henderson can handle it.Our central midfield is way better with Lucas in our eleven,and I think that Gerrard can actually play as a CM alongside him for 2-3 years.
For the front 4,I think we need minimum 2 and maximum 3 players.
Realistically,a top CF/CAM/RW would each cost 25m. And even if we bought a striker,could we sell Carroll? With Kuyt almost definitely off,that'd leave us with 2 strikers only if Carroll was off too.
I do believe that buying someone like Hoilett as a cheap option would be wise.And there could be other cheap quality buys possible,across Europe.But we need atleast 2 world class players to even make a challenge for 4th next season.