Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe hails Liverpool's Brendan Rodgers

Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe believes Brendan Rodgers is on the verge of building his strongest Liverpool team to date.

Howe takes his side to Anfield on Monday night, live on Sky Sports, in their first away Premier League fixture of their debut campaign in the top flight.

They will go there looking to make up for their 1-0 opening-day defeat to Aston Villa, while Liverpool will be seeking to build on their win at Stoke by the same scoreline.

The match will be an interesting one from the perspective Howe observed Rodgers' methods when he was in charge at Swansea.

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He also played under Liverpool's new assistant manager Sean O'Driscoll twice when he was in charge of Bournemouth himself.

Rodgers is under pressure to deliver on Merseyside after a disappointing campaign last term and the loss of the likes of Steven Gerrard and Raheem Sterling.

But he has spent almost £300m on new faces in the last three years, with £67.3m of that being used this summer to sign Christian Benteke, Nathaniel Clyne, Roberto Firmino and Joe Gomez.

More money will go to Burnley once a fee for Danny Ings can be agreed at a tribunal, while James Milner and Adam Bogdan have come in on free transfers.

Howe believes the latest imports will help to prove Liverpool are stronger now than they have been under Rodgers previously.

Asked if it could be better than the Anfield side which finished second in the league in 2013/14, he said: "Why not?

"He's building a new Liverpool team so I think this will be possibly the best Liverpool team that he's put together.

"He's got really talented individuals and he's had time - and longer to work with the players - so they'll be more in tune to what he wants them to do.

"He will play to the strengths of the players he has, that's the key to success for any manager. He's manager of Liverpool, I don't think there's too much sympathy to be flying around.

"He's done a magnificent job. He did a magnificent job at Swansea, I think he's doing a great job at Liverpool.

"It's a tough challenge when you have so many clubs fighting for league titles and Champions League spots. I think he's done very well."

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