Liverpool will benefit from having four strikers with markedly different playing styles and approaches this season, according to one member of the Reds' forward quartet – Fabio Borini.

The Italian, returning to the Anfield fold following an impressive year with Sunderland in 2013-14, joins Mario Balotelli, Rickie Lambert and Daniel Sturridge as the options available to Brendan Rodgers as his team battle on four fronts.

Having been the Northern Irishman's maiden signing as manager in the summer of 2012, Borini endured an injury-ravaged debut campaign, but bounced back significantly with 10 goals throughout his loan period in the north east.

He's now back with Liverpool and determined to test his abilities in the Barclays Premier League and the Champions League, and featured three times last month as Rodgers implemented alterations in the absence of Sturridge.

Borini believes that while the four all bring particular personal traits to the side, any combination of two or three in the same line-up has the potential to pay dividends - and, concurrently, help each individual improve his own game.

"We have four completely different players so there is a good choice of players in the squad, because we can all do different things," the 23-year-old recently explained to Liverpoolfc.com.

"We can all play together and we can all play on our own up front when it is a 4-3-3. It is a good selection of strikers and we can all learn from each other.

"I know there are some things that Rickie might do better than me, so I can learn from him. It's the same with Daniel and Mario. We all learn from each other if we have the right attitude.

"We can all play together. I've played in lots of teams but that's something I've never seen before - such a different selection of strikers."

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When the news was confirmed in August that Liverpool had sealed the transfer of Italian international Balotelli from AC Milan, Borini could welcome a compatriot to the club.

The pair have simultaneously defended the colours of their country previously, and the No.29 is confident that not only a shared language, but a mutual fundamental outlook on the game can aid any possible link-up.

"I have played with him before and found it really well on the pitch," Borini said of Balotelli, who opened his Reds account with a Champions League strike past Ludogorets Razgrad.

"Not just because of the language but we were born with the same idea of football, as Italians, so it's really easy to understand each other even without talking.

"He's a player that can change the game whenever he wants. It's a tough league, probably the toughest in Europe - and I think he understands that. In the games, he runs a lot and is really giving himself to the team, being very unselfish."