LIVERPOOL MANAGER BRENDAN Rodgers has ruled out an extravagant spending spree in January, but could bring in extra attacking options.
Rodgers has struggled for options up front this season after missing out on transfer target Clint Dempsey before Fabio Borini’s foot injury left Luis Suarez as the only senior striker available at Anfield since October.
Moves for Daniel Sturridge and Thomas Ince have been mooted as possible solutions to their attacking dilemma, but Rodgers insists he lacks the funds to vastly bolster the squad.
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Reinforcements
“We won’t be overly busy in January but some reinforcements will be nice, just the addition of some firepower to help us at the top end of the field,” he told reporters.
“There won’t be a great deal of business done. We are probably just trying to get some of the business done which we hoped to do in the summer.
“The budget was going to be tight this year, for a number of reasons, but we will be doing something because it is the need of the group.
“From next season the purse strings should loosen a bit more but, in terms of this season, it was always on the understanding it was going to be tight in terms of finance.”
Aside from financial constraints, Rodgers suggested it was difficult to identify realistic targets midway through the season.
“We had hoped to do some business at the back end of August and we weren’t able to do that,” he said.
“The addition of a few faces in January can freshen up the group and allow us to kick on but it is all very well having absolute millions to spend if there is not the availability of players.
“It is not always about the finance and the affordability of the player, it is about the availability and, if it’s not the right availability, I won’t spend money just for the sake of it.
“Every manager would want to get them in as early as you possibly can and we have to give ourselves every chance. If we can get them in at the beginning, great, but, if there is something which pops up at the end of the window, we can look at it.”
Transfer window: Rodgers rules out spending spree
LIVERPOOL MANAGER BRENDAN Rodgers has ruled out an extravagant spending spree in January, but could bring in extra attacking options.
Rodgers has struggled for options up front this season after missing out on transfer target Clint Dempsey before Fabio Borini’s foot injury left Luis Suarez as the only senior striker available at Anfield since October.
Moves for Daniel Sturridge and Thomas Ince have been mooted as possible solutions to their attacking dilemma, but Rodgers insists he lacks the funds to vastly bolster the squad.
Reinforcements
“We won’t be overly busy in January but some reinforcements will be nice, just the addition of some firepower to help us at the top end of the field,” he told reporters.
“There won’t be a great deal of business done. We are probably just trying to get some of the business done which we hoped to do in the summer.
“The budget was going to be tight this year, for a number of reasons, but we will be doing something because it is the need of the group.
“From next season the purse strings should loosen a bit more but, in terms of this season, it was always on the understanding it was going to be tight in terms of finance.”
Aside from financial constraints, Rodgers suggested it was difficult to identify realistic targets midway through the season.
“We had hoped to do some business at the back end of August and we weren’t able to do that,” he said.
“It is not always about the finance and the affordability of the player, it is about the availability and, if it’s not the right availability, I won’t spend money just for the sake of it.
“Every manager would want to get them in as early as you possibly can and we have to give ourselves every chance. If we can get them in at the beginning, great, but, if there is something which pops up at the end of the window, we can look at it.”
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