Liverpool boss, Brendan Rodgers, hopes to sign six new players in the summer window, regardless whether Liverpool win the title or not.
Rodgers’ side currently sit on top of the table with two games to go, but the title is Manchester City’s to lose as they have a far superior goal difference. But Rodger’s is confident that big names will arrive at the club after securing Champions League football for the first time since four seasons ago.
‘We will need to bring in players over the summer, and the great plus about being in the Champions League is that it makes it easier to attract the top ones, but we have developed a style of football over this past year that is already being recognised.’ said Rodgers.
‘Last summer when we were speaking to certain players they said they respected what we were trying to achieve but they wanted to play at the top level,’ he said. ‘We are at that level now, ahead of schedule, so I suspect this summer will be a totally different proposition.
‘It is a World Cup summer, so most of the best players are going to be in Brazil for a while, but it is the same for everyone else and our recruitment team has already started work.
‘The owners recognise that we will need an injection of quality for next year and I know the profile of the players we will need.’
It is known that Rodgers has a list on defensive targets, aswell as attacking to ease the pressure on Daniel Sturridge and Luis Suarez.
‘We are already putting plans in place so it will be the total opposite of my first season here,’ he added. ‘Then players didn’t report back until quite late after the Euros and I only had a short space of time to put across my ideas and methods.
‘I had no real time to work then so it was difficult to be at a new club. This summer, we have an established playing style and new players will be able to come in and immediately know what we are all about.’
By Ollie Brown
