Benitez promises more new faces
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Rafael Benitez has called for Liverpool fans to 'trust him' as he works in the transfer market to improve the Anfield-based squad.
His comments came as he unveiled new signings Philipp Degen and Andrea Dossena, both defenders.
He said: 'We know the situation regarding what we can spend, and we are trying to find solutions if we do not have enough money.
'And we will still try to sign players that will make us better. But if you do not have too much money, and that is clear, we will have to have a little bit of imagination to progress in the market.
The 'imagination' he talked about would involve selling before buying - as in the case of Xabi Alonso's protracted move to Juventus - and giving more opportunities to youth players.
He said: 'Our aim is to bring through young players and that can save us money, money that we can spend on big names.
'We have a fantastic group of young players, in the future they will save us money - at the moment we have to still buy big names and the only way to do that is to sell players.'
Euro 2008's top scorer David Villa looks out of the club's current price range, but Benitez has admitted there has been contact with Tottenham over captain Robbie Keane.
'Villa is one of the players on our list, but at this moment I do not see it being an option for us.
'Keane is also one of the names we are interested in, and we are still working on other possible situations.'
Liverpool are also toiling to conclude the frustrating, summer-long transfer saga over Gareth Barry's arrival at the club but there is now no chance that the midfielder will be signed in time for the club's first pre-season friendly.
The Reds face Tranmere in front of a 15,000 sell-out crowd at Prenton Park tomorrow before heading off to their Swiss training camp and three more friendlies while they are there.
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