Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has issued a warning to fans hoping that the transfer window will give the club the opportunity to solve their striker dilemma and move up the Premier League table.
"We will spend money in January to try and bring fresh faces into the group and give us that support at the top end. But the reality about all the names bandied about is ‘Are they going to be available?’," warned Rodgers.
"All our problems were never going to be solved in this window because the January window is one of the least productive and the least movement goes on there.
"But we will look to solve some of our problems then and then we will look to revisit it in the summer knowing that we will be better placed than the previous summer.
"There is no doubt we will get reinforcements in and there is no doubt that we will get the backing, but it will come down to two things - the availability and affordability of players.
"I see lots of names bandied about that are pie in the sky because there won’t be too many top players moving about in January because clubs want top money.
"But there is no doubt that we want to bring in goals and we want to bring in players who can assist in scoring goals."