More signings likely

Benitez has already brought Craig Bellamy, Fabio Aurelio and Gabriel Paletta to Anfield as well as finally securing a work permit for Mark Gonzales. However, the Liverpool boss would like to add a couple more players to his squad as he looks to challenge for the title this season.

"We will continue to work on the squad, to find the right players," said Benitez.

"We are still looking for one player on the right while we now have enough competition on the left, we have a lot of players there with competitiveness which will be good for us.

"Now we must do the same on the right to give us more options. It is certainly the priority.

"We have a limited amount of money, we will try to use our imagination to do something, maybe two or three more players."