Tuesday, December 07, 2010

Hodgson: Liverpool's Progress In The Europa League Could Spell A Quiet January

Roy Hodgson believes that progression in the Europa League means that Liverpool does not have to make any panic purchases in the January transfer window.

The Reds boss has in the past maintained that he needs to bring in a few new faces to strengthen his squad, but booking a spot in the knockout round with a game to spare has given him enough confidence to wait before be makes a move.

It is thought that the Merseyside club may hold off until the summer to sign new players, as there are more options after the end of a season.

"The game in Bucharest gives me a bit more confidence that we can face up to what’s going to be a long, hard season," Hodgson said, according to the Liverpool Daily Post.

"What it does too is hopefully mean the new owners and myself don’t have to panic and go out and add numbers to the squad just for the sake of doing so in January.

"It will give us that calmness to say ‘look, if we cannot get the quality and type of player we really want, then let’s keep the faith in some of these young ones and wait for the right type to come along’.

"If the European campaign had gone badly and we’d not picked up a few more points lately, then we could have been looking at the transfer window and saying we’ve really got to get some more players in because the squad is too thin.

"Now I think we will say ‘yes, we would like some new ones with experience, we would like to improve the squad of course, but let’s make sure we get the right guys’."

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