Rodgers thinks big despite small wallet

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers admits he does not have a “wheelbarrow load” of money to spend in the transfer window but says he is closing in on his first signing.

However, he has stressed any new arrival will have to have the right character as well as technical ability.

Rodgers, who opted out of the chase for new Spurs midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson as he refused to pay over the odds for the player, said an “exciting” deal could be completed in the next few days.