Exposed Rodgers ponders options

Brendan Rodgers has admitted he may be forced to look into signing free agent forwards such as Michael Owen or Didier Drogba after Liverpoolowners failed to support him in his quest for an established striker on transfer deadline day.

In a revealing press conferencefollowing his team’s 2-0 home defeat to Arsenal, the new Liverpool manager admitted he would not have allowed England forward Andy Carroll to leave Anfield had he known he would not have been allowed to press on with the signing of Clint Dempsey on Friday.

The USA international eventually signed for Tottenham for £6m (€7.5m) after Liverpool offered aderisory £3m (€3.7m) for Dempsey.