Liverpool are working on a number of transfer deals, insists Rodgers

Brendan Rodgers has revealed he is working hard on a number of potential transfer deals with the Liverpool board.

The 39-year-old Kop boss has been linked with a move for Fulham’s American midfielder Clint Dempsey and Swansea City’s Joe Allen over the past fortnight.

Rodgers, who replaced Kenny Dalglish as Liverpool manager in May, has already signed Fabio Borini from Roma this summer – and the Northern Irishman is keen to finalise the Reds’ transfer dealings as soon as possible.

“There’s a lot of great work going on, obviously with the board and Ian Ayre in particular doing a lot of work behind the scenes,” Rodgers told Liverpool’s website.

“I’ve got regular contact going with our American owners and, in particular, Mike Gordon from Fenway Sports Group.

“Obviously when it’s a club like Liverpool prices are always increased and so on, but I always felt it was important by the beginning of the season we could have the squad we want – and certainly by the end of the transfer window I would hope that will be the case.

“There is lots of speculation. I’ve seen hundreds of names linked with Liverpool and there’s very few of them that were even close to coming here or we have even looked at.

“Unfortunately for the supporters they’ve got to read it and put up with it. But the message is there is a lot of work going on, on a number of deals and hopefully we can get those completed by the end of August.”

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