Brendan Rodgers hopeful of securing new signings

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has revealed that the club are working hard to bring new additions to the squad before the end of the transfer window.

The Northern Irishman, who has been linked with a host of players in recent weeks, has insisted that a number of reported targets are not being considered by the Merseyside outfit.

"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 the club's official website. "I've got regular contact going with our American owners and, in particular, Mike Gordon from Fenway Sports Group.

"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."

The Reds have more recently been linked with Fulham forward Clint Dempsey following the USA international's decision to pull out of the Cottagers' tour of Switzerland.