Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish answered the question of whether or not the Reds would be players in the transfer market in the affirmative on Tuesday, but he did note that his focus is on players currently with the club.
"The most important people for us are the people that are here. We are going to concentrate on them and everyone will be given an opportunity," Dalglish told ESPN.co.uk. "If something comes up that is an attractive opportunity for the club then we may well take it. It's impossible to say one way or another."
Arguments that Roy Hodgson's buyout and Dalglish's status as interim manager would prevent the club from making deals in the window, but those issues appear to be irrelevant.
Additionally, because of Damien Commoli's presence as director of football strategy, the club did not have to effectively start over in its transfer search due to the managerial transition.
The new manager praised his colleague and noted the significance of his role.
"It's important that we have someone [Comolli] who is there and is actively organising people, looking at team reports and match preparations that include individual players that the club may have an interest in," said Dalglish.
Liverpool has recently been linked with the likes of Keisuke Honda, Ryan Shawcross, Luis Suarez, Vedran Corluka, Davide Santon, Fabio Coentrao, Ricky van Wolfswinkel, and Romelu Lukaku — among others.
Dalglish, though, wanted to emphasize that there is much hard work to be done, despite the widespread joy over the legend's return as manager.
"It's one thing showing people what you've won, it is another thing to get respect out of them for what you are trying to do and that is what I have got to achieve," Dalglish said.
"The only way to earn players' respect is to work with them, get them on your side and hopefully get the confidence levels up, get a couple wins and take it from there.
"At the moment, it's a wee bit romantic, to be honest. The romance is brilliant, it's romantic for me to be back, and the supporters as well. But at the end of day, this game is not built on romance, but hard facts, and the hard facts are we've got to start winning games.
"Once we get the romantics out the road, we can get to work and we can see where we can go from there."
