NEW RED BLOOD

My selections are largely English players, or foreigners who play in the Premiership.
Granted, you'll get more for your money shopping abroad, but the risk of landing a dud remains high and the chance of another Diouf, Cisse, Zenden, Pellegrino, Cheyrou or Diao slipping their way into Anfield's backdoor is too much to bear.
A new keeper to stand as Reina's deputy is a certainty as The Tange's erratic displays have surely earnt him an exit out of L4.
It's always a difficult shout to bring in a reserve keeper who is not quite good enough to get a starting place, but who will perform well enough when called upon.
With Carson and Kirkland it was never going to work as they were both good enough to command starting places in other Prem sides and so didn't fancy getting arse splinters on our subs bench.
Obviously, The Tange didn't fall into that category. When called upon, he was at best, chaotic.
Remember the flapping madness he transmitted to his defenders in front of him in the Havant game?

DANIEL ALVES: OK, so he's been coveted by a lot clubs who have more pots of money than we do, and his valuation will probably be something ridiculous like £20m.
But if he can be persuaded to come to Anfield for some sort of realistic fee, what a buy this bloke would be.
When I first saw him play, I though he was an attacking winger, he had so much, pace and trickery.
We've been well-served with full backs of late, but with the admirable Steve Finnan perhaps not the player he was 12 months ago, a question mark still hangs over Aurelio, and with the very soild displays, but limited attacking showings of Arbeloa, it's maybe time for us to buy a genuine world class star for our full back berths.
Alves would fit the bill. Chelsea, Arsenal and Man Utd have long caught on to the flying full back trend (Eboue, Clichy, Cole, Evra) and they would be a massive weapon to overwhelm the stubborn blanket defences that frequently set up camp on the goaline at Anfield.

GLEN JOHNSON: This lad has had his fair share of problems, not least being caught by police stealing lavatory seats and taps from B & Q.
A common celebrity footballer offence, of course.
That said, he's got class and while he's not a defender through and through, he's a progressive full back in every sense.
Maybe play him at Anfield, and Arbeloa when we're playing away.

DAVID BENTLEY: I don't think all Reds will be convinced about this one, but we do need a talented winger as Kewell looks a dead cert to leave in the summer, and Pennant might not be too far behind.
That leaves Babel, and we all know he prefers to occupy a more central role.
For me, Bentley looks the business. Not a flyer in any respect, but good with both feet, capable of delivering great crosses, an excellent passer, a cracking dig on him and a little bit of attitude and bite to him that means he won't drift in and out of games.
Again, he'll probably be in the £15m bracket, but I think we could raise £30m in revenue with player sales, so we could have cash to play with.

RICARDO QUARESMA: I'm not totally confident this bloke's right for us, but I can't help thinking he could be genuinely exciting and give us something similar to the Manc's Ronaldo.
He's obviously massively talented - some of the tricks and ball skills are breathtaking - and he was the only player who stood out when we played Porto recently in the Champions League.
Where he falls down is his attitude. He has an arrogant, egocentric air about him, a man who believes he is the star, and the star alone. (Geoff Boycott would have called him a show pony)
Maybe that's acceptable at a lower tier European club, but if you take that attitude to Anfield you'll fall flat on your backside.
Still, he's an out-and-out winger, something which Bentley is not, and if a disciplinarian like Benitez can read the riot act to him (much the same way Ferguson did with Ronaldo) we could be onto a winner.

DIMITAR BERBATOV - We should move heaven and earth to get this guy. Total class.
A partnership of him and Torres...it works in every respect. Torres playing as the genuine no.9, Berbatov playing just off him. Flick ons, cute touches and goals.
It smacks of Keegan/Toshack...Rush/Dalglish. I can't see it not working.
Surely the Bulgarian has got fed up with yet another mid-table finish with perennial under achievers Spurs.
They've still got Bent sitting on the bench haven't they?
Some people moan that Berbatov is a hot and cold player, but take him to a bigger club and I think he makes that step up to perform every game.

JERMAINE DEFOE: I've been carping on about the Reds getting hold of this pint-sized finisher for ages.
We missed a trick when he was sold to Portsmouth for a fee which was believed to be in the region of £6m. A steal.
Defoe has that crucial thing that every striker needs. Pace (something Kuyt, Crouch and Voronin haven't got)
He's a natural finisher and with service from the likes of Gerrard and Co he could bag a hatful in a team like Liverpool's.
Think of all those games we've drawn or lost despite dominating the game after passing up a host of presentable chances.
A proven scorer could have turned those one points into three.
Perhaps he's a bit too similar to Torres, but you can never have too much of a good thing. It's all about the goals.