Luke Young will still be jetting out to Portugal today despite Aston Villa agreeing a deal to sell him to Liverpool.
Anfield chiefs have agreed a fee of £2.5million with their Premier League rivals but the 31-year-old is tipped to feature in this weekend's Guadiana Cup, where Villa will do battle with Benfica and Feyenoord.
Young's imminent switch to Merseyside looks set to be met with bewilderment by the Kop with Glen Johnson firmly established at the club's first-choice right-back with Academy graduates Martin Kelly and Stephen Darby able to provide adequate back-up in the event of injury.
But the new Reds manager is hoping that the defender will be able to plug the gap in the left-hand side of defence, having fulfilled the role during Wilfried Bouma's prolonged spell on the sidelines, following Fabio Aurelio's departure.
Young publicly expressed his frustrations at being deployed at left-back but has been preferred despite Emiliano Insua's future remaining unclear after failing to agree personal terms with Fiorentina whilst Danny Wilson has offered to deputise in the role if required.
Hodgson revealed yesterday at the unveiling of Wilson and fellow summer signings Milan Jovanovic and Joe Cole he hopes to secure the services of more new players before the summer transfer window closes despite admitting that he faces a big rebuilding process.
He said: "We're still interested in some other players so I hope that this won't be the last of our signings.
"The aim of the board, chief executive Christian Purslow and everyone at the club is to try to make this squad as competitive as possible.
"If we can sign several more players to make the squad stronger then that will also help but we need to make the point that it's a new start and a new dawn for the club.
"But you don't put to right the things that have gone wrong overnight and it's our job to work at it."
Following the sudden death of half-brother Andre whilst on holiday Young struggled to displace Carlos Cuéllar as Villa's first-choice right-back last season, making only 14 domestic starts but remains a firm fans' favourite at Villa Park.
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