Jurgen Klopp has revealed that Liverpool are already in talks over prospective summer signings.
Bayer Leverkusen playmaker Julian Brandt remains among a list of players being targeted by the Reds heading into the forthcoming transfer window.
Klopp endured a frustrating January as Julian Draxler turned down the chance to join the ranks at Anfield in favour of a lucrative switch to Paris Saint-Germain.
But the Liverpool manager remains confident that his squad will be in a stronger position to challenge for major honours at the start of the new campaign.
“We are in talks with different people – players, agents, all that stuff,” he told the Liverpool Echo.
“Not a lot of decisions have been already made at this point – why should they at this stage?
“But we are on the way. At the end I’m sure we will have a really good squad.
“We already have a good squad and a few more good players will make it even better. There’s a good base.”
The absence of regular Champions League football has proved a deterrent to Liverpool signing players ahead of their more illustrious peers in recent times.
But Klopp does not foresee Europe’s premier club competition impacting upon Anfield’s current recruitment policy for attracting potential targets.
He added: “I actually don’t think so but we will see.
“We don’t have to talk about the Champions League now because we are not even qualified.
“But of course if we are in the Champions League then it would have an influence.
“We would need a deeper squad and you have to be prepared for that, no question.
“Even with the league this season, we could have needed a deeper squad with the injuries we had. But we’re through that now.
“We will adapt our plans to the number of tournaments we play next year.”