Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez plans to complete player signings prior to pre-season.

The Spaniard believes it will be hard to find many available players who are better than what he already has at his disposal but if he does, wants to act swiftly to acquire their service.

"Clearly we want to sign players but we know that it will be difficult to find players who are better than what we already have," Benitez told the Liverpool Echo.

"It is not easy to find this kind of player in the current market and if we do then maybe they will be too expensive or not available.

"But we have to sign the right players and make the right decisions during the summer.

"We have some targets but right now it is too soon because some clubs do not know what the future holds for them but we will wait and see.

"But our idea is to have players signed before pre-season begins because this would be perfect.

"It means you can start working with them and training with them with the ideas that you want to get across to them so that they can start putting them into practice on the pitch."