Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson will hold transfer talks with his board this week.
The Mail on Sunday says Liverpool owner John W Henry will fly in this week to discuss January transfer targets with Hodgson.
Hodgson will ask that a new striker to cover for Fernando Torres is made top priority having failed to sign one in the summer under previous owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett.
Hodgson only has Torres and David Ngog in his first-team squad and he said: 'That's clearly not enough. A club like Liverpool shouldn't have to rely on non-specialists like Dirk Kuyt or Ryan Babel "doing a job" up front when they are primarily wide players.
"We have the same problem with the reserves. We don't have any strikers and a winger called Nathan Eccleston has to play up front.
"In training, I can't have practice games where each team plays a 4-4-2 because I don't have the front players to do that."
