Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson has questioned the ambition of his fringe players.
Hodgson will not name the players he wants to leave, but he did say he hoped out-of-favour players put ambition before money.
He said: "It's the usual question - money versus playing. How much does playing mean to you and how much does money mean to you?
"Some players not in the team will find other clubs want them, but the same sum of money [in wages] is not there. So the player has to ask if they are so uninterested in playing, will they sit for three years despite the fact that the club has made it perfectly clear they don't want them and there's no game for them.
"If they want that for three years, they've virtually got to kiss [their career] goodbye. If you spend three years on your backside, not kicking a ball apart from the odd reserve game, you'll find you're not going to be a player at all."
