Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has challenged his fringe players to convince him to keep his chequebook closed in January.
The Reds spent over £40 million on Iago Aspas, Mamadou Sakho and Luis Alberto in the summer.
"The thing for me is trying to maximise the players we have got," said Rodgers. "There's no hiding from the fact we spent money to get players in; now they will get the chance to perform.
"We tried to get a host of players in who could improve us but that didn't materialise. A lot of work went into it. What is the case is we are not in a position to spend money for the sake of it."
