Roy Hodgson does not think Liverpool will seek a quick fix by spending big in January - after ruling out moves for Ronaldinho and Luis Suarez.
The Reds boss flatly dismissed speculation linking him with moves for the duo.
And although he admitted Aston Villa's Ashley Young had been on his radar Hodgson said no talks were taking place between the two clubs.
The 63-year-old also denied he was looking to offload defender Glen Johnson next month, stressing the club's owners New England Sports Ventures were trying to build for the future.
"Ronaldinho and Suarez are players who we have never even thought about but I would think there is not a manager in the Premier League who has not given Ashley Young a thought at some stage or another," said Hodgson.
"But giving a player a thought and thinking 'This is a good player' and signing him are two vastly different things.
"I could give you quite a long list of players in the Premier League who I admire and think are very good.
"But there is no truth in the rumour. If you are asking if there are any negotiations taking place between Aston Villa and Liverpool, then there aren't."
The Reds boss brushed aside claims Johnson, who endured a poor start to Hodgson's reign at Anfield but has improved in recent weeks, could be leaving in January.
"Agents and newspapers. You don't have to look very far these days," he added.
"As far as I am concerned Glen Johnson will be a Liverpool player certainly until the end of his contract and possibly beyond it.
"We are very happy with him, he is a top-class player, an England international, so why should we want to lose him? Maybe his agent has other ideas."
NESV's principal figures John Henry and Tom Werner, Liverpool's recently-installed chairman, are currently on Merseyside.
Hodgson has been impressed by the way they are approaching their ownership and said he planned to meet them in the coming days to talk about transfers.
But he felt it was unlikely there would be a massive outlay in the next window.
"We have got new owners who are working unbelievably hard and putting in enormous hours at the club, both here physically, as they are at the moment, and even when they are in America spending hours studying games and liaising with us here.
"They are very interested in pushing the club forward but they want to push it forward in the right way.
"I have been impressed with their thoughts when we have discussed the squad, players and transfers.
"But at the moment we haven't got to the stage where we have sat down and said we are going to do this or that - that will certainly feature in our discussions while John and Tom are in the country.
"Going out and splashing a load of money on players who may or may not be the ones for us in the future might not just be the right way.
"We might need to be more logical and certainly do a lot more research and have an approach which not just takes in four months of 2011 but also takes into account 2011 through 2015 to bring this club back up to where it wants to be.
"I don't think we are alone in that situation, I think clubs in the Premier League are being pushed by fans and mass media to go out and splash money.
"But, with the notable exception of Manchester City, most others have a slightly different approach and I don't see why we should be any different to that."
