Jurgen Klopp insists Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group are ready to splash the cash to bankroll his ambitious summer transfer plans.

The Reds have so far been frustrated in their attempts to sign RB Leipzig midfielder Naby Keita and Southampton centre-back Virgil van Dijk.

However, the manager says Liverpool's apparent inactivity in the transfer market since last month's £36.9million capture of Mohamed Salah is down to clubs being reluctant to sell rather than a lack of funds.

Asked if he's happy with the backing he's had from FSG, Klopp said: “100%. What else could I say? If they could make it quicker, you can imagine they would be here and trying. It’s not about money or something like this.

“Okay, I didn’t ask if I could buy Ronaldo or the other guys from Barcelona but I am absolutely fine with this.”

Liverpool flew out on tour to Hong Kong on Sunday with Salah and young striker Dominic Solanke as the only new signings on board, but Klopp is relaxed about the situation.

“If I could decide alone, we would be complete from the last day of last season. (Clicks fingers). Done, shoot, there’s the new team,” he said.

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“Thank you very much and all the rest. But that is dreamland and I am used to doing all the things.

“I can imagine if you are not involved it is annoying for fans. They think: 'Oh my God! Nothing happens here! Everything happens there!'

“We cannot think like this. And in the meantime, we work together. We are working really hard, going out to Asia and all that stuff.

“We really feel good that we can keep the team together that played last season. What we do from now will help us to improve. I felt we already had a pretty good side last year, especially when everyone is fit and that gives me a good feeling.

“If I could decide alone, we would already have them because I like to have everyone here for the first day of training at the latest. But that is not possible any more and probably won’t be possible again in the world, especially in England. So why should I moan about it?”

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Liverpool are close to making Hull City left-back Andy Robertson their third signing of the summer in a £8million deal as Klopp seeks greater competition for James Milner.

But their lengthy pursuit of Keita and Van Dijk remains ongoing. They are set to increase their offer for Guinea international midfielder Keita after having an initial bid of £57million rejected.

Liverpool are shopping at a higher level this summer and getting business done has proved more difficult.

“It is always complicated, if you want,” Klopp said. “If the (selling) club needs the money or has another solution then the chances are higher, especially in England.

“I read in Germany that there are still transfers in the Bundesliga for £5million. You can imagine that happening in England? No chance. Yet it is similar quality.

“As I say, money is only somewhere else. You are in a circle and that is how it works here. It’s not that we don’t want to spend. It is all about doing the right things.

“What is the challenge? To convince the players or the challenge to have the money? We pretty much have all what you need but at the end it is still business.

“You go out and see the car that you have been dreaming about your whole life. You say 'here is the money' but they say to you 'I don’t want to sell the car.' You say 'but I have got the money!' but they say 'I don’t want to sell.'

“Things like this happen in life, not only football. It is not about this. They say 'go for another car in another colour' but you say 'that’s okay but I want this.'

“It is pretty simple. You can imagine how it works. It is not that we are doing something that other clubs are not doing or we are more silly or they are more smart.”

Klopp admits at some stage Liverpool may have to look at a Plan B if top targets can't be landed but clearly they're not there yet.

“It’s all possible. It’s more likely doing that than doing nothing,” he said.

The manager insists the coming weeks are about adding quality rather than a specific number to his squad.

He added: “It’s about having a need, having the opportunity.

“It’s not like I can give you the answer ‘bam, bam, bam, shoot, done!’

"We have the money, we have different things but it is still like this. We want to have the right things (and not) just do something. It is not about a number. It is about how it all fits together."