Liverpool No2 Pep Lijnders says they'll look to the academy first for a solution before buying from outside.
Lijnders was discussing whether Liverpool will seek to buy a new centre-half after losing Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez to knee injuries.
He told the club's website: "There's a saying that without good players there's no collective, but without a collective there will never be success. If you stay focused on improving our way of play, encouraging each individual to take more initiative, to attack more, to evolve the team, then I feel that there is not a back-up plan, it's focusing on our way and our idea.
"It's always like this but some devastating moments create life-changing moments for other players because we have so much faith in our young blood, in the players we brought up, our own players. These moments where you lose a top, top player automatically creates a big chance for a young player, because we invest a lot of time and we have a big commitment to them to be part of our squad.
"What I'm trying to say is: I feel really the best back-up plan is the Academy. If the Academy is right and there's a fluid process between the Academy and the first team, the best back-up plan is always young players because they never let you down – never, never. And that's what you saw."
