Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has indicated he would prefer to sign a new midfielder this summer.
The Reds are struggling with an injury crisis early in the new campaign.
The likes of Thiago Alcântara and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain are out injured, which has led to selection issues for Klopp.
And Klopp has admitted it is not his decision alone over the club's transfer plans.
Speaking ahead of Monday's clash with Manchester United, the German told reporters: "When [every midfielder is] fit, 100% [we have enough numbers], but even then we always look to strengthen, but we have to and we always did [make sure] that it must be the right player and if the right player is not available at this moment then we tend to deal with what we have rather than sign a player who is not 100% right.
"This situation did not change. Now we have more injuries than we would have imagined and it would be cool to have another midfielder in, of course. But now we have a situation that when the boys come back and stuff like these it changes constantly.
"Then there is also another fact that I am not in charge of what we can spend. That's the situation. We get told things and then we deal with it. That is always the same, it didn't change. You could say that is why we are here with a good understanding and a bad understanding.
"I always have to accept that and always did. That is it. It makes no sense to worry about something you cannot change. That is a waste of energy, a waste of positivity.
"I love this group, really I do, and not because they are so good looking, no, it's because they are incredible characters and they showed it again on Monday. Now let's go and don't worry constantly about these kinds of things, the facts are the facts, let's accept them and go from there."
On the injury list, Klopp added: "When you have a lot of injuries as a manager, you have to ask yourself what was wrong and it was unlucky, starting with three injuries with players brought here.
"Caoimhin Kelleher, I hear the Ireland manager didn't like it or was not happy. For us, he got injured while he was with Ireland, so someone there didn't pick it up and when he arrived here [for pre-season] he was still injured. It means you have massive problems with such a short break. So he is out until today.
"Similar with Diogo Jota, he had one pre-season session and was out again, Calvin Ramsay arrived here with problems pretty early. The stress reaction with Curtis Jones, he is not a kid but still pretty young and unlucky. It's really strange, no-one knows where it is coming from but it can happen, and then Oxlade-Chamberlain has a reasonable muscle injury.