Liverpool FC target 'a few more' players as Adam signs and Downing wanted

Liverpool director of football Damien Comolli says he hopes the club will sign "a few more" players following the signing of Charlie Adam from Blackpool.

Adam completed his move to Merseyside this week, joining £20million signing Jordan Henderson at the club, while the Reds are hoping to agree a fee for Aston Villa winger Stewart Downing in the next few days (see below).

Several other players have also been linked with a move to Anfield including Bolton defender Gary Cahill, Birmingham centre-back Scott Dann and Valencia winger Juan Mata, and Comolli has revealed that he expects more movement at the club before the transfer window shuts at the end of August.

He told the club's official website: "We are very pleased because the two signings we've done were absolute priorities on our list. 

"When you go into a transfer window you always have X number of targets, and it's very rare you get all of them. 

"We're lucky we've got two of our priorities. 

"That's good, and I'm sure there'll still be a lot of movement, especially going out but also, hopefully, a few more coming in."

Of the signing of Adam, Comolli added: "It's been a long chase since the end of January but we've always kept our interest because we knew he was a quality player. 

"We knew he was very, very, very keen on coming here, he wanted to wear the Liverpool shirt.

"For Kenny [Dalglish], he was a priority and we've done everything we could to get him. We are delighted."