Brendan Rodgers is set to hold talks with Liverpool's owners on Friday but accepts that his January transfer dealings may be restricted to a bid for Basle's Mohamed Salah.
John Henry is expected to fly over from America for Saturday's home game against Aston Villa and will sit down with Rodgers and Liverpool's managing director Ian Ayre to discuss finances.
Rodgers is known to want a left-back, centre-back, midfielder and a striker but it is likely that most of his targets will have to wait until the summer.
The exception could be Salah, 21, who is valued at £16million by Basle. Liverpool are looking to pay little over half that for the versatile Egypt international and face competition from Atletico Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen.
The Anfield boss insists he needs more goals from midfield after seeing Philippe Coutinho, Raheem Sterling and Jordan Henderson score just six between them in all competitions this season.