Rodgers rules out early Reds arrival for Origi

Reports this week suggested that Rodgers is willing to pay an additional fee to bring highly rated teenager Origi - who signed for Liverpool in the close-season but was left with Lille on loan for the 2014-15 campaign - to Anfield in the next transfer window.

Liverpool's need for extra firepower this season has been well documented and, after Daniel Sturridge's latest injury setback, Rodgers looks set to have to rely on Mario Balotelli, Rickie Lambert and Fabio Borini - who have failed to score a single Premier League goal between them this term - until the new year.

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