Roy Hodgson admits he is keen to sign another striker - but has ruled out PSV Eindhoven's Swedish international Ola Toivonen.

Kenny Dalglish did not give Hodgson a favourable report when he watched Toivonen last Sunday and Hodgson claims he is not what he is looking for.

"He's unlikely," said the Reds boss. "He's not the profile I'm looking for. Good player, but not the profile."

Hodgson's search for a striker has become even more critical after David Ngog picked up a hamstring injury.

The Reds' top scorer with four goals this season missed yesterday's win over West Brom with a hamstring injury and has pulled out of the French Under-21 squad.

Hodgson is chasing West Ham's Carlton Cole, Bayern Munich's Mario Gomez and Brescia's Andrea Caracciolo to give some support to Fernando Torres.

"I think we'd like another striker," he said. "We've said that all along, but we haven't found the right man and time is running out."

Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson admits bringing in a new striker would be "the icing on the cake" but he is happy with the business he has done this summer.

Although Hodgson has lost real quality in midfielder Javier Mascherano - who has departed for Barcelona - and sent Alberto Aquilani out on loan to Juventus, he believes his squad is still strong enough with left-back Paul Konchesky set to become the seventh new arrival at Anfield when he completes his move from Fulham.

"The additions to the squad of Raul Meireles, hopefully Paul Konchesky and possibly another player won't do us any harm at all," said the 62-year-old.

"With Meireles coming in and Christian Poulsen I think we have solved the problems that Mascherano and Aquilani leaving have given us because we've lost some quality midfield players in Yossi Benayoun, Albert Riera, Aquilani and Mascherano.

"Meireles and Poulsen are two quality players who will boost our squad and who are much-needed otherwise we would have been short in that area.

"If we could get us a striker who could really take the pressure off Fernando Torres from time to time that would be very useful.

"I think it could be the icing on the cake but I'm anxious not to bring in people who I don't think are good enough.

"Just spending money to bring someone in to say we have another player could be a mistake."

Hodgson has other options up front in David Ngog, who is still a bit raw, and Ryan Babel, who has not played centrally for Liverpool, but would like to have another proven goalscorer on the books.

"Babel has never been given a real chance up front to show what he can do and Ngog is a player who is making progress," added the former Fulham boss. "I would have to be sure anyone we bring in is clearly better than those two players so they could take a step back. You are not going to bring people to Liverpool who are not playing at the right level."

Raul Meireles (Portugal) - to play Cyprus on Sep 3 and Norway on Sep 7

Daniel Agger and Christian Poulsen (Denmark) - to play Austria on Sep 7

Martin Skrtel (Slovakia) - to play Macedonia on Sep 3 and Russia on Sep 7

Fernando Torres and Pepe Reina (Spain) - to play Liechtenstein on Sep 3 and Argentina on Sep 7

Steven Gerrard and Glen Johnson (England) - to play Bulgaria on Sep 3 and Switzerland on Sep 7

Dirk Kuyt (Holland) - to play San Marino on Sep 3 and Finland on Sep 7

Lucas Leiva (Brazil) - training camp in Barcelona

Milan Jovanovic (Serbia) - to play Faroe Islands on Sep 3 and Slovenia on Sep 7

Nabil El Zhar (Morocco) - to Republic of Central Africa on Sep 4

David Ngog (France U21) - to play Ukraine on Sep 3 and Malta on Sep 7

Peter Gulacsi (Hungary U21) - to play Wales on Sep 4 and Bosnia and Herzegovina on Sep 7

Jonjo Shelvey (England U19) - to play Slovakia on Sep 2

Alex Kacaniklic (Sweden U21) - to play Israel on Sep 3 and Bulgaria on Sep 6

Martin Kelly (England U21) - to play Portugal on Sep 3 and Lithuania on Sep 7

Danny Wilson (Scotland U21) - to play Belarus on Sep 3 and Austria on Sep 7