Welcome, Liverpool's new boys!

During June and early July Liverpool made the most of the time without games and signed up four new and exciting players.

This swift and brilliant business by the club has left fans happy and intrigued to see if any more new players will arrive by the end of August - because lets face it, to get four new players signed up and playing by the start of the pre-season tour was genius from Brendan and co.

So who are our new boys?

Kolo Toure - Number 4

Kolo Toure is a non-nonsense centre-back from the Ivory Coast with bags of Premier League experience and the physicality we need to keep our defence tight.

With Jamie Carragher's departure due to retirement at the end of last season, Liverpool needed to add another centre-back who was able to partly fill Carra's shoes - because as we all know, nobody could replace him completely! I never thought we would be able to get anyone anywhere near to Carra's calibre if I'm completely honest but I have to hand it to Brendan Rodgers, he has found a good, strong character and player in Toure and I believe he will be great for us in this upcoming season. 

He may be 32 but he is still physically strong and has enough character to organise a defence and make sure the goal-keeper is well protected. Toure has a wealth of Premier League experience having played for Arsenal and Manchester City, he still has the pace to match his opponents and best of all he is a winner - winning trophies at both his previous Premier League clubs. 

Singing rating : 9/10

Iago Aspas - Number 9

Iago Aspas is a promising young Spanish forward who, even though he has no Premier League experience, will offer Liverpool that something extra going forward and will no doubt exciting fans in the up-coming season.

The 25-year-old former Celta De Vigo player has big shoes to fill after taking the number 9 shirt following in the footsteps of Fernando Torres, Ian Rush, Robbie Fowler and Dijibril Cisse.

Non of that however, will faze this classy little player whose quick feet will give Premier League defenders a headache next season hopefully scoring many goals in the process. Liverpool fans need not worry about his work rate either as this man helped his former club battle for promotion and battle against relegation - he will definitely have the fight us Kopites want to see.

Luis Alberto - Number 6

Luis Alberto is a technically gifted 20-year-old Spanish starlet who plays as a forward but can be flexible and play in a fluid attacking formation. In one of his first interviews, the youngster stated that he would like to be like Xabi Alonso was for Liverpool FC - so he has big boots to fill with that one!

Signed from Sevilla, this young man will almost certainly be an instant hit with the Anfield faithful. His ability and skill along with his tricky feet and willingness to play in several positions make him a sure fire success in the Premier League. If played alongside certain other Liverpool players then the other teams defences will not get a moment to themselves when playing the Reds in the 2013/14 campaign that's for sure. 

Rodgers has signed very wisely here because not only has he signed an extremely talented youngster that can play for Liverpool for many years to come but he has taken him from right underneath Barcelona's nose - where Alberto was on loan last season and it was presumed they would buy him at the end of it.

Simon Mignolet - Number 22

Admittedly, at first I wasn't 100% sure why we bought Mignolet - especially when we have a world class keeper in Reina and a good backup in Jones. But as I see our new number 22, I am liking him more and more and I can actually see why Brendan brought him in.

The 25-year-old stopper was a stand-out performer in what was a poor Sunderland team last season and even when battling relegation the Belgian managed to put in some fantastic performances to get his then-team out of trouble.

I love Pepe Reina, don't get me wrong, but he hasn't been at his best for a little while anybody could see that so I fully understand Rodgers' plan to bring in new, young blood to give Reina a boot up the backside - or as it seems replace him fully.

Simon Mignolet was one of the top keepers in the Premier League last season which is a credit to him considering he is so young. By bringing him in at the age he is now, Brendan and Liverpool have time to let him grow and become the world class keeper he can be whilst still knowing he can do his job to the fullest and best of his ability - which isn't shabby ability by any means - and knowing that if they throw him in from the start of the season...they can rely on him.

These four are Liverpool's new boys up to now - and in my opinion they are pretty good, solid buys by our manager who clearly has a picture in his mind of how he wants his new-look Liverpool to be. Whether anybody else gets brought in remains to be seen, but if Rodgers' comments are anything to go by.....we may be excited by more signings in the next few weeks!