The Liverpool striker has been frantically contacting his friends in the racing worldfor the lowdown on the Dubai Sheikhs, who've already enjoyed major success in one area of British sport, and will hopefully do so in football.

But Fowler has struck a cautious note amid the hysteria of the Liverpool 'Sheikh-over', warning against the notion a vast influx of wealth means Premiership success comparable to that enjoyed by Roman Abramovich's Chelsea is on the horizon.

"I look at it from a fans point of viewaswell as a player, and Ithink the point Xabi Alonso made earlier this week was right," said Fowler.

"There are some clubs, and I'm not picking on any in particular, who may think money is a guarantee of success. It isn't.

"I don't know if the manager is going to get money to spend, or if he does how much it will be, but if it happens it always has to be spent wisely.

"This club especially has its name which is a magnet for a lot of fantastic players, but I hope no-one starts thinking that just because someone may come in with lots to spend it's going to be an easy ride.

"You only achieve success in this game by working hard. Theinvestment is needed and is a big help to us,but there's going to be far more to any success we have in future than spending loads of money. I hope so, anyway."

Fowler is naturally passionate about the identity of the club, which has been preserved over the years thanks to a hardcore of local players.

The last thing he wants to see in generations to come is a Liverpool side with no Scouse presence.

"I don't know if investing in the Academy is going to be part of the plan, but I'd like to think there's still going to be that base of young local players coming through in the future," he said.

"That's got to be a very important aspect of it. If you look at the club in the 1990s and in recent years,I'd like to think players like myself, Steve McManaman, Jamie Carragher, Steven Gerrard and others have played our part.

"The fans relate to the local lads maybe a bit easier than some of the foreign lads who join us, even though we've had some great ones come here over the years and fantastic players from abroad still here now.

"It's all about getting the mix right, so I hope investment considers that as much as signing the kind of top class players either at home or abroad we'll need."

The local angle applies in the boardroom as much as on the pitch, which is why Fowler is hoping rumours chairman David Moores will become a life president under the new regime are correct.

"Personally, I'd be delighted if the chairman is staying in some capacity," he said. "I think it's wrong when I hear people say Liverpool hasn't spent a lot of money over the years, because we have invested a lot in big signings during my time here.

"Maybe recently it's reached a stage where there's not as much around as there was a few years back, but I think Mr Moores has taken a lot of unfair stick.

"I know the chairman is as big a fan as anyone, and hopefully he'll remain at the club. I know all the players have a lot of respect for him and wouldn't like to see him leave completely.

"I've never come across Sheikh Mohammed. I'm more of a jump racing than flat racing man myself, but I know the Sheikhs have had a lot of success.

"I've met Frankie Dettori, who works for them, a few times. He knows the Sheikhs very well.

"I've spoken to quite a few others who know them well over the last fewdays and it would be great for us if they have as much success with Liverpool as they've had in the racing world. It can only be good for us."

Back on the pitch, Fowler will be hoping his two goals in Turkey will keep him in contention for the visit of Fulham tomorrow.

"It's nice to have scored a couple of goals, but I don't get much satisfaction from it when we lose the game," he said.

"They were actually my first goals in the Champions League, so that was pleasing. To be fair, I've not had that many starts in the competition, but it was the one tournament I hadn't scored for Liverpool.

"I've not started that many games this season, but it's just one of those things. All you can do is try to do well when you get the chance. You try to give the manager a bit of a headache.

"It's hard to sum up the last 12 months since I came back. At the end of last season I felt I did well and played as many games as I thought I would.

"This year's been different because I've not been involved so much, but the manager has brought in another forward and selects the players he feels are right for each game.

"But I've known the situation all along and all I can do is keep working in training and hope the time comes when I'll get a bit more of a show.

"I can't go moaning to the manager saying I want to play. I was desperate to come back here and if the manager wants to play me, that's great, but if he decides to use someone else you're not going to have me knocking on his door or shouting my mouth of about it.

"He gave me the chance to come back to this club, which is what I really wanted, so it wouldn't be right for me to start complaining about the situation.

"Of course, any player will tell you they want to be playing as much as possible. Any footballer who says otherwise would be lying.

"But I've said before I'm just happy I'm back at Liverpool and getting some games. The more I play the better, but that's for the manager to decide.

"It was great to be back in the Ataturk Stadium as a Liverpool player. The last time I was there was as a fan, and I'd never have thought then I'd be wearing the shirt out there again 18 months later.

"To play for the club again in any stadium is a brilliant feeling, but to do it there was a bit special."