New England Sports Ventures have ambitious plans for the future, keen to further the Reds as a global brand by achieving success on and off the field.
For now, though, they appreciate that rebuilding work must be carried out gradually, with there no easy 'quick fix' at Anfield.
Hodgson is pleased to see NESV taking a considered approach, with Liverpool's results over the past couple of seasons proving that they are still some way short of where they want to be.
He is, however, confident that their patience will pay off and the Merseyside giants will soon be back among the Premier League's top four.
"The owners are very intelligent people and have a very clear vision. What they want is for the club to be in the top four," said Hodgson.
"But what they also realise that coming in when they have come in (buying the club in October), and me coming in when I did (July), it might not be quite as easy as all that.
"It is not a question of waving a magic wand and we are going to get there.
"There is a lot of work to be done and I need to know at some stage that I am having a bit more input into who is coming into the club so I can take even more responsibility for it.
"At the moment I am working largely with the team who have been here for a large period of time but I am happy with that and the work those players are doing, I am not complaining in any way.
"But the owners know there is work to do in every area of the club, not least in terms of recruitment and it will be interesting to see how quickly we push that on.
"The quick fix may not be the right thing, it may be a more patient approach and they mentioned that.
"It may take some time - hopefully sooner than later, hopefully this year rather than next or next year rather than the year after.
"With the owners' help we will get it 100 per cent right because we will improve the team as well.
"Everything for me with the owners has been 100 per cent positive, they have been absolutely excellent."
Hodgson is aware that he is the man ultimately responsible for generating results and appreciates that he is under pressure to deliver.
He admits that performances in the league this season have disappointed at times, but he is pleased to have maintained Liverpool's excellent record in European competition, with a safe passage into the knockout stages of the Europa League already secured.
"This is a club with a great legacy, a club which expects - not just wants - to win things and certainly in Europe where we have been very successful," he said ahead of Wednesday's continental clash with Utrecht.
"I do feel the pressure of that legacy and as a result I am really satisfied I, not wanting to be the Liverpool manager who didn't get his team into the knockout stage, have had the courage to do what we have done in Europe.
"If I could be as satisfied with our 17 league games as I am with our European games I would be a very happy man."
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