Everton manager Rafael Benitez is confident he can bring in two or three players in January but admits they have to be "careful" with their business.
The Spaniard's first transfer window in the summer was severely restricted by Financial Fair Play regulations and he brought in four free transfers - two of which were back-up goalkeepers - and spent just #1.7million on Demarai Gray.
That was not enough to prevent the first half of the season being decimated by injuries which have severely impacted results, with the club 15th in the table heading into the new year.
However, despite the injury list still being a lengthy one Benitez will not be making significant purchases in January -
although the club are expected to bring in Dynamo Kiev left-back Vitaliy Mykolenko for £18m with Lucas Digne likely to be offloaded after reportedly falling out with the manager
But ,,,,,,but ,,,,,there's patterson ,,,,,,,the covid kid,,,,you were buying him all the closed season