Blackburn Rovers boss Mark Hughes has slammed the "over-inflated" prices quoted during the winter market.
"We were prepared to make a decent bid for a striker but that one didn't happen.
"There was a number of other deals that were floating around but some of them ended up being beyond our means, and others started to become a little bit too expensive and became poor value.
"So, in the end, we are where we are.
"I just think this window has been over-valued. A lot of players have moved, and the clubs have achieved prices that, at any other time, wouldn't have been realised.
"I just think it became overheated once again."