Bolton Wanderers boss Gary Megson admits it's been a tough summer market.
"It's like treacle in January at the moment," he said of his tortuous attempts to secure new talent.
"It's not particularly going brilliantly but we're trying to get good players for the right price and that does take a little bit of time because people want to hang on to their players.
"We'll wait and see and if we can bring them in then all well and good, but if not we'll go with what we've got now."