Newcastle United chief Lee Charnley admits they're unlikely to buy this month.
Charnley insists Newcastle never see the January window as a good time to add to the squad.
"Are we delaying to get through the January window? Absolutely not.
"In all honesty, the January window is not one we ever envisaged being particularly active in. That's partly because of the amount of business we did in the summer but also because. January is a difficult market to operate in.
"There are very few options whereby a club can achieve the quality required and also get value. There is often a reason as to why a player might be available in January.
He said: "We were forced to bring players in a couple of years ago in January because of where we were in the league and some of those transactions we brought forward from the following summer at significant cost. As a general principle, January's not an attractive window."
