Leicester City boss Nigel Pearson insists they won't pay over the odds for late signings.
Pearson insisted he would not simply add players to his squad for the sake of it, and hopes not to be working right up until the deadline.
"In an ideal world I would say that I wouldn't want to be doing that, but we may have to," said Pearson to the Leicester Mercury.
"Everyone who knows how we have worked in the past would know that we like to do our business as early as we can.
"Clearly, we have got an interest in a midfielder but, if we can add another defender and another forward, I would be very happy.
"This window has proven to be more difficult this year. The problems of the January window and late on in the summer is that there becomes the possibility of inflating prices because there is a need for it.
"My recommendations on that are don't do it. This club has had its fingers burned in the past with doing deals late in the window.
"I recognise we need one or two extra players but I am certainly not going to be held to ransom.
"My advice to the football club is always the same, If we can't get the people that we want, I don't intend to pad it out with players I don't think are either the right fit or not good enough."
