Fulham boss Rene Meulensteen admits he's battling to land his transfer targets this month.
Meulensteen still admits Fulham need more defensive stability, especially after Saturday's 4-1 home league humbling at the hands of relegation rivals Sunderland.
"There are constant ongoing discussions, but as we all know it's a difficult time as well," said the former Manchester United coach.
"It's a bit of a tug of war here and there.
"Any manager that has the opportunity to do something that he knows will improve what he has, then he will take it.
"Anything that will give us a better chance to stay up, of course you'll do it.
"Brede is very close, very close, he's trained really well and hopefully we can introduce him on Tuesday.
"When Brede comes back you get a very, very experienced defender, and hopefully that will give us some more options."
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