Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill is reluctant to sell any of his squad this month.
Goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen has expressed a desire to leave Villa Park and is reported to be interesting Derby.
O'Neill said: "We will be trying to bring people in. I can't tell you if we will be as successful as last January, but we will be trying - but so is everyone else.
"We are going to try and strengthen, and it won't be through lack of effort if we don't succeed.
"We want to do something to give us all a bit of a boost. But equally I would prefer not to lose any players already here if that is at all possible as well."
Six of O'Neill's squad have played every league match this season, and the Irishman admits Villa may have struggled to cope had they also been involved in Europe.
He said: "It is still a concern that players who played during most of last summer for their countries and didn't have much time off may hit a wall. It is a matter of trying to rest players when you can.
"What we have done is try to give them as much time off as possible, where there has been a window available to do that.
"We are not competing in Europe this season, which is a slight advantage - although that is where we want to try and get to.
"At this minute we have been able to cope a bit better with a small squad, simply because we haven't been involved in European football."