Sunderland boss Gus Poyet admits he needs to boost his squad in the next 48 hours after defeat at QPR.
The former Uruguay midfielder remains confident about adding further recruits before Monday's transfer deadline, despite already missing out on several targets.
"I won't say we are close, because we were close a couple of weeks ago but not close enough, so we'll wait and see," said Poyet.
"But we want to do some work because there are important positions we need to strengthen.
"For the next two days I will be on the phone all the time.
"We threw everything we had at them, but it was not good enough and we put ourselves under pressure (as we kept) giving the ball away cheaply."
