Real Betis coach Paco Chaparro is pleading with his board to make funds available for a new defensive signing.

Steaua Bucharest stopper Dorin Goian is high on Chaparro's shopping list as he seeks a talented centre-half to play alongside Juanito for the second-half of this season.

For now, however, Betis president Manuel Ruiz de Lopera has shown reluctance to break open the biscuit tin for the January market.