Burnley boss Sean Dyche admits it difficult working the market with a limited budget.
The search for new players continues, albeit with no news of any arrivals on the horizon.
"Everyone knows, and I don't have to keep saying this, that we have certain financial parameters we have to adhere to, and it's tough," Dyche told the Lancashire Evening Telegraph.
"That's not doing anyone down and it's not a negative; it's just speaking the truth and that's always the best way to be, in my view.
"We have to find the players who can fit the club and who fit into the right price level and the right contract level, which is always getting tougher.
"That often means we are not the first ones to get that player, due to the simple facts there are clubs out there with more financial prowess than us.
"It's a big challenge, but we've had that before and we have it again this summer."