Newcastle United boss Rafa Benitez is demanding more signings this week.
Benitez insists promises were made by the board about squad strengthening this summer.
He said: "I am not happy we are looking to just survive every year.
"When I decided to stay here it was because it was a project.
"Everyone knows that we can't compete against Man City or Man United, but we can do things in the right way.
"Maybe we can be more competitive or closer to European positions, maybe we could challenge for a trophy. That was the idea.
"Then we finished 10th and credit to our players, but I still thought we could do something more to be closer.
"It's not the case. We'll see where we are and we will fight until the last minute, trying to improve the squad first then after that the team."