Friday 30 December 2016 12:17, UK
Southampton manager Claude Puel says he is not expecting to make any major signings when the January transfer window opens.
The Saints are eighth in the table but have only scored 18 Premier League goals all season and forward Charlie Austin is on the sidelines with a shoulder injury.
However, although it has been suggested that Southampton may be in the market for a new forward, Puel is quite content with his current squad.
"It's always difficult to find a good solution in this period," he said.
"I prefer to stay in a good concentration about my team, my players, to continue this work, to make progress and develop all the players.
"I want to say that I want to continue with these players, to develop them, to make good progress.
"The market of course is open perhaps for a good solution, a good opportunity, but I say it's always a difficult period to find a good solution.
"For me, if a player comes during the market it is a great player, superior to all the players in the squad. This I think is always difficult for the market window.
"I prefer to stay with the good concentration with my squad, to make good progress and to go up together. It's my philosophy.
"The window, it's perhaps important to see something for all the team, but it's always I think a dangerous market because often the players available in this period stay in difficulties with their club - injuries or they didn't play."
