David Moyes rules out significant transfer deals at Sunderland

David Moyes admits he is unlikely to bring in any players this month who will make a notable difference to his Sunderland team.

The relegation contenders are understood to have tabled a bid for Norwich's Robbie Brady, reportedly in the region of £10m, although Moyes is not expecting any arrivals of that magnitude.

He said: "I'd be kidding you on if I said the players we are going to bring in in January are going to massively make a big difference.

"First of all, we probably couldn't get that level of player and, secondly, we probably wouldn't have the finances to do that.

"To suggest that the player we bring in would be making a big difference, I think, wouldn't be correct."

A year ago, then Sunderland boss Sam Allardyce brought Lamine Kone, Jan Kirchhoff and Wahbi Khazri in, with all three playing their part in inspiring yet another great escape.

This time the landscape on Wearside is very different with Moyes describing the limited funds with which he has to play as: "limited with a big L".

Speculation surrounding Brady prompted hopes that there might be more leeway but Moyes added: "I wouldn't confirm or deny if I was in for any player.

"I can just tell you that we have been in for a few players and we are trying to see if we can bring things in."

Moyes, whose team visit West Brom on Saturday, insisted there have been no fresh offers for either Jermain Defoe or Patrick van Aanholt.

He said he was also unaware of any interest in Kone from Crystal Palace, whose manager Allardyce brought him to England from French side Lorient last term.

With rumours rife about players both joining the club and leaving, Moyes stressed much of the transfer talk he has heard has been inaccurate.

He said: "I'm sure there can be an element of truth in some of them, others there's none. Sometimes you play the game and you're telling everybody about transfers when there's not.

"I think we have been linked with about four of five players this week and I can tell you the players we're in for, it's been none of them."