Sunday 6 January 2019 19:30, UK
Claudio Ranieri is confident he will be backed by his chairman in the transfer market after seeing Fulham knocked out of the FA Cup by Sky Bet League Two side Oldham.
Fulham were beaten 2-1 by the Latics at Craven Cottage on Sunday and afterwards Ranieri admitted he felt let down by the attitude of his players and hinted changes could be made.
"The January transfer window is one month and if there is the opportunity to buy somebody, I think the chairman is ready," said Ranieri.
As for the cup defeat, the Italian said he did not feel his side showed as much desire or passion as Oldham, with Callum Lang scoring an 88th-minute winner after substitute Alexsandar Mitrovic had missed a penalty for the home side.
"If you lose but you give 100 per cent of your personality, desire, everything, passion, I can accept that Oldham scored twice," Ranieri told the club's official website.
"But we didn't play with passion, that's the problem. We're disappointed. The first half was so boring for us, we didn't play as we're used to playing.
"The second half we improved a little. We scored a goal, we missed the chance to score a second time. And after we missed the chance from the penalty, Oldham won the match.
"I can only say well done to Oldham, and I can also say I gave a chance to the players who haven't been involved, and they missed their chance.
"I wanted to see the players who aren't involved so frequently. But I didn't see the desire, I didn't see the passion that I saw from the Oldham players."
Ranieri's attention now turns to their next Premier League game, away to fellow strugglers Burnley on Saturday.
"I put my ideas across about the Premier League [being the priority] but of course I didn't want to lose this match," he added.
"We need the fire, we need the passion, we need blood, we need everything if we want to be safe. That's the real problem. The desire to do something is important."
