Town boss Paul Jewell says he wants to make both permanent and loan signings during the January transfer window and revealed that he has already made a couple of enquiries regarding unnamed targets.

The Blues manager said: “We want to improve the squad. We want to bring in permanent signings if we possibly can and there might be one or two loan signings.

“Whether we can do that in the early part of January or the late part of January once again depends on lots of things — finances, clubs agreeing a fee, agents agreeing players’ terms.

“I’m not sat here thinking we’re OK, we want to improve the squad. We know that for the long-term if we want to move forward we’ve got to bring in more players.”

Like many managers, Jewell isn’t a particular fan of the window: “The January window, like the August window, drives you mad. All of a sudden people will ring out of the blue and a deal gets done which you didn’t see coming.

“When we make enquiries, and we have made a couple of enquiries, what happens is that the agent gets to find out and touts the player round, that’s the way it works.”

The Blues boss, who has ruled out a renewed move for Doncaster’s Billy Sharp but will be trying to secure Danny Collins and Keith Andrews either on further loans or permanent deals, feels he’s got a decent squad but believes additions are still required: “I think we’ve got good players. I think we need to strengthen in certain areas of the squad, every manager will say that.

“There might be some people who might leave, there will be people who come in, that’s football. It evolves, nothing’s ever permanent, it’s always on the move.

“I don’t really like to make predictions, we might not sell a player, we might not buy a player, but we’re certainly looking to bring in some players in the January window.”

Jewell has previously said that he’ll be looking for “young, hungry players” in January to augment the more experienced signings he made in the summer.

The Town manager and his squad are training on Christmas Day morning before travelling to the Midlands for the Boxing Day game at Leicester in the evening.

He admits the festive period can be quite hard for people in football: “It can be a tough time. I don’t see my family, the staff don’t see their families. I guess the only people who are happy are our wives!”

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