Boss Roy Keane says that Town are more likely to look at loan signings than permanent additions to the squad in January. The Blues have the likes of David Norris and Luciano Civelli returning from injury and Kevin Lisbie will be back from his loan at Colchester, while a number of other players currently out of the first team picture could be sent out on temporary spells.
Keane told the official site: "David should be available in January and Kevin will be coming back to this club then as well, so that might be it for us.
"We might look at getting a loan or two in to cover the areas we need to fill, but you don't want too many players left in the background.
"We have a reasonable size squad and we've got some good players here like Colin Healy and Liam Trotter who have not played recently and they should be playing week-in, week-out.
"If I bring in players then I have to leave others out. That's why I'm happy if some of my players want to go out on loan.”
Earlier today, Keane confirmed that he will allow Pim Balkestein to extend his loan spell at Brentford.
Midfielder Norris is on his way back from a knee ligament injury and could be back in action as soon as the Christmas period, while Argentinian Luciano Civelli is unlikely to return until the end of January at best.