Carlisle United’s head of recruitment Greg Abbott has been talking to the club website about plans for any moves in the January transfer window.
But the way Abbott and the club look at it, the more important window may be next summer’s.
He said: “Work has already started for the summer window. That’s the big window because if you get that right you should only need to do a small amount of work in January.
“That’s where we are now because of what we did last summer. Luckily for us, our squad is pretty good. We’ve seen in the last few weeks that we’ve had injuries, but the lads who have come in have done really well.
“They’ve probably given the manager headaches, but they’re good headaches to have. It’s also good for me because it means we aren’t desperate for players in January, which is always the hardest time to get them in.
“No one in our league is going to give us a player who can improve us, so you’re then looking either up or down.
“The ones from leagues above are expensive, and the ones from below maybe don’t have the experience to make us any better for what’s hopefully going to be a push towards the top end of the table.”
But Abbott hasn’t completely ruled-out a dip into the January market!
He added: “January is still on the radar. I had an hour before training with Paul this morning because let’s remember we still have five weeks until January.
“We’re quite happy right now, and the thing about the winter window is you should only bring people in if they’re going to make you better.
“I’m not so sure with the depth and strength of the squad at the moment that it’s going to be easy for us to do that.
“We’ve put some things together for Paul in the areas where he thinks we might need, and we’re always looking at what would happen if certain things went wrong.”
