Sheffield Wednesday manager Henrik Pedersen expects to add reinforcements to his threadbare squad before Saturday’s first league fixture at Hillsborough against Stoke City.
The Owls lost their Championship opener against Leicester City on Sunday following a pre-season dominated by ongoing uncertainty over their ownership, finances and having to operate under a transfer embargo.
But with the club settling outstanding debts last Friday, Pedersen has been given the green light to make much needed additions to a squad down the bare bones just one week in.
“We have to hurry up but we also have to be a bit patient because we need the right players who can help us not only for three months or six months but can help us through the whole season,” he told BBC Radio Sheffield.
“We are doing all that we can in the background to be prepared to do something quickly.
“I hope that we have maybe one or two players before the next league game because otherwise we will have only 12 senior players so I hope we can do something.”
Pedersen admitted Wednesday, who used 50 per cent of their Solidarity Payment from the Premier League to settle outstanding debts last Friday, have as many as 60 players in their sights.
Experienced defensive duo Ben Mee and Liam Cooper and Manchester United academy products Harry Amass and Toby Collyer are thought to be of interest to the South Yorkshire club.