Manchester United manager David Moyes says his side's early-season problems will notresolved by quick-fix signings during the January transfer window.
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United have lost three of their first six Premier League games since Moyes succeeded Alex Ferguson, which represents their worst start to a season in 24 years.
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Moyes missed out on a number of transfer targets during the close season, including Everton left-back Leighton Baines and Athletic Bilbao midfielder Ander Herrera, but he says fans should not expect a flurry of activity when the transfer window re-opens.
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"I'll look at January, but I wouldn't want people to have big expectations of what we would sign or do," Moyes said, ahead of his side's trip to Sunderland on Saturday.
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"In the main, January has not been a great month to sign at the top level. If you're in trouble near the bottom, you might as you're desperate for something, but we'll be looking for the top players."
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However, Moyes did admit that the club were on the look-out for players capable of improving the champions' squad.
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"Undoubtedly we will, in time, try and make the squad better. The job is to make progress at Manchester United," he said.
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"They won the league last year, but I want to try and progress on that, try to win it again, and try to win the cups if possible as well.
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"We'll also look to add to the squad if the right players become available. We wanted to try and get one or two players in which, I said at the time, we wanted to buy players to come into the team if possible.
I still think he needs to bring in more players in January cos the team needs that! It would do us a lot of good