Slaven Bilic has admitted he is “thinking about the transfer window” whilst remaining “totally focused on a very busy period.”
He admits: “Losing Diafra Sakho is a big blow for us and we know what he can give us and what he did in those couple of games. But he will be back.”
However. he admits the hard work of recent weeks was hit at Old Trafford on Wednesday night saying: “It was a bit. We were very disappointed after the game but we knew it would be very hard at that ground and that opponent to do it twice in three or four days.
“No defeat is good. It brought our mood down a bit but we are thinking about two of our last Premier League games – Spurs and Man United away – so we know what we have to do against Arsenal to get a positive result.
“We’re in a position we don’t want to be in. OK, it’s not after 26 games but it’s not after two or three. It’s a considerable amount, so it makes us think about it.
“On the other hand, with three points that are there week in, week out, we can climb up the table a lot. It’s that kind of a league – even a point can help. It’s very, very tight from mid-table to the position that we are.
When you draw at Manchester United, it gives you something extra. After that game, we were very confident and wanted to build on that.
Now we have a massive task again at home. People are talking about four tough Premier League games in a row for us and we are at the halfway line and have a massive game against a team who is a title contender. But we have a chance, like we showed against Spurs.”
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