Slaven Bilic is ready to soldier on and make the best of what he’s got rather than press for signings in the January transfer window.The manager was extremely cool when questioned on the crisis up front when speaking at his presser this morning, more or less confirming what ClaretandHugh has been reporting from insiders over the last few days – everybody is preparing to soldier on.
He explained: ” We have strikers, and we have different types of strikers. I’m not saying we will not try to get someone, but at this time we’re not thinking about that. Okay, we’re going to have a few meetings and all that, but we will see.”
And we were told by a source close to the manager: “Thankfully he’s a very laid back guy and takes everything in his stride. He will get on with it.
“There are some small signs coming that James Collins may interest Sunderland and were that to happen then there could be moves made of the type Slav spoke about in the presser.
“But the more likely scenario now is that the manager will make do and mend until he get his two main men back – Dimitru Payet and Diafra Sakho.
The pressure has been taken off by the quicker than expected recovery being made by Enner Valencia but there’s no cash to spare and Slaven knows the score.”