West Ham United manager David Moyes has confirmed that he is looking to bolster his squad during the January transfer window.
The Hammers have lifted themselves out of the relegation zone since Moyes's appointment, but they remain in the mire with just one place and one point separating them from the bottom three.
Moyes is now looking to bring in more midfield options - particularly on the right side - and revealed that he is "in a hurry" to strengthen his squad.
"I've given players opportunities. I'm in a hurry and I have to be in a hurry and because of that I cannot wait three or four months to see how you do. Ideally, I'd have had six or seven pre-season games to understand what they're like and what they do, but I've not," he told the club's official website.
"I've got to say every player has shown great desire and is committed in training, but I think we're short in some areas and overloaded in others. For example, we've got lots of forwards, but we're really short of midfield players. We've got quite a few who are comfortable playing on the left, but not so many who can play on the right, so we've got a little bit of an imbalanced squad which we've got to straighten out in January if we can.
"I'm pleased with our spirit and I think there's a bigger hunger and desire to do it, but we're lacking quality. We've got to stop conceding goals as easily as we are at the moment. But we hung in and stuck at it. It wasn't going to be easy and while we wanted the three points, it was important that we made sure we didn't lose and we did that.
"Obviously the last two games have been disappointing as far as goals conceded are concerned, whereas the three previous games it looked as if we had struck on something and become harder to beat. We've got a couple of forwards in form at the minute and people we can bring on and use, so I think we've got a threat, but were definitely lacking in some areas of giving ourselves a chance of playing much better."
West Ham are not in action again until January 2, when they host West Bromwich Albion at the London Stadium.
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