"I had many players offered to me and there are plenty who I'd be able to bring in on an emergency loan next week. It gives their clubs the option of taking them back after 28 days and I'll utilise that in a week's time or whenever I need to.
"The transfer window was difficult for us and for other teams because clubs are quite reluctant to let players out on loan until the end of the season unless they're sure that they're not going to need them.
"Sometimes the players who are on offer aren't right for you either. We weren't in the market for squad players – we were in it for top players.
"But I'd have thought that some of the players I was looking at will be available (on emergency loan).
"I've spoken to four or five managers about that, all of whom are in the Premier League. The players I'm looking at will definitely make us better as a team and I'd like to think they'll be available as and when I decide to get the business done."
Grayson said Sheffield United's offer (for Neil Collins) was "good for the club",
"We did a little bit of business early on in the window with Andy O'Brien and George McCartney and we've brought a keeper (David González Giraldo) in from Manchester City.
"I was close to doing a couple of deals on Monday but at the last minute the clubs changed their minds.
"I could have brought in half a dozen other players quite easily they wouldn't have made us too much better. They'd only have been squad players and when I went into the market, I was going in for top-calibre players.
"Unfortunately it didn't quite happen for us but the level of player I was going at was very high. I said early on that people who come here have to be good enough to go straight into the team. We've already got good players here and it would be unfair to bring others in if they're
not going to have much chance of playing.
"I'd still like to have a few more players, and you can see what we've got. But Kilkenny's back now and one or two others have recovered from injury.
"We do have a good squad but I always want to add to it because that's what made us successful in the past and that's what'll make us successful in the future."
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