Port Vale need money to be able to go into the transfer market in the new year according to manager Martin Foyle.
Vale are 17th in League One and travel to Edgar Street on Saturday for a second round FA Cup tie against Hereford United.
Just six points above the drop zone, Vale have lost ten of their last fifteen league games.
Foyle is considering changes for Wednesday's home game against Crewe in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy, but injuries have left him short of options.
"They are major games because I want some money in the bank so I can go and do something in the January window," said Foyle.