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Football League clubs have until 5pm on Thursday to agree loan deals before the window shuts until January.
The Bulls currently have 3 loan players in the squad. Rob Purdie will remain with the Bulls until January, while fellow midfielder Nicky Featherstone will see his current deal expire on December 5th and defender Byron Webster will remain until December 19th.
It is not entirely clear what sort of budget Jamie Pitman has to bring new players in. Simon Davey pushed the boundaries of the playing budget, and Pitman cut O'Neill Thompson, Amadou Rabihou, and Samba Kanoute from the misfiring squad before he brought the current loanees in.
Rules allow for two more loanees to be added to the matchday squad but, if the budget allows, Pitman may wait on updates on his injured players before making a move. With Purdie and James McQuilkin struggling with injury another midfielder may be called on to bolster the ranks, although if Ryan Valentine's injury is to keep him out for an extended period then cover would be needed in defence as well.
Guillem Bauza's injury leaves the front line short of options and his reappearance in the first team picture will ease that concern. Pitman will have to decide whether to continue with his current strikeforce, recall Sam Malsom from loan, or find a new striker to shake things up.
