Hull City boss Steve Bruce admits defeat at home to Newcastle United could wreck their late signing chances.
Bruce revealed fees have been agreed for the Tigers' two main targets - Tottenham winger Aaron Lennon and Lokomotiv Moscow's Dame N'Doye.
He said: "Both (the deals) are up to the players themselves, and, with the position we are in at the moment in the bottom three, we are not really endearing ourselves to the two players.
"The fee is agreed (for N'Doye) but there is still a lot of work to be done and that goes for Lennon too - but we hope we can bring the pair of them in.
"It would certainly add to our squad but even if we don't I am still confident the squad we've got can avoid going back down into the Championship."
