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Poyet: Sunderland continuing to identify January signings

Sunderland manager Gus Poyet will continue to look at potential transfers for the upcoming winter window.

The Black Cats boss will use the international break to identify exactly who he wants to target in January as he strives to strengthen his squad that currently sits 14th on the table.

"We're watching plenty of things for January," he said.

"We met after Southampton (8-0 loss on October 18) - that was the original date set - but, after 15 minutes of the meeting, I said to them, 'boys, this is not the right week to meet!'

"At that moment in time, I said I need this, this, this, this, this, this and this after losing 8-0!

"But we did manage to go through the basics and we'll meet again this week."

Poyet, who has guided his side to a win and a draw in their past two fixtures, added: "We've been watching a certain quantity of players in certain positions for a while.

"Now, it's time to meet.

"Last year, we put a timescale on when we would start moving forward.

"So, in the next two or three weeks, we'll start getting in contact with clubs and agents and see where we get to."

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