Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp is confident chairman Daniel Levy will back him in the transfer market if he finds the right players at the right price.
"If we find the right player I'm sure Daniel would back me 100 per cent," he said. "It's just finding the right people without paying silly money for them. I wouldn't ask him to pay a penny more than I think they're worth.
"As far as pushing that top group goes, I can't guarantee I can do that unless we improve the squad."
Without significant investment, Redknapp feels a top-half finish in the league would represent progress this season.
"It'd be a great season," he said. "We had two points. If we'd just gone on normal form, say a point a game, we'd be sitting there now with 11 points and bang in trouble."