No guarantees Argyle will bolster in January

PLYMOUTH Argyle manager Steven Schumacher will have to be at his persuasive best if he is to bring the players he and his coaching team want to boost the Pilgrims’ promotion push in January.

- STUART JAMES

Argyle are in a superb position right now and stand a great chance of promotion back to the Championship for the first time since their relegation in 2010, although their squad is being stretched to the limit with injuries right now.

Asked if he has been given assurances over being handed funds in January, Schumacher said: Not really, no. That isn’t the way we would go about it where they say There is going to be this amount of money for you in January:

“What we always do is put a proposal together, to say: These are the players that we feel can improve the squad in January. These are the players that we think would give us a better chance to stay towards the top end of the division, and this is how much it’s going to cost’

“That’s over to the recruitment team, and to the data analytics team, to put those packages together and then I will sit in front of Andrew Parkinson) and explain what we are thinking about, and tell him what it’s going to cost.