Sunderland boss David Moyes has vowed to stick out his chest and fight after being told he will not be able to buy his way out of Premier League relegation trouble.
Black Cats chief executive Martin Bain revealed earlier this week that Moyes would have "very limited" funds with which to deal in the January transfer window, making a repeat of predecessor Sam Allardyce's ultimately successful £15million splurge on Lamine Kone, Jan Kirchhoff and Wahbi Khazri 12 months ago extremely unlikely.
But despite chairman Ellis Short's decision not to invest heavily once again with a debt burden of around £140million and Premier League wage cap rules making life intensely difficult on Wearside, Moyes remains unbowed.