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Swansea City boss Graham Potter insists he is keen to keep building his team ahead the upcoming January transfer window, but has hinted that signing the right reinforcements could prove difficult.

With his team currently knocking on the door of the play-offs, the upcoming window could well go some way to defining the Swans' season, although much of the transfer talk has so far surrounded potential outgoings rather than incomings.

Stars such as Dan James, Wilfried Bony, Mike van der Hoorn and Connor Roberts are just some of the names to have been linked with moves away, while Andre Ayew has recently been tipped to make his loan move to Fenerbahce permanent.

In the case of Ayew, and indeed his brother Jordan, Potter says there has been no change in their circumstances, but given how previous transfer windows have panned out, many Swans fans could well be getting a little anxious that City may be tempted to cash in on some of their top performers.

However, while refusing to rule out any outgoings, Potter has implied that the focus is currently on additions rather than departures.

"My message to the fans would be that I want to try and build the team and carry on improving and that's what we're trying to do," he said.

"We've come from a period where we've been relegated from the Premier League and you need to get things moving in the right direction and I think we've done that in securing contracts for younger players, and giving opportunities to players who want to be here and be a part of what we're doing.

"You obviously have to understand where you are in the hierarchy. If some ridiculous offer comes in then it comes in and you have to discuss that as a club but we still have to carry on building, carry on improving the players and improving the team."

Nevertheless, Potter admits that getting players on board could prove difficult, and admits the unpredictability of the transfer window means there is always the potential for things to go wrong.

"I think the January window has the possibility effect. The possibility that something can come in and really kick you on, but if you really zoom out of it, the chances of getting someone who can help that and getting their team to agree to a move is not so easy.

"Then again, there's the possibility that things could go wrong as well, as we've saw in the last January window here, which didn't necessarily result in success.

"The most important thing is to make a decision that can help the team carry on on improving, and at the same to give you the opportunity to win football matches and in the long term not to hamstring you later on.

"The club has gone through a restructuring process that has happened in the last window and we have to get the club back on its feet and going in a direction we're all comfortable with. That will continue in this window.

"There's no figure [in terms of budget]. There's no 'I've got this or that', we understand that we're in the start of this process to get the club back in.

"We want to carry on making good decisions for the short term, to make the team competitive and help us win and in the same time move forward so the club's in a better position medium to long term.

"That's pretty much where we're at."