Last Updated: Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:15
Wolves boss Mick McCarthy is frustrated by the lack of success in the transfer window amid claims they were after Robbie Keane.
Wolves missed out on Stephen Hunt at Hull and Nathaniel Clyne at Crystal Palace and there was also rumours that the Spurs striker, who moved to Celtic on Monday on loan until the end of the season, was also on the list.
McCarthy would not confirm who all his targets were but admitted Wolves were ready to break their transfer record of £6.5m.
The boss said: "We would have liked to do some more business and we were prepared to break it (our transfer record).
"In Adlene and Geoffrey we have signed two really good players and we tried our damnedest to get other players in.
"We tried to make other signings but we can't force people to come, and we can't force people to sell them. We had contingencies in place as well. But Plan B got scuppered and Plan C got scuppered.
"I won't discuss who they are but we have had bids in for lots of players.
"They have all been batted back and there is not a thing that we can do about it.
"We offered to pay over the odds on three or four players, maybe even more.
"You have to do it in this window and we have been prepared to do it.
"But they either don't want to come or clubs don't want to sell. There has to be a cut-off point as well."