"If I did want to bring a player in then I wouldn't know who to go and ask. I would just have to do it," he said.

"It is very difficult at the moment but I am a professional person and we are just getting on with our football.

"But what is going on behind the scenes doesn't help us at all.

"There is no definite person to go to, though Keith Haslam is still the club owner.

"But he may not want to put money in if he is leaving and new people won't want to put money in unless they are taking over. So it makes it doubly difficult.

"Sometimes a manager needs some help and I am not getting any right now apart from my little squad and the people in the office. We are just getting by.

"We need to get a few good results together and make someone stand up and get hold of this club by the scruff of the neck.

"It is very important the take-over is sorted quickly or that we are back to square one if they pull out. Either way we need it sorted by January as we need to strengthen then – no two ways about it.

"We have just enough now to get us through and see what happens."