SEAN O'Driscoll today said Nottingham Forest will not make any further new signings before January – and revealed the club are still to make a decision over the future of Jermaine Jenas.
The Reds have been linked with loan moves for several players, including Jermaine Pennant and Connor Wickham, over the past few weeks.
But manager O'Driscoll says he does not want to add a sixth loan signing to his squad – and said he is as yet unsure as to whether the club will even look to extend Jenas's stay at the City Ground.
The midfielder's second spell with Forest is due to officially end in just over a week, after the game at Barnsley.
"I have five loan players and I do not want six, because I can't use them. It would be pointless," said O'Driscoll.
"Unless we lose one or two loan players or we have a definite idea that the loan players we do have are not going to be featuring for whatever reason, then there is no point in bringing in another.
"When you can only have five in your squad (on a match day), then there is not much point in bringing in another one.
"The main point of signing a loan player is because they are not getting games at their club.
"It might change, but at the minute, the only way we can bring in another player is on loan or if they are out of contract. And I am reluctant to bring in another loan player."
And O'Driscoll said Forest are still to consider the future of Jenas, who currently has a slight back injury.
"He has played a bit part in the games and we have missed him for the best part of two weeks with injury," he said.
"I don't want to fill the team with loan players and he is something we have to look at.
"Is he an asset to the squad or can we get somebody that we need or may improve us?
"We have to look at that (situation) as and when it occurs."
Earlier this week, winger Pennant – who began his career at Notts County – insisted he had rejected Forest in favour of a loan move to Wolves.
"It is news to me. I was surprised to hear that," said O'Driscoll. "I think he was made available by Stoke. But we did not make an enquiry or phone call about it. Or I didn't, anyway.
"I am not sure how he can turn us down when we did not make an offer."
