Kevin Nagle: Huddersfield Town owner wants busy January after 'unacceptable' start to season

Kevin Nagle completed a takeover of Huddersfield Town in June 2023

Huddersfield owner Kevin Nagle says he wants to be active in the transfer market after an "unacceptable" first half of the season.

The Terriers are three points clear of the Championship relegation zone.

Town have already signed HJK Helsinki striker Bojan Radulovic and Chelsea midfielder Alex Matos this month, and recalled defender Brodie Spencer.

"We have a list of nine or 10 targets and I'm hoping we get another three," he told BBC Radio Leeds.

"I feel very excited but it's very early on in the process. We'll fight until the end to see what we can get.

"The total number will be around six, and that's including bringing Brodie back."

He added: "We need to compete and we need to win. We saw the first half of the season - it was not acceptable - and so we intend to be very competitive, and I believe we are, [in] the second half."

Nagle took over at Huddersfield in the summer and says he is hopeful of getting the team promoted back to the Premier League in three years.

In a wide-ranging interview the American also said he was looking to speak with the council about taking ownership of the club's John Smith's Stadium home.

Town share the ground with rugby league side Huddersfield Giants and Nagle has said he is reluctant to invest in the ground while it is owned between them, the Giants and the council.

Patience is a virtue despite poor form

Nagle also reaffirmed his backing for boss Darren Moore, despite his poor start to life in the Town dugout.

Moore replaced Neil Warnock in September but has won just three of his 20 matches in charge.

Nagle, who also owns USL Championship side Sacramento Republic in his native USA, says he is willing to be patient with the former West Brom, Doncaster and Sheffield Wednesday manager.

"He's not going anywhere right now. You can keep asking that question [about backing Moore] but I'm going to say right now he's not going anywhere," he said.

"He's got a job to do and he can do it, and I believe that we're going to give him the right assets and he can be successful."

Nagle added: "I don't think you put a time on it. I will say this much, because I'm an American, we're a little more patient and tolerant of performances of managers and coaches, and that type of thing.

"You have to see what they are capable of doing. Sometimes they hit some rough patches or get on a winning streak.

"We haven't really seen Darren with a full complement of players over a period of time setting up his system, which is an attacking football-type system.

"We haven't provided that for him but now we are providing those benefits. Patience is a virtue, I've always believed that in football. I've seen that with my club in America, I've seen it with my businesses in America and I've learned that patience can be my friend."