Blades 'not good enough' in transfer market - Selles

Sheffield United boss Ruben Selles kept the team on the pitch after they fell to a 4-1 opening-day defeat at home by Bristol City

Sheffield United boss Ruben Selles has said the club have "not been good enough" in the transfer market this summer.

The Spaniard took over from Chris Wilder in June after the Blades were beaten by Sunderland in the Championship play-off final, and has lost both his first two games.

Five of the players who started the defeat by the Black Cats in May have either been sold, left the club or returned to their parent side, and they have struggled to bring in replacements.

"I think our process has not been good enough, I think that's obvious," he told BBC Radio Sheffield.

"At the beginning of the market we spoke about reinforcing with three players and then with Anel (Ahmedhodzic) and Kieffer (Moore) gone it's five players.

"We have not been able to bring anybody else for different circumstances and on that everyone has a part of it and I accept mine.

"There is not going to be any update for the weekend."

He added: "I feel that I have a task to do and I have been in situations worse than this one.

"I need to be brilliant and my team needs to be brilliant to try to be competitive in 48 hours. I don't want to waste time feeling sorry for myself."

The Blades, who visit Swansea on Saturday, slumped to a shock 4-1 home defeat by Bristol City in their league opener at Bramall Lane on Saturday before a much-changed XI were beaten 2-1 at Birmingham City in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday.

So far none of the five signings the club have made this summer has been over the age of 22 and Selles is keen for them to add players who are ready to go straight into the team before the transfer window closes on Monday, 1 September.

"We lost a lot of experience in the level and we need to replace that," he said.

"The main thing is to get players who can make an immediate impact and support the ones we already have."