Hamilton boss Martin Canning admits he may have to leave it late as he looks to make a couple of last-minute January swoops.

The Accies manager hopes to add a right-back to his group later on Monday.

But he is also on the hunt for further attacking options and will hold talks with two strikers ahead of Tuesday's 11pm transfer deadline.

Speaking ahead of Tuesday's bottom-of-the-table Ladbrokes Premiership clash with Inverness, Canning said: "Hopefully we will have one signing completed today. I'm meeting a right-back later on.

"I'm also still speaking to a couple of strikers that I'd like to get in - but they will be last minute things if they end up going through."

It also looks likely that Hamilton will keep hold of top scorer Ali Crawford during this transfer window.

Crawford missed a glorious chance to put Hamilton in front against St Johnstone on Saturday and it proved costly as Accies ended up losing 3-0 in Perth.

And his boss reckons he will need to start putting those kind of opportunities away if he wants to make a move to a bigger club.

"There has been literally no-one contacting the club about Ali," he said. "I think his agent has asked how much we would accept for him, but that's the only question that has ever been put to us.

"Hopefully that opportunity will come for Ali but he has got to keep his head down and continue to work hard, and if you look at Saturday's game take the chances that will put him in the spotlight.

"Over the last three or four games, he's had big opportunities to score important goals and had he done that, I'm sure we'd be sitting here with an offer in for him.

"Big players take those chances and that's what kicks you on to the next level."