- Nottingham Forest's bid to sign Atletico Madrid left-back Renan Lodi is in doubt
- They have been in talks with the LaLiga side over a loan deal for the Brazilian
- Lodi has been an unused sub in both of Atletico's LaLiga games this season
- Cooper admitted he's keen to sign more players before Thursday's deadlin
- Nottingham Forest's ambitious bid to sign Renan Lodi from Atletico Madrid has been thrown into doubt.
The Premier League newcomers have been in talks to sign the Brazilian left-back on a season-long loan deal but talks between the two clubs have taken a hitch.
Lodi has been considered by Manchester City and others this window but his capture would be huge coup for Forest.
'I can't and I won't talk about any players until they sign,' he said speaking ahead of Sunday's match against Tottenham.
'We have been linked with a lot, some are maybe true, some are definitely not. We would like to sign more players, I know we have signed a lot and we are not going to shy away from talking about that.
'The reality is we would like to have signed more than we have by now, but that's the nature of the transfer window. We have a few more days and we will see where we end up.
Cooper added: 'I don't have an exact number of how many more I'd like and my number might be different to other people's thoughts.
But there is lots of work going on. But the number we end up with at the end of the window will be inclusive of people leaving, so still a bit of work to do.
'We want to get to a point when the window closes that we have good cover for every position but also a challenge for every position as well.
'We want to give ourselves the best opportunity to be able to compete. That is all we are trying to do. I would rather get questions about how many players we have signed than not signing enough, because it shows we have the right ambition.