“As with other things, what’s important is not the volume of players who come in, but bringing in the right players.
“Sometimes that takes time. Or I could get a phonecall tomorrow about an inquiry and somebody says ‘yes, we’re prepared to do it now’.
“That’s what you are hoping for every day.”
Hughton confirmed that he had little, if no, money to splash out.
“I think it would be fair to say that the market I’ve been looking at has been very much the loan market.
“But it doesn’t necessarily mean that if something came about that was suitable and minimal money that I wouldn’t be able to do anything.”
Blues, who are at Sheffield United in the fourth round of the FA Cup tomorrow, sold Beausejour for around £2.5 million - £3 million, plus add-ons.
Hughton said he felt the decision wouldn’t harm Blues, and he and his players would just adapt to circumstances anyway, as they have done all season.
“I can guarantee it won’t be detrimental to the ambitions because I’ve got a very focused group in there and they’re very resilient characters, footballers.
“They are used to having a team mate for a period of time and then the team mate has gone. They have to get on with it.
“It is still my aim that we will have a squad that’s good enough to compete in the area that we want to compete in.
“If I’m not able to do that then of course I would be disappointed. We are making every effort to do that.
“In an ideal world, no, you don’t want to lose anyone. When you lose a player it’s always disappointing, particularly like Jean who has been a very stable influence in the squad.
“If I look at what Chris Burke has given us in goals and assists, Jean is a different type of player to that but he has been a really stable player in the team - a strong individual on the ball.
“You have to work around that. I have responsibility to not only the team but the club as well.
“When one player goes we have to deal with it the best way we can and if that’s giving somebody in the squad more games or bringing somebody else in in that position, whichever way we cope, we have to cope with it the best we can.”
