Assistant manager Peter Shirtliff said; "We are desperately trying to do something before the deadline.
"We know we will be without Chris until at least Christmas, even best case scenario, so we want to bring someone in.
"We have a couple of irons in the fire - one on a permanent move and one on loan.
"But we won't want to rush and make a mistake, It has to be the right one."
source: Mansfield Chad.