January transfer window will be a crucial indicator of how Fulham see Rene Meulensteen's role in the long-term Meulensteen's training and coaching methods have already gone down well with the players, but he has little management experience. Khan and his allies are looking at several areas in which Fulham's squad could be improved to help results. They believe they hired one of the top coaches in Meulensteen and are now hoping he proves to be a similarly impressive boss. An early test of how much power Meulensteen is allowed will be the January transfer window. The Dutchman would like to raid his former club Manchester United for midfielder Anderson, who is also a target of Porto. But Fulham could revive their interest in Southampton's Jack Cork, who was almost signed in the summer. Dimitar Berbatov's future may also be pivotal to Fulham's hopes of survival and Meulensteen's bid to remain in charge. Striker Berbatov is keen to leave Fulham in the January transfer window, but that did not stop Meulensteen playing the Bulgarian against his former club Tottenham. The pair are believed to have chatted ahead of the game and Berbatov promised to give his all and perform to the best of his ability until an offer is made for him. Offloading Berbatov in January would save Fulham around £2 million in wages. But there is an acceptance among many of the coaching staff that, despite his sometimes questionable workrate and attitude, Berbatov could still be important to the club. It would also be considered suicidal to let Berbatov join another club in the bottom half of the table such as West Ham, who have been alerted to the player's possible availability.