Terrors will put ‘Shankland strategy’ to work yet again

are good players out there, whether it be Scotland, England or across Europe with the way the market is at the minute.

“We have to be ready to move and Tony is on top of that along with the scouting department and chairman.

“We are actually i n a good position. One of the plans of Tony Asghar and the club was to have that long-term strategy of having the core of the team in place.

“As things stand just now, we have a full team and a good squad and it is just about picking the right players to add to that.

“I have said all along that we do need to add.

“We have our targets that we would love to move on just now but the situation just now is that clubs don’t know what is going to happen and the other issue we have is that the transfer window isn’t open just now either.”

Finnish U/21 star Il mari Niskanen was reported as a possible United target last month.

The young winger’s club,

Finnish champions, KuPS, would demand a fee in the region of £250,000 for their young star.

However, Neilson admitted the 22-year-old remains on his radar as he looks to strengthen for a crack at the top flight.

The United boss confirmed: “He is one we are looking at if I am being honest. There are a number of players we are looking at because we know what we need.

“We are looking to strengthen the wider areas because we don’t have a lot in there at the minute. We have a few young ones but senior-wise we only have Paul McMullan and Peter Pawlett.

“We would like to add another couple because we feel moving up a level we need that pace in the wide areas to break teams and also to counter-attack at the many tough venues we will encounter next season.

“They are all key areas we have been doing a lot of work on, looking at players and we are just waiting to make our move really.”