NEW SIGNINGS ON THEIR WAY TO TOWN
Town boss Chris Millington says one new signing has been sealed and two firm offers have been made to others.
The Shaymen are yet to announce any new signings so far this summer but did confirm their retained list over the weekend, with Tom Clarke, Jordan Keane, Luke Summerfield, Tylor Golden, Angelo Cappello, Milli Alli, Jamie Cooke, Rob Harker, Jack Hunter and Jamie Stott all part of next season's squad.
"We're discussing what we've got available with a lot of players," said Millington when asked how negotiations were going with potential new signings.
"We've got one offer that's agreed and in the process of having the paperwork done, and two firm offers have been put out to players.
"There's certain positions, certain areas of the pitch where we need more support, but we're going to need players pretty much across the board.
"It's a variety of players, a variety of ages and levels of experience."
When asked how many new signings he thinks there will be, the
Halifax boss said: "We're still in negotiations with a couple of existing players to re-sign so it is dependent on that.
"But you're talking somewhere in the region of six to eight new players coming in the building."
Millington was away on holiday last week but Town's recruitment drive is now in overdrive.
"I managed to get a few days away last week but that's done and dusted now," he said.
"It's now about speaking to agents and players, I'll be meeting with the chairman, then I'm meeting with Gareth McClelland, our head of recruitment, and Andy Cooper, who's back from a week away.
"We've got to narrow-focus our energies on a couple of positions that we want to fill as soon as possible.
"Once we've got those two positions nailed down, then we can relax a bit because we've got a decent cover across the pitch and we can really look at where we need to strengthen and where we might want to bring in players who can develop into regular starters over a longer period."
Millington admits the futures of out-of-contract players Jack Senior and Harvey Gilmour remain unclear.
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