Darren Hare tells how he and Alan Walker are forming a plan for the future of Ashford United

Ashford’s interim management team are forming a clear picture of what’s required to take the club forward.

Alan Walker and Darren Hare were brought in to assess the squad and report back to the prospective new owners.

The Isthmian South East club is set to change hands this summer with chairman Don Crosbie expecting the deal to be concluded by May 31.

Hare is working as assistant manager under Walker, whose remit also includes interviewing managerial candidates for next season.

The pair are formulating plans to help the new owners hit the ground running.

“We’ve been quite pleased with what we’ve seen, despite the fact we’ve lost games,” said Hare, a former academy manager at Gillingham.

“There’s been lots of positives and we’re starting to get a good picture of what we can suggest for the new management team and the new owners moving forward.

“We feel a lot more informed than we did four weeks ago.

“I guess that’s why they went for a couple of old farts like us because we’ve got that experience of working with players, knowing players and recruiting players.

“One of the main reasons they asked us to get involved was to have a good look at the set-up and put a plan together.

“I don’t think it’s an immediate success plan, it’s a sustainable plan for the future.

“We’ve been tasked with having a look at why the team has under-performed this season and where the gaps are.

“We’ve got two games left and then we can sit down and start talking about boys we feel the club need to try and keep hold of and take it from there.

“Obviously a big part of the job is to find out who is going to manage the team next season because Alan and I could make suggestions and then a new manager comes in and he - or she - might have different