Dover Athletic manager Mitch Brundle insists there’s no panic despite a fairly slow start to the summer on the recruitment front

There is no panic for Dover boss Mitch Brundle despite a relatively slow start to the summer on the recruitment front.

National League South Whites, who narrowly avoided a second successive relegation at the end of their 2022/23 season, confirmed their retained list last week.

But that only included four players and, although talks are ongoing with other members of last term’s squad, their identities haven’t been publicly revealed.

But Brundle insisted: “It’s going well.

“A lot of people are on holiday, lots are waiting for decisions.

“You see the lists come out and everyone automatically thinks ‘We’ll go and get that player’ - but it’s not that easy.

“They’re waiting to see what their best option is. Some of them are looking in leagues higher, some want to drop down a league, and some want to go part-time.

“So you have to do your due diligence with everyone you target.

“But it’s going well. Some are pretty much all agreed with personal terms and coming and signing.

“There’s just not been a chance to go to the stadium and actually sign the contract yet.

“Obviously, when you go part-time, they can’t just go down in midweek and sign a bit of paper - because they’re at work.

“I can see lots of people are panicking but there’s no panic.

“A lot of people doing their deals now are probably paying over the odds, as well, and we want to be smart in our business.

“We want to make sure it’s right, rather than just getting people through the door.

“It’s all in forward motion.”

Chairman Jim Parmenter appeared to cast doubt on the future of Brundle after their season-ending defeat to Weymouth.

But the 28-year-old explained that particular meeting with Parmenter has since taken place - with the focus of the conversation being on how