Ebbsfleet United manager Dennis Kutrieb says there’s room in his squad to accommodate one more recruit ahead of big kick-off in National League

Ebbsfleet manager Dennis Kutrieb has revealed there’s only one more space up for grabs in his squad.

The Fleet have been unveiling their summer recruits this week as they prepare for life in the National League with defender Jack Wakely and experienced midfielder Ouss Cisse already on board.

The signing of former Walsall full-back Hayden White was announced on Tuesday with more names coming before the weekend. After that, the Fleet boss is only looking for one more new face as things stand.

“It's a bit similar to last season,” said Kutrieb. “We’re more or less done but we’re keeping our eyes open for one more signing because it should be the right signing. We didn’t want to rush that decision because it’s important for us.

“We have space for one more at this moment in time although that can obviously change every single day.

“We have 23 players, and 24 with Rakish Bingham, so if I say we have one more spot left that would be 25. From this point of view, I’m in a very good position.

“We’ve started pre-season with a nearly full squad, we’ve got one option open.

“There are many other leagues where players try to get in and that might open things up as soon as squads are getting fuller and players can see that there’s nothing for them, they might drop and try to find something in the National League.

“We’ll keep our eyes open and wait to make the right call. We have so many players on the table, they’re very good players, but sometimes it’s not the right timing to make it early enough as we’ve done that with five other players already.

“At this moment in time there’s no one on the table where I say I definitely sign him if I don’t find my target (as with Toby Edser last season) but there are a few where I would say it could