Gillingham linked with move for Millwall striker Isaac Olaofe and Crawley Town's Tom Nichols

Gillingham are hoping to move quickly when the January transfer window opens and forward players will be top of the agenda.

Young Millwall striker Isaac Olaofe is among those players rumoured to be heading to Priestfield. A deal for the 23-year-old was hoped for in the summer but instead the player stayed at the Championship side, hoping to break into their first team.

Olaofe made a couple of appearances in the league for Millwall in August but nothing since and he’s expected to be leaving in January, with the Gills among those clubs interested.

The quick and powerful front-man had three loan spells with Sutton United, scoring nine goals for them last season in League 2. The season before he hit the net 14 times, helping the club to promotion from the National League.

Crawley Town’s Tom Nichols has also been linked with a move to the Gills.

The 29-year-old is a forward who links up play well and has scored four goals this term but hasn’t featured since playing against the Gills a month ago. It would be a blow for Crawley to lose one of their best players.

Nichols has remained out of the Crawley squad while interest in him has been made.

Earlier this month, Crawley director of football Chris Galley said: “We received an offer and some strong interest for Tom Nichols and we, as an organisation that believes in a collaborative approach, felt that this was an unnecessary distraction for (manager) Matthew Etherington’s first game in charge.”

A player who could be heading back to Crawley is Gills' loan keeper Glenn Morris.

Morris - on a loan deal from Crawley until January - hasn’t yet recovered from injury and Gills manager Neil Harris will be keen to strengthen the goalkeeping department next month. He’s been relying on