Gillingham manager John Coleman on the need to sign the right kind of players in the transfer window, which closes tonight
Manager John Coleman hopes his input during the closing hours of the transfer window will help Gillingham recruit players hungry for success.
Coleman’s on a deal until the end of the season, but is hoping to extend that stay and has an eye on the future, and says the club “need to be careful” when it comes to recruitment.
With this season heading for a write-off, Coleman will be hoping to help bring some more fresh faces in the closing hours of the window to ensure the final few months can be a lot more positive than the last few. The window for signing contracted players shuts at 11pm tonight (Monday).
The Gills have brought three new players in during the winter window and Coleman - who said it might be a “manic Monday” – is keen for more, but said: “We won't rule out players going out, we won't rule out players coming in, but we've got to start being sensible and we've certainly not got to be a soft touch.
“I think we've got to tighten up a little bit in the business that we do in the club, and that's no slight on anybody, but I think we've got to start getting more hunger in the football club and that's in every department of the football club, not just the management or the playing staff, that's every single department.
“Everyone's got to get more hungry, more hungry for success, more hungry to improve, more hungry to self-develop, and that's including myself as well.
“One thing I would never question is my desire in football but I'm still learning, I still want to learn, and I want to get better. I want the players to get better with me.”
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