Gillingham manager Neil Harris looking to add five more to his senior squad during the summer transfer window

Gillingham are looking at quality over quantity this summer as they look to build on a successful January transfer window.

Tom Nichols, Timothee Dieng, Oli Hawkins, George Lapslie, Aiden O’Brien and Conor Masterson were among the January signings that helped turn Gills’ season around and those players have now given manager Neil Harris a platform to build from.

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Harris made 16 new signings in last summer’s transfer window but is only looking at making a handful of additions this time around.

Masterson has now signed permanently while Alex MacDonald and David Tutonda have been offered contracts. He’s got 16 seniors players already on the books.

“We don’t want to bring in as many as last summer,” Harris said. “We are not looking for a large group, I only want 20-21 senior players supplemented with the under-21s to make up training numbers and having an opportunity to join the first team group when it arises, at the right time.

“We are probably looking at adding five to the group.

“Naturally, I always talk about opportunity for players to move on and develop elsewhere or for game-time, that might materialise over the course of the summer or pre-season.

“We are looking at adding five senior players to the core group, I am talking about coming in ready-made to play and go into a League 2 team, to be competitive, to get us into the mix at the top end of the division, that is the level of the player we are looking at.

“We recruited very well in January, we recruited sensibly, and that is going to be the ethos and motto over the course of the summer.

“We are not going out with an open chequebook to go and sign players, we are not in that position, but we are going to be