Gillingham manager Neil Harris on the closing of the summer transfer window and hopes of additions to his League 2 squad

Manager Neil Harris expects Gillingham to make at least one new signing before the transfer window closes tonight but more than that could be unlikely.

With a lack of interest from other clubs in any of Gills’ squad, there is little room to manoeuvre for Harris, who is working on a modest budget. His key target is a centre-back and any more than that is a bonus.

Gills fans will have been encouraged, however, by co-chairman Paul Fisher’s late night Tweet on Wednesday, saying he expects a busy day ahead. Harris will be hoping that’s the case, particularly after his fringe players failed to deliver against Charlton in the Papa John’s Trophy.

“It is clear that I want us to add to the group,” said the manager after Wednesday night's defeat.

“Whatever way it falls, I will have the group on Friday morning and it will be my job to make sure I get the right formation and the right team to be getting a clean-sheet mentality at one end, which seemed to have been found before Wednesday, and then build the other end as well.

“Hopefully we add to the group but whatever is in the building on Friday, then they are my boys and that is what I will work with until January (when the window reopens).

“The majority of clubs are in the same boat at the moment, at times I thought, ‘here we go, we have done something’ and then it falls through. That has been the story of the summer, we are used to it now at the football club.

“We will see what unfolds. Do I expect at least one player to come in? Yes I do, 100%. I will be majorly disappointed if we don’t. We will see what happens. When we get back on the training pitch at 10am on Friday, then that will be my group going into January.”

Busy day ahead!!

Harris has maintained his key aim is for a