Maidstone United manager Hakan Hayrettin targets four new players after calling in squad for extra training

Hakan Hayrettin is targeting four new signings after Maidstone’s capitulation at Wrexham.

Hayrettin was so disappointed with the manner of their 5-0 defeat at the weekend he called the players in for extra training on Monday to thrash things out.

Four games into the National League season, the Stones boss, whose side lost 4-2 to Dorking last week, has seen enough to know changes must be made.

“I’m trying to bring four in,” said Hayrettin, with Maidstone hosting Torquay on Saturday before travelling to Aldershot on Bank Holiday Monday (both 3pm).

“I’m not panicking, I’ve just seen what I need now.

“I know we’re going to be all right this season but if I don’t do my job and start ironing things out, like I did last season, people are going to think it’s OK, but it isn’t.

“I’ve got standards that I adhere to and those standards have got to be met.

“The minimum requirement is they’ve got to work as hard as they possibly can.

“I’m just doing my job. If I can get better, I will, but I brought these lads in, I brought everything together, it’s my job to make sure I get the best out of them.”

Monday is normally a day off but Hayrettin wanted answers after Wrexham.

The Dragons’ spending power as title favourites is no secret - Hollywood actor owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney were at the game - but Hayrettin couldn’t accept the way Maidstone collapsed.

“I’m not standing for that,” said Hayrettin, who apologised to the 200 travelling fans in a crowd of almost 10,000, and told his players to do the same.

“We probably played the favourites to get promoted with a budget 10 times as big as ours.

“One of their players is on £13,000 a week, we know him because I had him at Luton, and he was on the bench.

“They signed a boy from