Manager Neil Harris doesn't want to get people too excited as Gillingham look to add final few players to their League 2 squad

Manager Neil Harris has moved to rein in the expectations over Gillingham’s summer transfer business.

He branded talk of Cardiff City winger Sheyi Ojo and others coming to the Gills “a load of rubbish” as excitement about who could join the club this summer reaches new levels.

Fans can be forgiven for getting excited, with a new owner onboard with money in the bank, but the Gills are keen to act sensibly in the market and are constrained by over-spending limits put on them by the Football League.

Gillingham made their fourth permanent signing on Tuesday night after paying an undisclosed amount to Leyton Orient for their left-sided central defender Shadrach Ogie.

A striker and a winger are also on the shopping list.

Earlier this month the Gills put in a bid for Alfie May before Charlton made their move and swooped for the striker - starting him against Neil Harris’ side in the midweek friendly. The Addicks won 3-1.

Harris said: “I have been very careful with what I say, not to fuel too much excitement.

“It was non-avoidable with Alfie May, with the publicity and the local gossips, so to speak, I had to speak about it.

“We get linked with a lot of good players and I see us get linked with Sheyi Ojo the other day from Cardiff. He would never come to Gillingham, not in a million years at the moment, a lot of it is a load of rubbish.”

He feels their own budget won’t match that of many other teams in League 2 this season despite the increased investment.

Harris added: “I just don’t want people to get too excited. We are not going to have the budget that gets us in the top five, six or seven teams in the league.

“Being linked with all of these players might fuel excitement, but we know it’s not going to happen.

“People need to