Neil Harris provides Gillingham transfer news update

Gillingham appointed Neil Harris as their new boss midway through the League One campaign last time out in a bid to try and help them steer clear of the drop.

Whilst the side ultimately came close to an escape, it may have been too little too late. The Gills were eventually demoted down to League Two on goal difference whilst Fleetwood stayed up and they will now have to prepare for life as a fourth tier outfit.

Neil Harris will have plenty of work to do this summer now in order to get his side straight back up. The boss has plenty of experience in the Football League and success much higher up the football pyramid, so will fancy his chances of being able to do well with the side given the opportunity to develop his own type of squad.

He hasn’t had much opportunity to build a team at Gillingham yet but now that the season has come to a close, the manager will have a full offseason to evaluate the squad, clear out the deadwood and bring in more of the type of player that he himself wants at the club.

Harris then will have a busy summer ahead – and he has now spoken to the club’s official website with an update over his recruitment plans, how many more deals he plans to do and when fans could expect to see more business done by the club.

The boss revealed that he has held talks over other deals and that he could ideally get plenty more transfers in before pre-season begins too, no doubt so he can have a full squad to run the rule over as he prepares for League Two.

Speaking to the official website about his recruitment plans then, Harris said: “We are close but it’s like a see-saw at times, one minute we’re up and the next minute we’re down, we’ve got one in and then we haven’t.

“I’ve met one player today, he’s come to the