New Gillingham signing Ashley Nadesan will be working to form new partnerships as manager Neil Harris looks at different combinations

Manager Neil Harris knows it might take summer recruit Ashley Nadesan some time to adapt at Gillingham.

Striker Nadesan has joined from League 2 rivals Crawley for an undisclosed fee and started in Gills’ 1-0 weekend friendly victory against Dagenham & Redbridge.

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The 28-year-old reunites with Tom Nichols, the pair having worked together in West Sussex, but neither got on the scoresheet in their first outing back together.

Harris said: “I was a centre-forward so I know what it’s like trying to build a partnership.

“They don’t need to learn about each others’ games because they know it inside out. Other players have to learn about them as a combination.

“They can talk through it and walk through it, and show them clips. But it’s not the same as seeing them on the pitch.

“I thought it was a really positive start for both of them. Both are disappointed they didn’t score on Saturday, they both should have scored, [but] let’s hope they’re saving them for this weekend.”

Harris admitted there were partnerships he needed to see in action, with Max Clark and Dom Jefferies linking up well on the left flank.

“It’s important to get the combinations - I, probably, more wanted to see the centre-halves as a combination,” the boss noted. “It was important to see Ethan [Coleman] and Tim Dieng as a combination as well.

“The front four, how they blend. Jayden Clarke, who’s going into his first season, Dom Jefferies, who has only had one full season, and Ashley Nadesan and Tom Nichols.

“They know each other extremely well and they know their strengths. But the rest of the group hasn’t been with them before.

“They were the combinations I needed to see.

“There were loads of positives. I