Rutherglen Glencairn boss 'lands six transfer targets'

Rutherglen Glencairn boss Joe Pryce hopes to have landed all six of his transfer targets, as he looks ahead to next season’s West of Scotland First Division title challenge.

While Pryce won’t name the signings until their contracts are up – which he expects to be able to do on Saturday – he has landed two goalkeepers, a striker and a midfielder, with maybe one other of the latter two also coming in.

Pryce reckons his side are in good shape ahead of the new season, and thanked the club’s board for backing him with his targets.

He said: “We’ve got one striker in, hopefully another coming in, two goalkeepers, and we’ve certainly got one midfielder, and are hoping to get another one in to help us out.

“We’re almost there. If something else comes up we’ll look at it, but I’m really happy with the way the off-season is going.

“We’ve managed to get in the targets that we were looking for, with space for maybe one or two more, but not too many.

“It’s not like last year where we had to have a complete rebuild, almost, because we lost 11 players. There are only one or two moving on, but loan players have gone back to their clubs.

“I’m really pleased with the way things are shaping up at the moment. You never get all your targets, there are always one or two that slip through the net, but I’m pleased with what we’ve got so far.

“We’ll keep looking, and if anything pops up that’s going to help us then we’ll certainly have a go at it.

“The board have been excellent in backing me. Not that we’ve been looking for a lot of money, because we don’t do that, the ones we’re bringing in are free or out of contract.

“But I’m really pleased with the way things are going at the moment and there are still three weeks before pre-season starts.

“I