GRIMSBY Town's bosses want to add experience to their young squad – possibly ruling out a move for Nuneaton Town winger Wes York.
The 19-year-old wideman impressed against the Mariners back in March and alerted a host of full-time clubs by putting in a transfer request at the end of the season.
But Town co-manager Rob Scott insists that – although the likes of York would be of interest in a perfect world – what his squad needs more than anything is a few older heads.
He told the Telegraph: "We have to look at what we need – last year at times our squad only had one player over the age of 23 in it.
"We've got a lot of young players and we're happy with those but the only experienced player we've got at this time is Craig Disley.
"So we need to go into the right areas and get the right things for next season – one of those will be experience."
Currently Scott and Paul Hurst's squad stands at 13 players, including one goalkeeper, one centre-back and only two centre-midfielders.
The average age of that group is just over 24, with captain Disley the only player over 27.
Scott remarked: "We know we need a centre-half and a central midfielder, and we know what type we need.
"We'll possibly be looking for one more winger as well because if we do decide to go 4-4-2 that only leaves us with two out-and-out wingers.
"If anything happens to either of those then you're a little bit thin on the ground.
"But we're not in the process of being able to go and sign 25 players. If that was the case someone like Wes York at Nuneaton would have been a possibility.
"We only saw a couple of games he played in, and did he do it consistently enough? He had a good half against us and then he faded."
He added: "We're not able to go out and spend, spend, spend, and bring in every top player that we've come across this season.
"We need to really scour the market at every level – whether it's the one above, one below or the one we're in, we'll look for the best that we can get.
"We'll certainly have some experience added to the squad and we'll see where we end up."
