GRIMSBY Town's bosses are working around the clock in their bid to bring new players to Blundell park.
However, Rob Scott believes there will be only one or two new signings before Grimsby Town's players return for pre-season training on June 27.
So far, Scott Neilson has been the Mariners' only signing of the close-season, with the former loanee joining on a one-year-deal.
That leaves Scott and co-manager Paul Hurst with a squad of 13 as it stands – around five players shy of their desired number for the new campaign
However, the joint bosses insist that, even if only one or two more players arrive before that squad reports back, they won't be too concerned.
Speaking to the Telegraph, Scott said: "It's still very early days in terms of bringing anyone in. Players from the Football League are still contracted until the end of June – even if they've been released, they are going to leave their options open until their contracts run down.
"As we stand, we've got 13 players coming back for pre-season.
"Although that doesn't sound a lot, it's a good nucleus and we're quite happy with what we've got so far.
"Even if we come back for pre-season with what we've got, that's okay with us.
"We would then have six weeks before the start of the season to bring players in – there's plenty of time yet."
Outwardly things may look quiet on the transfer front, but Scott insists there are irons in the fire.
He continued: "We've spoken to plenty of players – you speak to a lot because you're not going to narrow your market down by only speaking to one or two players.
"Everyone knows that we've got a reduced budget and that we're going to go with a smaller squad – albeit with more quality.
"The only sticking point is that the quality costs more money because we're going to have a reduced budget.
"We want to bring that quality in and the gulf between the highest and the lowest earners in the squad will probably be bigger than it was last season.
"We're going to have to get a few players in that are genuine squad players, who can't command as high of a wage because they're unproven.
"But, as we've also said, we want to bring in experience as well so it's a bit of a catch-22 situation, and that's why we're waiting a bit."
