Talks start soon

The out-of-contract, or at least will be, players at Gillingham will have their futures decided shortly.

Andy Hessenthaler, as he told the official website, wants to get the season out of the way first before deciding what direction is taken with the players who will see their contracts end.

The Gills manager will look to 'freshen things up' so this could mean that some players are now 'surplus to requirements' at Priestfield but all will be sorted soon: 'it would be wrong for me to sit down and talk to the players before next week.

'We've got one more game to tackle, we want to win the game and then after that we've got the presentation night next Saturday.

'Then we'll have a bit of time with the players, as a group and individually, after the weekend.

'I've got to sit down and look at the final situation with the chairman. We'll do that first and see what's available, look to freshen things up. There's a number of players out of contract, that will release some of the money hopefully we can use.

'We've gone over budget this year, the chairman's really pulled out all the stops to try and get that promotion. I've got to sit down and see where we're at and go from there. I signed a three-year deal and hopefully the third year is going to be my year. It won't be for the lack of trying, I'll keep putting the hours in to build a team that's going to be successful.'

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