11:12am Friday 23rd January 2004
WANDERERS boss Tony Adams has promised to carry on wheeler dealing, despite using up the club's last loan on goalkeeper Scott Bevan last week.
The gaffer has already brought seven players into the club during his two months at the helm, but wants more.
Two of his loanees Steven Taylor and Luke Moore have gone back to their Premiership clubs, Newcastle United and Aston Villa, after their month-long deals expired.
And with Nathan Tyson and Stuart Nethercott already on board, the club has used its full complement of loan signings already.
But Adams could free up two more loans if he signs Nethercott or Tyson on a permanent basis.
Both are willing to extend their stay with the struggling second division club. Central defender Nethercott, a former Tottenham player and Millwall captain is available on a free transfer from Millwall, but Reading want a fee for the their pacy striker, Tyson.
Adams, who has no money available for transfer fees, could also bring in new blood by taking over the contracts of players at other clubs.
He said: "I'm learning all the time. There are a few options open to me.
"We've got to build and things might happen in a couple of weeks to get me a couple of loans back, who knows."
Adams has used 28 players in 14 matches since his arrival on Bonfire Night that's an average of two new players being introduced in each match.
His deals so far include the permanent captures of former Arsenal and Brentford defender Scott Marshall on a free and 19 year-old former Ipswich Town midfielder Matt Bloomfield.
He has also recruited five players on loan with Bevan, Taylor, Moore, Tyson and Nethercott making up the quintet.
Before Adams arrived, Wanderers' first boss of the season hired strikers Simon Patterson and Iffy Onoura on loan from Watford and Sheffield United respectively and defender Guy Branston from Rotherham United.
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