Weston sure of Walsall recruits

Rhys Weston has backed boss Chris Hutchings to deliver the goods and flesh out Walsall's skeleton crew.

An increasing need to sign new faces surrounds the Banks's Stadium following Anthony Gerrard's switch to Cardiff for around £200,000 this week.

The Saddlers, who started pre-season training on Thursday, are down to just 18 players, including six teenagers - the minimum number required to fill a matchday squad after the introduction of seven substitutes for next season.

Hutchings desperately ne-eds recruits and, with frustrations growing, Weston has insisted Hutchings and assistant Martin O'Connor will bring in quality.

He said: " We haven't got the biggest budget so we've got to be careful and very selective on who we try and bring in. I'm sure they're doing everything to the best of their ability."

And the 28-year-old believes the majority of transfers will happen tow-ards the end of the window in August because clubs want to save money.

"Clubs may not make signings early in the summer because it means extra wages," he said.