CHRIS Millington insists Solihull Moors will only target players who are hungry to play for the club with new signings imminent at Damson Park.
Moors finished 14th in the National League last season as Millington guided the club up the table following his appointment as Solihull boss in October.
Millington succeeded Matt Taylor as Solihull boss with the club bottom of the National League table at the time of Taylor’s sacking.
A total of six players will depart Moors following the conclusion of the 2025/26 season while a number of loan players have returned to their parent clubs.
And Millington is looking forward to shaping the Moors squad for the upcoming season but will only sign players who show a desire to represent the club.
Millington said: “I’m very excited. To be able to begin to mould the squad in a new way is exciting.
“We’ve still got a good number of players who are registered to the club on two-year deals.
“We’re excited about the opportunity we’ve got to bring certain players in.
“Really good conversations are happening in those areas. Three have already progressed to paperwork being signed and will be announced in due course.
“And a number who are close. We’ve missed out on one or two who would rather wait and see what the market brings them.
“We want lads who are hungry to be here and they are the ones who want to sign and get themselves attached to Solihull Moors early.
“We’ve making good headway with that. It’s very exciting, we should have the majority of the squad ready to get going on the first day of pre-season.
“The football staff are working hard to make sure we’ve got a fully signed and fully fit raring to go squad who can hopefully do something exciting across the course of the season.”
Millington’s arrival as Moors boss coincided with an upturn in form including a remarkable 7-1 triumph against Tamworth on Boxing Day.
However, Moors stuttered from January through to March as the club saw their outside chance of securing a top-seven finish fade.
And Millington believes he now knows the areas of the squad he needs to strengthen to help Moors compete at the top end of the table next season.
Millington added: “It was mixed really. There were some really positive aspects to it, some really great games and fantastic scorelines.
“The flip side is we under performed for a period which cost us a chance of sneaking into the play-offs which was disappointing but not wholly unexpected.
“Given the way we started and the injuries and loans we lost at a key time probably impacted that and made it a little bit more difficult for us.
“But it’s a fantastic learning experience. I can speak for me and Coops [Andy Cooper], it was a really positive experience getting to know the club and being welcomed in so well.
“From a professional point of view it was really good to get to know the squad and understand what the depth is like and what areas we need to strengthen.
“We want to play in that fantastic way the lads performed over our good run and also within that to strengthen so we can compete at the right end of the table.”
