Brucie on the summer

'I’m not Houdini. In the Premier League, if you have not got your big players fit then you are snookered. I have found that.

'There is a big summer ahead for us. We have been trying to clear the decks for two years and bring in that bit of quality. We are much better now, but this year is a big year for us again now because I would never have thought we would need eight or nine come the summer.'

“I am confident there will be a marquee signing. We have to look at the strength of our strikers and we don’t have many. In the Premier League they have to make an impact. I am seriously hoping there will be funds available. I am aware we have to strengthen our strikers and get them here.”

“We went into the season with 24 players and five of those were loans,” said Bruce, who will turn Ahmed Elmohamady’s short-term switch into a permanent arrangement. “We have two or three not available for next year. There are seven or eight players out of 24 we have to make up for. I have to try to do something.

“I need midfield players, I’ve no real cover for full-backs. We have to be actively looking again to get in what we can. We are not alright anywhere on the pitch. We are not alright in defence, midfield or in the striker area. The goalkeeper is knackered as well.”







Hope Ellis is ready to part with quite a few million by the sounds of it and thats even before we sell anyone, surely a couple of bids will come in for our current players and if Brucie lets them leave then we have to replace them aswell.

Can see more than 10arriving this summer