Crewe will get more transfer business done
Bell said the club had had a "couple of knockbacks" and had "missed out on a couple" of other potential targets.With two permanent moves completed, Bell is keen to stress that, as usual, getting players in on loan will be a key factor."The loan market's going to be important to us and the calibre of loan that we want may mean we have to wait a bit longer because their parent club wants to have a look at them and then make a decision," he said."People have assured us as soon as these players are available to go out on loan, they'll let us know."
Only a poor run in their last six games of the season, when they only picked up one point, denied the Alex a chance of making the play-offs in League Two for the second campaign in a row.Having been only one point off the top top seven before that run, Bell's side finished eight points adrift.Despite that, Bell knows he already has solid foundations on which to build another shot at promotion this term."I went on to the [training] pitch the other day and people are saying 'come on let's sign some players' but you look and stand back and think 'we have got some good players here' and my job is to add to it."There's no panic and we'll get some business done."
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