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Ling looking at free agents for U's

Cambridge United will only be able to sign players on free transfers over the next few weeks, manager Martin Ling has revealed.

The U's have agreed a fee with Blue Square Bet Premier rivals Forest Green Rovers for the services of striker Conal Platt while the club will also have to pay Kettering Town for defender James Jennings, whose fee will be decided by a tribunal.

Striker Wayne Gray, 29, is also on trial at the club and Ling admits he will need to think carefully about any further players he plans to bring into his squad this summer.

Ling told Cambridge News: "Wayne was a little bit behind the rest of the squad, but you'd expect that as he started a few days later then them.

"His fitness levels are about where we expected them to be. He's had knee problems before, but they're bearing up well with the work we've been doing. His lungs could be a bit better, but he knows that.

"I won't make any rash decisions and it will probably be a case of waiting two or three weeks to decide whether he's right for us. Whoever comes in would have to be a free agent.

"Wayne's a chancer with some pedigree behind him, or it could be a young boy (that I sign) who's a chancer with no pedigree behind him."