PHIL Brown plans to invest any proportion of the near £1 million sum Swindon Town may be due from Aden Flint’s move to Middlesbrough on player wages, if given the green light to do so.

Defender Flint, 29, became Boro’s second signing of the summer when agreeing to a four-year contract with Tony Pulis’ side on Wednesday afternoon.

The north east club revealed that, due to the terms of the deal, they were unable to disclose the fee.

But reports have indicated it could be as high as £7 million, triggering a cash boost potentially close to £1 million for Town thanks to a sell on clause – believed to be around 20 per cent - agreed when the defender left the County Ground to join City in 2013.

While Brown remains unsure if part of the expected cash will be allocated to the club’s transfer and wage budgets, he confirmed he would be more inclined to use the cash on player wages – believing the free transfer market to be very strong this summer.

He said: “I don’t know the exact figures, but I know Aden has been away from the football club for five years.

“It might be a little windfall for the owner (Lee Power). What he wants to do with the money is entirely his call. Hopefully we’ll get the benefit of some of that money and invest it in the squad.

“It’s up to me then whether I want to invest it in transfer fees or if I want to invest it in wages. At this moment in time there are a lot of good free transfers around, so I would suggest wages is the answer to that.”

The Town boss, who welcomed his squad back from their summer break for pre-season training this week, didn’t rule out investing a six-figure sum in a new player should he deem it necessary.

Brown has also welcomed four trialists into the Swindon Town camp, all of which are expected to feature at some point during the club’s opening pre-season fixture against Cirencester next Tuesday.

Brown said: “There might be someone out there that we can look at for £50,000 or £100,000 – maybe a striker, whatever the case may be.

“At the moment it’s a windfall I wasn’t expecting, but then maybe the chairman wasn’t expecting it either.

“It’s come at a timely moment as there is no income coming into the football club and wages still have to be paid.

“I’ll sit down with Lee and Steve (Anderson) and discuss what we can do with those finances.”