RICHIE Wellens is struggling to offload players under contract at Swindon Town who he no longer requires in the squad.

The Town boss revealed a minimum of two players who already have deals at SN1 for next season will be allowed to leave the club this summer following the manager’s bold plan to cut the first-team squad from 33 members to just 20.

Of those players with the length of the deals revealed, Keshi Anderson, Kaiyne Woolery, Michael Doughty, Jermaine McGlashan, Tom Broadbent, Taylor Curran, Cameron McGilp, Scott Twine, Luke McCormick and Toumani Diagouraga are all under contract for next season – but some will depart early as Wellens plans to build a squad capable of winning promotion to League One.

The Town boss appears to have already made his mind up with regards to who will depart, as he confirmed no teams want the players he plans to permanently send away from the County Ground.

He said: “The biggest problem I’ve got is no one wants the players under contract.

“We have too many players, I want the squad down in numbers but higher in quality.

“We need to spend our money wisely – we need players that will statistically get better results for what we are paying.

“There will be two or three players that are in contract that will be offered to other clubs. But then it’s up to other clubs to take them on.

“We need to get the right blend. We’ve got no wingers at the club, we had Jermaine McGlashan, but he didn’t fit into the way I want to play.

“He doesn’t score enough goals or get enough assists.

“We need to spend our money in the right areas so we can score enough goals to get in the top three next season. You look at the top teams, they’re consistently scoring goals week in, week out.”

Wellens admits that of his current squad, loanees Luke Woolfenden, Canice Carroll, Theo Robinson, Kyle Bennett and Ali Koiki are stronger than his permanent options.

That is a trend he does not want to take into 2019-20, as he explained loan players must be built around a capable squad of permanent faces.

“We’ve got too many loan players, and our loan players are probably our best players,” said Wellens.

“The work starts now, I want our permanent players to be our best players. I want to introduce loan players to fit in at certain stages.

“I want to get a better quality of player in. In January, I wanted to make a few signings to finish the season well.

“Teams that are sixth and seventh aren’t that great. If they’re not great, then what does that say about us?

“Players have been here and been relegated, but not been able to get in the play-offs – that speaks volumes.”