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Bury manager Kevin Blackwell has said that he is making a club a more sustainable business for the future. There has been a lot of development going on at the club despite being very poor on the pitch. The club are just a few places above the relegation zone, but Blackwell thinks that they have made incredible strides off the pitch. The club made an incredible 25 signings in the summer, which is one of the highest amongst any English club. There have been several changes made to the structure of the club as well.

Some of the new appointments include a Chief Scout and a fitness coach. The Chief Scout is expected to be responsible for England possible transfers for both first-team and the youth team. The fitness coach, meanwhile, will be looking after the mental and physical development of the players in the first-team. The club are expected to be close to pointing an IT expert, who will be providing them with expert assistance on player analysis, developing DVDs of opposition, and analysing the training sessions through videos.

Blackwell has said that all these additions are expected to make the club be more professional. He has said that the club will be totally different in just 12 months time.

“It’s all about creating the forward-thinking and progressive club we’ve been talking about. Where can the club be? I am hoping that within the next 12 months you will see our philosophy filtering all of the way through the football club, and the progressive steps we are making will become more evident. The chairman (Stewart Day) and chief executive (Glenn Thomas) are so dynamic, they don’t talk about making improvements, they act,” said Blackwell.

On the pitch, though, the League Two outfit are without a win in the last four matches and it has pushed them to the 18th place.

After their relegation from League One, Bury will be hoping to get back into the third division of English football as soon as possible. They are expected to be one of the front-runners in the bid for promotion from League Two. However, manager Kevin Blackwell has said that he needs to sign more quality players in order to realise this dream. Blackwell may have to wait until the end of the transfer window in order to look for quality players who will be available on a loan deal. Bury recently played against Blackpool in a friendly match and he was extremely happy with what he saw.

His team managed to match Blackpool in almost every department and this has given them a new found confidence that they will be able to get back into the League One in the first attempt itself. John Rooney scored a late equaliser to help Bury come away with a 1-1 draw from the match. Despite this competitive performance, Blackwell has revealed that he can expect more from his team if he managed to bring in a couple of players to strengthen their squad. Recently, the club completed the signing of the Rwandan international Jessy Reindorf.

He has signed a two-year contract with the club.

“We looked competitive – now we have to add that little bit of quality. I’m still one or two players short and trying to get those players in is proving very difficult. I know the players I’m trying to get, but it’s down to other clubs. The season is 11 months long. If we have got to sacrifice four weeks at the beginning of the season, a lot will become very clear on the 31st of August. Players who think they have got a future at a particular club will find out they haven’t,” said Blackwell.