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Luton boss Edwards confident more signings on the way

Luton Town boss Rob Edwards is confident his team will make new signings in the coming weeks.

The newly promoted Premier League club know they have a tough task to avoid going straight back down to the Championship.

With funds limited at Luton, Edwards knows that his recruitment team must be creative in how they approach the market.

Speaking to the club's official website, he said: “There's a lot of conversations going on and there's a lot of work going on behind the scenes.

“Gary (Sweet, chief executive) and the guys are working hard on some incomings now, they'll also be one or two people that will be moving on, whether that's on loans or permanent contracts.

"It's important we get a really good idea of which way and which direction we want to shape the squad, so I'm sure in the next week or two they'll be more than one or two new faces coming in."

On what he wants from new signings, Edwards continued: “The key is, this is only my way, but I want to try and win football matches and I think the best way to do that is play to the players' strengths.

"That's what we tried to do last year, so we'll bring players in and try and use them to their strengths as well.

"We'll bring a certain type of player in who can give us x and then we'll ask him to do that, because that's what he's good at.

"We want players who can give us real quality, we want athleticism, we need legs, we need pace, we want players who are able to press, sprint back and then get us up the pitch quickly as well.

"We want a certain type of player, so that's what we're going to try and bring in."

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