MORTON manager Jim Duffy says he is in no immediate rush to add new players to his squad — and used a trio of loan signings as examples of how it can pay to be patient in the transfer market.

Denny Johnstone, Luca Gasparotto and Declan McManus were all brought into Cappielow after competitive action had resumed and proved successful recruits.

Although Duffy, who has agreed new deals with 11 current squad members, is far from sitting on his hands, he will take his time to ensure the players he does bring in are the right ones.

When asked about progress with new additions for next term, the 57-year-old told the Tele: “There’s nothing I think is imminent. You just continually make enquiries asking questions about people not just as players, because invariably you’ll know that; it’s more to do with their character, personality and fitness. You have to do your homework, a bit of research on players, and sometimes you then step back from them and sometimes you follow up and move it forward.

“So we’re not sitting about the house watching TV. We’re constantly on the phone and email working on it.

“Last year we were into the season before we got two or three of the boys. Denny [Johnstone], Luca [Gasparotto] and Declan [McManus] all came later on, so there’s no immediate rush.”

But the Ton boss says he will leave no stone unturned in his search for quality recruits and that can involve sifting through hours of footage from agents in the off-chance it unearths a gem.

He added: “You get a lot of video clips sent to you. Individual clips that the players have made themselves or their agents have made, or links to YouTube with games they’ve played in. You used to get a lot of DVDs sent to you, but in the last year or two it has been less frequent and most clips now are links sent by email, which I’ll watch on my iPad.

“It’s all part of the research and part and parcel of football nowadays. Do I watch everything sent to me? Yes, 100 per cent.

“Well, if I know the player and I’m not interested then I won’t, there’s no point, but if I’m not aware of the player or vaguely aware of the player then of course I will.

“For example, you might get sent a video of a player from down south who you know of but aren’t 100 per cent sure of. You watch that and if it intrigues you or catches your imagination, you might try to go to the next stage. That might be to get more footage or to contact someone you know who’s seen him on a regular basis or someone you know who played with him to find out what kind of boy he is, his personality and that type of thing and then you can take it from there.

“Alex Samuel was one. I hadn’t seen him play for Swansea, but we got links and then checked him out with one or two people that we knew about his character.

“He got glowing references and to be fair they were bang on. You couldn’t fault that boy for his attitude, effort and commitment. So he was an example from last season.”