'Six or seven' players leaving Edgar Street as new signings fall through

Hereford's squad could be seeing wholesale changes over the coming weeks, with Paul Caddis saying 'six or seven' players could be leaving.

After a humbling 4-2 defeat at Chorley, before an incredibly tough test against Kidderminster Harriers in the Boxing Day derby at Edgar Street, the gaffer said he had been trying to sign players from the National League - but the attempts were thwarted at the last minute.

While Omari Sterling-James's time at Edgar Street looks to be up as the board negotiates a fee for the 32-year-old winger, there could be other changes too.

With January approaching, loan spells are due to be up for a handful of players - with the Scot not hopeful of extending them.

Currently, Aston Villa's 20-year-old midfielder I-Lani Edwards, Sutton United'd 23-year-old winger Jaiden White and Solihull Moors' 22-year-old forward Callum McFarlane are in the final weeks of their deals which all expire in January.

Meanwhile, Madou Cisse, who appears to be training with Hereford despite a lengthy spell out injured, joined in the summer on a season-long loan from Notts County, with fellow midfielder Sam Osborne also due to be with Hereford for the rest of the campaign from Alfreton Town.

In the post-match interview with the press, BBC Hereford and Worcester's Carson Wishart asked Caddis whether a new face would be coming in as Sterling-James looks set to leave.

"Obviously we've got a lot of loans that are going to be up soon so we'll probably be looking at six or seven that will that will eventually [go]," he said.

"We've got a couple of players that are on non-contract that are attracting a bit of interest from full-time clubs.

"We've got a couple of players that are on loan that we won't be able to extend. 

"There'll be a bit of a shift. There's probably going to be six [or] seven bodies probably moving out in the next couple of weeks, which isn't ideal.

"However, it's the situation we're in, it's something that I can't do anything about, the club can't do anything about.

"There doesn't need to be any criticism thrown at the board or anything like that. It's just that's where we're at as a football club. As I keep saying, we're part-time. Players will move on. Players will go back to their loan clubs that we are well out of control of. We can't control that.

"So, we'll continue looking. We were hoping to to try and get one or two over the line from the level above, but just at the last minute they've got some full-time offers."