Five Chester recently signed players have agreed to play for free.
Brad Bauress, Luke Clark, Paddy Lacey, Ethan Cartwright and Iyrwah Gooden have all joined on non contracts.
"We are absolutely delighted and most importantly privileged to be able to announce five new signings," said joint-manager Anthony Johnson as reported by CheshireLive.
"The reason we use the word privilege is because each of these lads will be signing for our brilliant football club for free.
"As is normal in pre-season, every club up and down the country has players released from clubs who then go on to trial with other clubs in the hope of earning a contract. We at Chester are no different.
"These lads came in as recommendations and some we have been aware of for quite a while.
"As such we’ve offered them all short-term non-contracts as we feel they will make our group a much stronger unit.
"Their characters are what have stood out in these unprecedented and unpredictable times and we hope in the very near future we’ll be in a position to make their short-term deals into much longer-term ones."
Meanwhile Declan Weeks has signed for Chester. He was on trial with Hereford early in pre-season.