10:34pm Friday 3rd July 2009
By Brian Owen
Boss Russell Slade will renew his quest for new talent on Monday after reaching the halfway mark in his summer signings.
Slade has brought in five new players with five more expected to follow as he plots an assault on the League One play-off places.
He will meet another potential recruit on Monday as the preparations for 2009/10 move up a gear.
Asked about signings, Slade said: “We’ve still got work to do in midfield and up front.
“I’m pleased with pre-season training. We’ve made a good start but that’s all it is, a start. Now it steps up.”
Albion have parted company with reserve team striker Jonny Dixon after he failed to impress in his 18 months with the club.
Dixon is free to find new employers after reaching a settlement over the final year of his contract with the Seagulls, who paid Aldershot £55,000 for his services as the January transfer window closed last year.
He made two starts under Dean Wilkins but his only action last season, before going on loan to Grays, was as a substitute in the home defeat to nine-man Walsall.
Dixon’s former Albion colleagues can look forward to two tough training sessions a day when they return to work on Monday.
Striker Nicky Forster is likely to join them at some stage of the week.
Forster is recovering well from surgery to torn cartilage and did some jogging yesterday.
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