SPEAKMAN ON PREM

At the Foundation of Light's annual fixtures breakfast this morning, Kristjaan Speakman spoke about the recruitment strategy going into the Premier League and the transfer plans which are already in place.

OBJECTIVE: RE-ESTABLISH

"From a club's perspective, we're not naive to what the Premier League is. We understand that our strategy to get here is going to be a different to what is required to stay here. Our objective has never just been to get to the Premier League, it's such a landmark and naturally everyone talks about that but internally over the last two, three, four years it's always been about re-establishing ourselves."

REMAIN COMPETITIVE

"So we need to do now is go on the next part of that journey, and think about establishing ourselves over the next three or four years [at Premier League level] and hopefully build to a point where we can be involved towards the top end of the league which is ultimately where we all want to be."

RECRUITMENT IS KEY

"We're trying to recruit players for that. I've spent the last three days in three different countries, speaking with players and agents. I landed back here at about 2am last night, so the work behind the scenes is up and running and has been for a number of weeks."