ALDERSHOT Town’s board are helping Gary Waddock build for the future by authorising new contracts which ensure players are paid throughout the summer.

The club currently issue 44-week contracts to cover the period from July to April, but in a bid to ensure continuity in Waddock’s young squad and assist him in re-signing the best players, directors have now pledged to honour all new contracts from May 1.

“We’re all very excited at the prospect of where we could end up,” said club chairman Shahid Azeem. “Clearly we’re punching above our weight, but Gary has built a fantastic team and we need to retain their services to keep the nucleus of the squad for next season.

“Players still have bills and mortgages to pay during the summer and it’s important that they have something which is sustainable, so the board have given Gary the funds to sign these players earlier.

“These are funds that we have not budgeted for, but it is something that the whole board is 100 per cent committed to achieving.”