Torquay United manager Martin Ling is set to make his most important signings since becoming manager of the Gulls by unveiling his former Swindon team-mate Shaun Taylor as his assistant.
He is also hoping to bring in former Plainmoor favourite Alex Russell in as a player-coach.
After a career that took in spells with Exeter City, Swindon and Bristol City, Taylor, brother of the Gulls' 2004 promotion winning captain Craig, held a number of coaching roles at Bristol City before he became assistant manager at Forest Green Rovers.
In recent years, he has been on the youth coaching staff at Exeter City, a role which he will now vacate to return to senior level coaching with Ling, who he appeared alongside in the Swindon side that won promotion to the Premier League in 1993.
Any return by Russell would prove to be a popular one as he is still held in high regard by the Plainmoor faithful from his four year spell with the Gulls between 2001 and 2005.
He is currently considering a one-year playing deal with Yeovil Town and a lot will depend on whether Ling is able to offer him a suitable deal within the Gulls' budget.
