Dundee United have ditched their interest in two of the three trialists at the club although they have taken on another ahead of their friendly at Dunfermline.
Central defender Neal Trotman (26) has linked up with the squad and will be out to impress boss Jackie McNamara, having had spells at the likes of Oldham, Rochdale, Southampton, Huddersfield, Preston and Chesterfield since leaving the youth ranks at Burnley.
Trialist striker Nadir Ciftci remains at the club and McNamara is hopeful a deal can be done for the former Portsmouth and NAC Breda forward, although the United boss has decided not to offer contracts to Graham Carey and French defender Jean-Yves Koue Niate.
“We’re not pursuing the other ones but Nadir is still with us and we’re hoping that he can stay with us,” McNamara said.
“It’s just a case of sorting things out behind the scenes with that one. We’ll have Neal for the rest of the week I think. He’s been at a few clubs down south, Huddersfield, Preston and a few other teams, so we’ll have a look at him.
“He’ll play some part against Dunfermline and it will be kind of mix and match again.”
After suggesting he is likely to use the game against Dunfermline to continue tinkering with his line-up, McNamara has hinted that the starting squad he uses at Wigan on Saturday will give fans a much better idea of who might start the SPFL season properly on August 2.
“Saturday we’ll be looking more towards the game at Thistle,” he stressed.
“The Dunfermline game is getting the boys a bit of game time, but Saturday is a bit different because they will be really strong opposition.”