Wycombe Wanderers manager Matt Bloomfield has explained why he has opted to sign players with a similar age range this summer.

The Chairboys have been active in bringing in new faces to Adams Park during the off-season, with nine confirmed arrivals so far.

The acquisitions of Jaiden Bartolo, Jack Matton, Brody Peart and Jahiem Dotse will be for the development side, whilst Tyreeq Bakinson, Alex Hartridge, Daniel Harvie, Daniel Udoh and Nathan Bishop will go into the first-team.

The arrivals of the latter five will play an important role in Wanderers’ season ahead, as the players are aged between 24 and 27, something that Bloomfield believes the club were missing last season.

He said: “Last year, we had teenagers/20-year-old or those in their 30s and I felt like we were missing the mid-20s that could go Saturday, Tuesday, Saturday, Tuesday, and produce performance after performance.

“In January, we were able to bolster our squad with Butch [Matt Butcher] and Bez [Lubala], and we’ve been able to add Tyreeq Bakinson (25), Dan Harvie (25), Alex Hatridge (25) and Nathan Bishop (24).

“We’ve also got Dan Udoh at 27, and I believe he's still on his way up.

“He has played in League One at Shrewsbury, but we believe there is a lot more to come from him and he’s at a good age.  

“They're at an age where they want to go and achieve something.

“I still think there's plenty of promise and potential left in their careers, and it's great we've added that to the age of the group we already have.

"We've got some promising young players and also some respected seniors.

“We're trying to blend the group and the ages and I think that that was important for us going into the summer.”

The manager also spoke about the direction the club is heading following the recent takeover and move into a new training ground.

At the start of May, Wanderers were purchased by Blue Ocean Partners II Ltd, with billionaire Mikhail Lomtadze acquiring the Couhig’s 90 per cent share of the club.

In addition to that, the Chairboys moved away from their Marlow Road training ground to Harlington in Uxbridge.

The latter was previously used by Chelsea, before the Premier League side moved to Cobham in 2005.

Speaking on the changes, Bloomfield said: “It's amazing how things change in football.

“I guess at the end of last season, you'd have been planning for the new season potentially at Marlow Road and then all of a sudden you're moving training around to Harlington and when it comes to signing players and attracting new players, I guess Wycombe are now more of an attractive proposition.

The future of our club has never looked more exciting because of the new ownership, and the plans they have for an academy and the training ground.

“It’s great.”