UP to four Town players could be off-loaded during the January transfer window as new boss Danny Wilson looks for an immediate turnaround in fortunes at the County Ground.

As of yesterday morning, clubs are allowed to trade again and have until the beginning of February to finalise their squads for the remainder of the season.

With Swindon sat just a place and a point outside the League One relegation zone, Wilson has already spoken of his desire to freshen up his playing staff sooner rather than later with new faces.

And the Advertiser understands any incomings will have to be balanced out by departures as the County Ground chiefs try to keep the wage bill under control.

The futures of midfielder Lilian Nalis and defender Yinka Casal are under threat, while Blair Sturrock and Michael Pook may also find themselves back on the fringes of the first team squad despite having been involved recently.

After being appointed manager on Boxing Day, Wilson told the Advertiser last week that the timespan he has to judge his players is shorter than normal and that he would have to make some quick decisions.

He admitted: “If we were sat here at the start of June and had the whole of pre-season to look at players then it’s a bit easier.

“But when you are coming in at this stage of the season the timespan becomes a lot shorter, and I think the impact has to be made straight away.

“If we think we need to change the team around then we’ll do it straight away.

“We don’t really have the time to look at somebody’s progress over two or three months. We have to hit the ground running.”

Left-back Casal only arrived in the summer from Dutch side Cambuur and played four of the first five games this campaign.

But since then he has started just once - away at Southend in October - and now has Michael Timlin and Callum Kennedy ahead of him in the pecking order.

When veteran midfielder Nalis joined Town in July following his release from Plymouth Argyle it looked like an inspired signing as the playmaker came with an impressive CV.

But - by his own admission - he has struggled for form and fitness and, with Swindon having an abundance of central midfielders, he could well be moved on in order to free up some space.