Crewe Alexandra will look to loan market this summer
Steve Davis will be looking towards the loan market for his major signings this summer (PICTURE: BBC Sport)

Crewe manager, Steve Davis, has said that the club will look towards the loan market this summer in order to build up the squad ahead of the 2015/16 season.

This tactic has helped them over the past two year, bringing in players that not only help the attacking side of the team, they also develop the defending.

Davis has shown that this tactic helps Crewe as over the past two seasons, a loan player has been the top goal scorer at the club, Nicky Ajose last season with nine goals and Arsenal loanee Chuks Aneke with 13 the season before.

The club seem to prefer to sign players temporarily as Davis only managed to sign three players last summer permanently.

Crewe have reportedly offered former loanee Greg Leigh an offer and the club are just waiting for a response from the player. The Manchester City full-back made 42 appearances on the left side for Crewe and experienced his first spell of first-team football at the club.

The club believe that if the player does end up signing before the new season, it will show an advance in their loaning system.

Another player that the club want to sign back again this summer is Stoke City player Jamie Ness. The player had a successful loan spell last season at the club and even finished third in the player-of-the-year vote at the end of the season.

But the Cheshire based club are not the only club interested in the player, as several League One clubs have shown interest in the 24-year-old.