Mendes signs

With Andy White, Steve Scoffham and Matty Williams all long-since having left the club, manager Steve Thompson has had very much a blank canvas on which to form his new squad, with Junior Mendes today completing the Notts manager's clutch of strikers.

Mendes: Completes the artilary

On a day when the current crop of players return to pre-season training to meet the new Notts boss, 29-year old Mendes will have to wait till his current deal with expires with League One Huddersfield Town before he – along with nine other new faces – can, officially, join the Magpies' ranks.

Thompson is said to have fought off competition from League One Yeovil Town, as well as Bristol Rovers and Torquay United for the services of Mendes who is set to compete with fellow new-boys Tcham N'Toya, Jason Lee and Lawrie Dudfield for the two vacant striking places.

The former Chelsea trainee joins having spent time on loan with Northampton Town and Grimsby Town last season, both of whom flirted with promotion with Mendes amidst their ranks – a fact that Thompson was quick to point-out upon the capture of Mendes.

“Junior went down to speak to Torquay and Bristol Rovers as well as a League One Club, so we are pleased he has chosen us,” said Thompson, speaking to the club's official web-site upon clinching the signing.

“He offers strength, goals and experience. He can play wide right too, so he offers us some options in terms of attacking.

"That's four forwards we have on board now, and they all offer us different options and are different types of players.”

Mendes is also joined by former Cambridge United defender Dan Gleeson, with the defender joining the club for a month's trial.