Walsall manager Dean Smith on transfers, injuries, pre-season games, and the season ahead

This morning the Walsall squad were put through their paces by manager Dean Smith, head coach Richard O’Kelly and Physio Jon Whitney at an open training session on the Banks’s Stadium pitch.

It is a simple idea that the club has run a few times now in recent years and, as always, it began with a short interview with the manager Dean Smith and ended with the players signing autographs and posing for photos and selfies with the Saddlers’ faithful.

In the interview, I asked Dean about players’ comings and goings; about the pre-season campaign, about the fans and about his hopes for the season ahead.

If you couldn’t make it this morning, you can listen again to the interview by clicking the link below.