Livingston looking for reinforcements in transfer window following injury blow

David Martindale has revealed that Livingston will dip back into the transfer market as they look for further reinforcements.

It comes after right-back Cammy Kerr was ruled out for longer than first expected and will miss the start of the season as a result.

Martindale hinted that the 29-year-old, who joined from Queen’s Park earlier this month, could be out until the new year.

The Livi boss says he would ideally like another three new faces in to bolster his squad ahead of their Premiership return, but insists he would be content to work with the players already at his disposal if no new signings materialise.

Speaking to STV Sport on Tuesday, he said: “We have a couple of injuries in the full-back areas, so I feel we may have to dip back into the market for a full-back to give us cover.

“Unfortunately for Cammy Kerr, he’s come in and we kind of felt he’d just need a wee tidy up, but it’s going to be a bit longer than we anticipated, so Cammy is going to be one of those ones that will be like a new signing in January, if that makes sense?

“So, we have kind of lost a full-back and Cris (Montano) took a wee bit of a knock on Saturday so we are going to have to take another look at that.

“For me, ideally, we’d maybe like to bring another two, maybe three, in, but we need to balance the books for that to happen.

“Ideally, I’d like to bring another offensive player in, probably a nine, maybe an eight, and a full-back. So that’s the ideal, but if the window closed tomorrow and I was left with this group, I would be fairly happy.”

Livingston are preparing to take on Kilmarnock at Rugby Park in an all-Premiership clash in the League Cup group stage.