Chief executive Stefan Gamble: Walsall will only sell at right price

The Saddlers board is poised for a busy summer with striker Tom Bradshaw and promising defender Rico Henry both believed to have multiple teams chasing their signatures.

Bradshaw has already been the subject of an enquiry from Preston while Sunderland, Leicester, Tottenham, Brighton and Hull are the latest teams to be linked with England Under-19s international Henry.

But with Walsall in a stable position financially, Gamble says the club is in the fortunate position of being able to demand the right transfer fee.

"We certainly don't need to sell players to balance the books," Gamble said. "Of course, we want to hold on to our best players. Inevitably, players will move on but only when our valuation has been met and we as a board feel it is in the best interests of the club."

If players are sold this summer, Gamble confirmed the club will continue to split funds between developing the first team and the rest of the club.

"As always, when players are sold, 50 per cent goes straight into the playing budget," he continued. "The other 50 per cent goes into the infrastructure of the club.

"Whether that's into our academy, or our facilities we always do it on a sustainable basis.

"We'll provide the manager with as much support and resource as possible but at the same time we won't risk the long-term future of the club by being irresponsible with our finances."

Gamble said he will ultimately look back on the 2015/16 season as a success despite his disappointment at the Saddlers missing out on promotion.

"On the footballing front, the season was exhilarating from start to finish," he added. "I thought the team played exceptionally well throughout, set against the difficult backdrop of three different managers in the same campaign."

"However, great credit must go to the players as they kept going right to the end and unfortunately just ran out of steam in the playoffs.

"In terms of the financial landscape, we saw bigger crowds which obviously improved finances but as always this is matched by ongoing investment in the team."