New manager Paul Hartley was tasked with rebuilding the Pools squad and has seen 16 new arrivals in that time.
But Hartley has admitted his frustration in missing out on a number of targets over the summer, particularly towards the end of the transfer window.
“It’s the same for probably most managers where you think you’ve got a couple of players coming in the building and then for whatever reason you miss out on them, but then you’ve got to go again,” said Hartley.
“It’s not new to me. I’ve come across it many a time where you think you’ve got players coming in but for whatever reason you don’t get them but that’s part and parcel of the job.”
And here, at The Mail, we look at 11 players Pools are understood to have missed out on at certain points this summer across a number of positions.
“It’s the same for probably most managers where you think you’ve got a couple of players coming in the building and then for whatever reason you miss out on them, but then you’ve got to go again,” said Hartley.