REDDITCH United is continuing to become a hot-bed of former Kidderminster Harriers talent.

Released Harriers utility man Lee Jenkins has signed for the ambitious Nationwide North outfit.

And Jenkins will team up with John Williams who scored the goal in Harriers' FA Cup draw with Wolves in January 2004.

Striker Williams has signed from Bath City with Harriers old boys Scott Rickards, Sean Flynn and Matt Clarke already on the Redditch books.

Left-back Billy Jones, one of a string of players axed by Harriers, has agreed terms on a one-year deal with fellow Conference club Exeter City.

Chris Beardsley's future is still uncertain with Harriers continuing to hold out for a fee, believed to be at least £5,000, from interested club Mansfield Town.

Beardsley is out-of-contract in the summer and has been offered a new deal but wants to stay in the Coca-Cola League although Harriers can demand a fee as he is under 24.

And Stags boss Carlton Palmer said: "I don't mind giving them a token gesture of a grand or two but I won't pay what Stuart Watkiss is asking.

"If they hold out they will have to pay him for another three months and, if we won't go to a tribunal and he won't sign there, he won't be able to move until the January window which is no good for us, Kidderminster or the lad."

Meanwhile, the Aggborough take-over wrangle seems set to carry on until at least June 7, the date of Harriers' annual meeting. Club owner Lionel Newton has relaxed the deadline for written offers but this will be further bad news for Watkiss.

The Harriers manager has little chance of clinching new signings with such uncertainty in the boardroom and over wage budgets. He has admitted that delay is a "recipe for disaster" as they head into their first season back in the Conference.