KIDDERMIN-STER Harriers are today on the brink of signing a new striker.

He is 22-year-old and from a Nationwide League Second Division club, but his name is being kept under wraps for the time being by manager Jan Molby.

The one-month loan deal, however, is expected to be completed well before Saturday's Nation-wide League Division Three trip to Mansfield Town.

"We more or less did the deal last week and his club said there were no problems, so we expect him here sometime this week," said Molby, who prefers wait for the formalities to be completed before revealing the player's identity.

One player who fits the bill, however, is Peterborough's 6ft 3in striker Drewe Broughton, a former Nor-wich and Brentford campaigner who has spent most of the season on loan at Dagenham and Redbridge and then Stevenage.

The new man's arrival at Aggbor-ough will follow rapidly in the path of midfielder Daire Doyle's capture from Coventry City.

It is all part and parcel of a changing faces spell at Aggborough which was sparked by last week's shock decision to slap seven first team squad players on the transfer list.

Among them are striker Tony Bird and midfielders Paul Webb, Dean Bennett and Barry Horne who have all been the subject of inquiries.

The interest apparently has been mainly from Nationwide Confer-ence outfits.

Harriers, however, are making it crystal clear that they want money for Bennett, who moved to Aggbor-ough in January 1999 for a then club record transfer fee of £30,000 from Bromsgrove Rovers.

Kidderminster now hope to get a similar amount for the 23-year-old who joined Bromsgrove after being released by West Bromwich Albion.

"We are looking around that region," said Molby. "I know people sometimes get carried away with figures, although there is no fixed price on his head. But we certainly don't want to be losing any money on him."

Bennett's place on the transfer list is a result of his struggle to adapt from non-league football to life in the Third Division.

Molby said: "I had a good chat to him and I think he'll be the first to know that maybe he hasn't done as much as he should have done.

"We had a talk with him early in the season on a number of things we felt he needed to improve on. He's got ability and natural fitness, but there's a lot of things in his game he needs to work on and that's the only way you are going to improve. Going with the flow isn't going to help and he's certainly one of those who needs to do extra training to improve those things."

Explaining his decision to put long-serving Webb on the list, Molby said: "It's been an interrupted six months he's had due to injuries, but I've had a look at him and I thought there's no real suggestion that the next 18 months will be any different. I still think he'll be picking up injuries from time to time.

"It's a very late stage of his career to go full-time and I think because of that with the extra work load he will always pick up injur-ies.

"He's another one who has been in to see me and he wants to stay and fight for his place.

"The options that all the players on the list have got are in their hands. It's all about working, improving and changing my mind."

Kidderminster, meanwhile, are hopeful that defender Scott Stamps will have recovered from a hamstring injury to Saturday's clash at Mans-field.

Striker Stewart Hadley also has hamstring trouble but is unlikely to have recovered in time to face his former club.