Dr Abdulla Al-Humaidi has given Garry Hill the assurances he needed to continue as Ebbsfleet manager.

Hill has been promised greater stability at Stonebridge Road as he looks to build a new squad in just two months.

After a season of huge turbulence, things simply had to improve and Hill believes 2019/20 will be different.

“I’ve got a clearer picture now to control a lot more myself,” said Hill. “I’ve had to manage or inherit situations which I’ve had to get on with and now I’ve got a situation with the players and staff going forward.

“There will be changes and hopefully stability going forward – that’s what I’ve been assured in every way or form.

“There will be a different financial structure at the football club and I will work within that structure with everything being met, as told going forward.

“It’s a case now of the football club going in a new direction.

“We’ve got to win a lot of people over because things have not been healthy. Money’s been overspent drastically and that’s how football goes sometimes.

“There has been a situation which does make it difficult at times but Dr Abdulla has stated he’s committed to the football club going forward and is aware that, along the line, things could have been done differently.

“Mistakes have been made but he’s very much up for having a squad of players and a football club being competitive under myself and other people working there.

“I’m happy with what I’ve heard and what I’ve been told.”

Hill’s recruitment drive starts now with just over three weeks until pre-season starts on June 29.

Ebou Adams, Nathan Ashmore, Jack King, Sean Shields, Corey Whitely and Lawrie Wilson were the only players contracted for next season before Hill made defender Ayo Obileye his first summer signing on Tuesday.

He said: “I’m not worried about. It’s about being ready for August 3.

“It’s two months to the first league game so there’s a lot of time. It’s not the case that those who sign players early get the best players.

“I’m out there in the market, the same as anybody else. There are players I would like to encourage to come to the football club but there is a lot of hard work to be done.”