DANNY Galbraith has been challenged to report back to York City with more fight in what manager Jackie McNamara has described as a make-or-break season for the ex-Manchester United trainee.

The 25-year-old winger arrived at Bootham Crescent in November after spending the first four months of the season without a club.

He went on to net just once in 21 outings but has been offered a new contract at Bootham Crescent with McNamara believing the Scottish winger still has untapped potential.

The City boss said: “We’ll be offering Danny another year. There are a lot of things he needs to improve in terms of his last pass and decision making, but his attitude and everything else is good.

“I think he needs a pre-season to get himself and his head right because, if he can take the things he does ability wise in training into games, then he can do well for us. He’s not fulfilled his potential, a bit like Richard Brodie, so I do see this as a make-or-break season for him.

“He also uses a lot of energy off the field preparing himself for matches and was probably one of the fittest players at the club when he first came in, but I want to see a bit more fight from him because he will need that, just as he did in League Two.”

Jordan White, meanwhile, looks less likely to be plying his trade with the Minstermen next term despite reports linking the club to the 24-year-old, 16-goal Livingston forward.

Ex-Celtic skipper McNamara has not ruled out raids north of the border, but also stressed that he would limit the number of transfers from his home country to three at the most, adding: “We’ve looked at Jordan White and he’s scored a few goals up there, but there’s nothing happening at the moment.

“He’s one of a number of strikers we’ve looked at, including a few closer to here who we feel would really help us in the National League and give us something a bit different to hurt the opposition. I wouldn’t want to bring in too many from Scotland either.

“Relocation costs aren’t too bad, but I think three as a maximum would be enough. We’re looking at Ireland and Scotland, but you don’t want too many from one area, because things can get a bit cliquey.”

McNamara went on to admit that he would still be interested in converting Lewis Alessandra’s loan move from Rochdale into a permanent deal and confessed that ex-Tottenham winger Kenny McEvoy was the most marginal decision of the seven players he released last week.

“McEvoy has ability and, if he gets that extra bit of aggression into his game, he could be a top player,” the City manager reasoned. “But we will be going to little parks next season, where the ball will be in the air a lot of the time and the pitches aren’t perfect.

“In a year or two, once we get back to where we want to be, then you never know. He might be somebody we could revisit.”

The ex-Dundee United boss also revealed that he felt the time was right to part company with Femi Ilesanmi, despite the left back winning Cliffe Minstermen’s Player of the Year award.

“Femi is a frustrating one, because he has lots of attributes in terms of his strength, pace and one-against-one defending, but I didn’t think it was right to keep him with all that’s gone before,” McNamara pointed out. “He’s been on and off the transfer list and, sometimes, I think players need to cut loose and find consistency at another club.

“He was a good lad, but I also felt that in certain games his concentration was lacking and you need to be able to trust people.”