YORK City are yet to receive any interest in transfer-listed strikers Vadaine Oliver and Jake Hyde.

Bootham Crescent chief Jackie McNamara is also still waiting to hear back from out-of-contract quintet Dave Winfield, Russell Penn, Danny Galbraith, Michael Ingham and Callum Rzonca after they were offered extensions to their expired deals.

McNamara has added, meanwhile, that Hyde and Oliver are not expected to feature in pre-season if they have not moved on - unlike last summer when full-backs Marvin McCoy and Femi Ilesanmi were told they were surplus to requirements, only to be given the chance to resurrect their careers at the start of the new campaign.

“We haven’t had any interest in them as yet,” McNamara said of the two forwards.

“You can never say never in terms of them playing for us again, but I think it would be in the best interests of both parties if they found somewhere else before pre-season because Vadaine has made it clear he wants to play at a higher level and Jake would prefer to be back down south.”

McNamara also suggested he agrees in principle with the proposal to expand the Football League by eight clubs and split the top five divisions in the country into even tiers of 20 teams.

It is understood the motion would lead to the end of midweek league fixtures due to the reduced programme of games, but the League Cup could be made into a group format to compensate for some lost gate revenue.

The extra Football League division, if the plans are given the go ahead, would be introduced in 2019/20 with eight National League teams expected to be promoted the campaign before.

Offering his thoughts, McNamara said: “I’m not agreeing with the proposals just because of where we are now (relegated to the National League) - I genuinely think it is a positive step.

"A lot of clubs are spending too much money trying to get into the Football League and it might address that a little.

“I think it’s good for the fans as well. We had to go to Portsmouth on a Tuesday night last season, which is difficult for the supporters, as well as clubs and players.

“It asks a lot from everybody who wants to follow their team but, maybe, can’t get time off work. You always want to be playing matches, but this way you’re probably looking at quality over quantity and you would have refreshed players who are playing the right number of games.”