Inverness Caledonian Thistle manager Terry Butcher has confirmed the club has made a number of offers to out-of-contract players.
Caley have the likes of Greg Tansey, Jonny Hayes, Ross Tokely, Gregory Tade, Thomas Piermayr, Billy McKay and Owain Tudur Jones all coming out of contract and have offered new deals in a bid to keep the nucleus of the squad at Caledonian Stadium.
"We're waiting for replies. It's understandable that players needed time to make a decision.
"But we have the live possibility of bringing in new players and we're keen to finalise the squad much earlier than we managed to do last season.
"We have nine players already signed up for the 2012-13 campaign and we have new faces in mind.""We've made what we think are decent offers in a challenging financial environment," he told the club's official website.