Gateshead have transfer-listed three defenders as they look to reshape their squad for the run in to the Blue Square Premier season.
Central defenders Chris Swailes and Carl Jones along with left back Mark Robinson are all available on a free transfer or on loan.
Jones, a pivotal player at the heart of the defence during the past two promotion seasons, has been limited to seven starts this season after he tore a hamstring in August.
Now fully fit, the 22-year-old, previously with Hartlepool United and York City, has made a total of sixty-nine appearances for Gateshead, scoring five goals.
Both Swailes and Robinson joined Gateshead during the close season, Swailes from Hamilton Academical and Robinson from York City.
Gateshead-born Swailes, 39, has played eighteen games for his home-town club after a seventeen-year career in the Football League with seven clubs, including two spells at Ipswich Town.
Robinson, who has played twenty games this season, also has extensive experience in the Football League having made ninety appearances in six years at Hartlepool.
The 28-year-old England `C` international also spent a season at Hereford United and Stockport County before he linked up with York City following a short spell at Torquay United.
The three players have been made available after Gateshead made eight new signings since the turn of the year.
