Mixu Paatelainen has not yet finished his recruitment drive at Kilmarnock and is continuing to go down the foreign route.
Since taking over as manager at Rugby Park in the summer, the former Hibernian boss has used his extensive contacts to refurbish his squad which had been weakened by several departures. And two foreign trialists who are out of contract will get their chance to impress ahead of Saturday's Clydesdale Bank Premier League clash with St Mirren.
"We do have a couple of trialists here at the moment," said Paatelainen. "The trialists are not Scottish but there is no reason for that."
He added: "Ideally I would like as many Scottish players as possible but if I feel that financially, or in terms of talent or the way we play, there are no Scottish players then we will look elsewhere.
"We are using our contacts to the maximum and so far we have been successful.
"I was hoping that it would all stop on September 1st but there is still a little bit scope to bring in players and if a player comes on trial and we feel he will strengthen us, we will consider making a move again.
"I am happy with the squad we have at the moment but I'm always looking to strengthen and talking to the chairman."
Former Swansea goalkeeper Kyle Letheren, Mohamadou Sissoko, David Mendes Da Silva, Ben Gordon, James Dayton and Harry Forrester were all joined by Finland international playmaker Alexei Eremenko, who signed on a season-long loan from Ukrainian side Metalist Kharkiv just before the transfer window closed.
Paatelainen confirmed that Eremenko could make his debut against the Saints.
He said: "He will be in the squad. He is fit after a couple of matches for Finland and he is eager to show his talent. We will see in Saturday whether he plays or not."
Source: PA
