Plymouth need to keep squad together - Cleverley

Tom Cleverley's first season at Plymouth Argyle ended with an eighth-placed finish in League One [Shutterstock]

Plymouth Argyle head coach Tom Cleverley says the club must keep the bulk of their squad for next season.

The Pilgrims narrowly missed out on a play-off place despite a final day win at Northampton Town in League One.

Argyle brought in 16 new players last summer - as well as appointing Cleverley as head coach - following relegation from the Championship and were bottom of the table in November.

But an excellent run of form in which they lost just two of their final 16 games saw Argyle come within touching distance of the play-offs.

"We have to, as a football club, do everything we can to make sure that as many of these players that are here are [still here] next year," Cleverley told BBC Radio Devon.

"That includes the out of contract ones, that includes the loan players, so I'm really happy with the dynamics, the balance of the squad and we'll be working as hard as we can to because consistency is key.

"Lincoln didn't get up in year three of Michael Skubala's reign by changing the whole squad every season, they built to a season that created 103 points.

"We've certainly laid some good foundations to build on that's for sure."

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