Andrew Howard said Wanderers will look to build links with other clubs in a bid to bring the best young players on loan to Adams Park - as there's no money in the pot to bring back the youth academy.

Extensive cost cutting meant Wanderers had to get rid of the much-vaunted youth academy - which, among many famous alumni, produced the likes of Scotland international duo Matt Phillips and Ikechi Anya and England U20 man Jordon Ibe - two years ago.

Since then Blues have relied on bringing in young players on loan, and club chairman Howard said that's the best way forward as bringing back the academy isn't financially viable.

Alfie Mawson and Danny Rowe have both impressed on loan this season and Aaron Pierre - who signed a permanent deal in the summer - Bruno Andrade and Michael Harriman all won rave reviews during their temporary stays at Adams Park.

Howard said he hopes that will serve to show clubs that Wanderers can be trusted to improve their youngsters, while Blues will benefit from having more talent at their disposal.

He said: "We are looking very hard to build relationships with clubs that can potentially provide us with a source of players.

"Most League Two clubs, unless they are privately funded, will not have the money to go and spend £250,000 or half a million pounds on players. The reality is if we can form a good relationship with a club and would have access to their youth players on a loan system, I think that's a very positive thing.

"We'll talk to anybody. We want the best possible players we can get. Alfie's come in from Brentford, and Fred's come in from Millwall, so we are dealing with Championship clubs. We'll go as high as we can.

"The better job we do, the more our reputation builds and the more likely it is that we will get top clubs coming in and wanting to put their lads with us.

"It works to have a good relationship within football. It's very important to the club.

"The way Gareth and his team have maintained that reputation and demonstrated with some of the young players that it [player development] is still in place, it's the bedrock of how Wycombe will go forward.

"I think we're very lucky to have a great setup in developing young people. It's something we're trying to do off the pitch as well as on the pitch. It's making sure they are desperate to play football on a Saturday but understand what happens here for the other six days of the week as well."