GLENN Tamplin says he has assembled ‘the world’s great non-league football team’ and has promised the Ryman Premier League title next year after unveiling his latest raft of star names.

Tamplin has recruited six more new faces, following the addition of Matt Paine last week – with all dropping down at least one tier of the pyramid to link up with Billericay’s talented squad.

Four midfielders have joined the squad – former Wrexham man Robbie Evans, Welling United pair Dan Walker and Danny Waldren and Dover’s Ricky Modeste.

Wealdstone’s Josh Urquhart bolsters the defence and Chelmsford City’s Louie Theophanous provides another striking option.

And Tamplin is hugely excited at his side’s prospects.

“The biggest thing we have done is made sure we have bought consistent players,” he said. “Each will put in a shift every week.

“Then we have the likes of Waldren, Evans and Paine who are captains and leaders. If you add to the seven or eight leaders we already have that is very exciting, especially as they are coming from two levels above.

“The energy is amazing,” he said. “They are all good people and I spoke to three times this amount of players. Some of them may have been better players but I didn’t like their beliefs or values so I didn’t sign them.

“This group believe in where the club is going.”

Tamplin said the club’s wage bill was now up to £25,000 a week, including the exciting additions of former Leyton Orient manager Ian Hendon as Director of Football and MMA fighter Neil Grove as the club’s nutritionist and sports scientist.

“All the new players have met each other and the new members of backroom staff,” he said.

“They have all been measured, weighed, including their body mass index and body fat, and all have been given targets to reach by July 1. Otherwise it will come out of their wages.

“We will win the league next season.”

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So, who are the new guys?

SIGNING ONE - MATT PAINE

The centre-half, 29, joins from Boreham Wood.

A product of Colchester’s academy, he won promotion to the National League with Braintree in 2011.

SIGNING TWO - DANNY WALDREN

The central midfielder, 27, joins from Welling.

A former promotion winner, he's also played for Bromley.

SIGNING THREE - DAN WALKER

The winger, 27, has played for Luton, Cambridge and Aldershot.

He has played more than 250 games at top levels of non-league.

SIGNING FOUR - JOSH URQUHART

A former West Ham United and Northampton Town youngster, the 26-year-old can play at centre-back or right-back.

SIGNING FIVE - RICKY EVANS

EVANS, 21, joins from Wrexham.

The youngest captain to win the FA Trophy in 2013. Has played almost 150 senior matches.

SIGNING SIX - RICKY MODESTE

The left winger, 29, joins from Dover - helping them to 6th in the National League last term. A former play-off winner.

SIGNING SEVEN - LOUIE THEOPHANOUS

The 25-year-old has scored more than 20 goals in each of the last five seasons.

The striker is also a body-double for Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo.

BEHIND THE SCENES

DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL - IAN HENDON

Ian Hendon joins as Director of Football with a wealth of professional experience.

More than 500 professional appearances, a former Leyton Orient and Barnet manager plus assistant roles at Gillingham and for West Ham United’ development side.

The ex defender was sacked by Leyton Orient in January 2016.

NUTRITIONIST AND SPORTS SCIENTIST - NEIL GROVE

BILLERICAY have named MMA fighter and Billericay local Neil ‘Goliath’ Grove as the club’s nutritionist and sports scientist.

Weighing in at almost 19 stone, Grove initially approached Glenn Tamplin about getting involved with the club.

“We spoke on Twitter, he liked the community work I was doing and wanted to be part of it.”