Paul Butler, Tony Dinning, Paul Rutherford, and Paul McManus are not currently part of City boss, Simon Davies' plans.

Davies said: "I have had a chat with all four players because they are not currently part of the squad playing first team football.

"The move is not a punishment, but an opportunity which would be beneficial for the players as well as the club.

"A loan move would provide a valuable learning curve for the players and would be advantageous as far as their fitness is concerned.

"We haven't got a reserve team at Chester and if we have a fully fit squad it is difficult to offer first team football to everyone."

Davies went on to speak of his disappointment at Stoke City's failure to sign former Chester striker Jon Walters before Monday's transfer deadline.

Chester stood to pocket 20 per cent of a sell-on clause agreement which equated to more than £500,000 if a £3 million deal was completed.

Walters, who scored nine goals in 26 appearances for Chester before joining Ipswich Town last year, had been linked with a £3 million move to new Premiership club Stoke City, as well as attracting interest from West Bromwich Albion and Wigan Athletic.

Davies said: "I was on the same coaching course in Cardiff at the weekend as Stoke City boss Tony Pulis.

"Tony shot off straight after the course finished on Sunday night and I was hoping it was because he was in a rush to sign Jon Walters from Ipswich.

"But it turns out he was making a bid for Cardiff City and Wales winger Joe Ledley instead."

Meanwhile, Ryan Lowe plans to play his part in another Chester success story this weekend.

The 29-year-old striker scored twice for the Blues in their 5-1 home win against Barnet last weekend and is now counting down the days towards City's home match against Bury this Saturday.

Lowe, in his second spell at City, signed a two-year contract with the club at the start of the season and is happy with the way the team is shaping up.

He said: "I enjoyed the weekend for once after our win against Barnet on Saturday.

"The lads have done well and they worked hard in training to earn the 5-1 win against Barnet.

"We hadn't won a game before Saturday, but the lads knew they had to beat Barnet, it was as simple as that.

"It was good to see us scoring so many goals, but Linny (Paul Linwood) made a great block from their winger at one point and if that had gone in it could have been a different game.

"But we got the first goal and as soon as that went in I knew we'd go on and win the game.

"We played a different formation on Saturday – I just drifted alongside Kevin Ellison and Paul Taylor – and it worked to be fair because we caused a few problems and scored a few goals.

"But we can't get carried away with the Barnet result.

"We now know we've got three points on the board, we've got to focus on Bury for Saturday and, hopefully, another three points."

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