Ebbsfleet manager Josh Wright has spoken of his delight at signing Josh Passley on a permanent deal.

The wing-back joined initially on loan for the rest of the season from Football League newboys Bromley earlier this month.

But the Fleet boss has already turned that into a permanent deal with Passley extending his stay at Stonebridge Road until the end of next season.

It represents an excellent piece of business for Ebbsfleet with Passley a proven performer at National League level, let alone the division below.

“It’s a great signing for the football club,” said Wright. “He’s a very good player Josh, he’s still building his fitness up and we’re looking after him in terms of one or two muscle situations that he’s had earlier in the season.

“We have to protect him but Josh will be a great signing for this football club, we’re going to be very lucky to have him and I’m very pleased with that.”

Wright confirmed that it was always the intention to make the move permanent.

He added: “It was an option but it was a case to get it done quickly, the loan was the easier one but pretty much after the first few days, I wanted to turn it permanent.

“We worked on it for a week or two and got it done so I’m delighted with that one.”

Alex Lankshear (Blackpool), George Moncur (Leyton Orient), Alex Aoraha (QPR), Ryan Carr (Ipswich) and Aaron Bolger (St Patrick’s) have all moved to Stonebridge Road on loan in recent months.

Wright hasn’t ruled out the possibility of being able to turn other deals into permanent stays.

“I’m looking into it, I’m talking and we’re trying to work on stuff,” confirmed the Fleet boss.

“There’s stuff I’m looking at, possibly, with one or two of the loanees, but we’ll have to wait and see. We’re working hard behind the scenes.

“I’m trying to build a squad for next season, I’m trying to build and get things early and get a real proper group going, so I’m trying to get everything done as soon as I can.”

Passley’s loan being turned into a permanent deal is also good news for Carr, who has missed out on some squads due to the limit on the number of loan players being allowed.

“It opens the door for Ryan to come into the squad and hopefully get more minutes,” said Wright.

“Ryan is a great kid, he’s waited his time, he’s been chomping at the bits. It was nice to see him get on the pitch at Wealdstone and hopefully we can get him some more minutes in the coming weeks.”

Both of Ebbsfleet’s goals in last weekend’s defeat at Wealdstone came from set-pieces.

The first goal was a corner that the hosts were never able to clear as the Fleet kept the pressure on, with the second goal another dangerous delivery from a corner which was converted by Anthony Stewart.

It’s an area that Wright believes they can cause side problems from.

“We caused a lot of problems from set plays and it’s a big thing,” said Wright.

“I’ve wanted the delivery better and I’ve wanted us to attack it more because we’re a big side at the moment and we should score more from set plays.

“We asked a lot of questions, we caused them a lot of problems and they made a tweak at half-time with their set-up to bring everyone back.

“We go through it a lot (at training), we work on it a lot and we discuss and we talk, and then we do it at the right times because you can’t do it too much.

“You need to keep it fresh in your mind but at the same time, when you’re picking an XI or a team that’s very consistent, which we have over recent weeks, you can roll with it.”

Ebbsfleet are at home to Tamworth this Saturday before visiting Eastleigh on Tuesday.