SETTLED Selkirk player/manager Garry O'Connor is moving into the world of business.

And the 32-year-old former Scotland star believes he has the perfect product to tempt the wallets of bigger clubs.

Despite rumblings over a division between the gaffer and the club's committee, which has seen him linked to several vacant managerial jobs, O'Connor insists everything is now rosy in the Yarrow Park garden.

And he hopes a few of his emerging stars will help finance the ambitious plans he has for the Lowland League club.

With two of his more seasoned squad members - Jamie Pyper and Scott Ritchie - already having earned full time contracts in Sweden until the end of the season, O'Connor is confident he has the calibre of player almost ready to make the step up.

Scouts from most Scottish clubs have already visited Yarrow Park this season and, if the rumours are correct, Arsenal are monitoring one of the young guns.

O'Connor said: "We are developing the young boys here at Selkirk and making them better players.

"We are running the club as a business and we hope that the investment we put into a lot of our young players – boys like Ross King, Jordan Easson or Kerr Scott – will result in us getting money for them in the future as they move onto bigger clubs."

O'Connor's fall from grace has been well documented.

After rising through the ranks at Hibernian he won himself a £1.6 million move to Lokomotiv Moscow.

A further £2.6 million move was also secured to join Birmingham City.

Despite winning 16 senior caps, scoring in the final of the Russian Cup, and earning legendary status at Easter Road, the off-field scandals and financial woes overshadowed many of the achievements.

The Garry O'Connor who calmly casts his eye across the training ground twice a week isn't filled with bitterness or regret.

Along with his assistant manager - former Dundee United star Davie Robertson - they are passing on the skills and mindset required to the reach the top to the next generation of emerging talent.

Garry said: "I came to Selkirk to become a coach two seasons' ago - it was what I wanted to do.

"I can still play a bit, but not to the level I once did, and I know that my future is in coaching and management."

Meetings with the Yarrow Park committee took place earlier this month to agree a budget for next season.

Former Scotland defender Garry Kenneth has already committed and several players, such as Ross King and Phil Addison, signed for 2016/17 following Wednesday's match with Stirling University.

Contract offers are also being drawn up for most of the other squad members.

O'Connor added: "The boys are all playing for contracts just now and the good performances are giving myself and Davie Robertson plenty food for thought.

"This season means nothing to us, it's all about next season. We want a team that will push for the top four.

"We have been on the brink a few times of having a team that will challenge but we lose a couple of players and it all folds. I'm determined that isn't going to happen next season.

"We need a bit more quality and experience to add to what we have.

"We have a reasonably good budget for next season and we are confident that we’ll be pushing teams like Edinburgh City, Stirling and Spartans at the top of the league."