Dundee head coach Steven Pressley says wants to avoid another "transitional" summer in terms of player turnover but admits it's very difficult to plan ahead when their Premiership safety is not guaranteed.
The Dark Blues, who are currently ninth in the Scottish Premiership, have a number of players whose contracts or loan deals are up at the end of this campaign and Pressley is hoping to avoid a repeat of the sizeable squad overhaul he faced following his appointment last summer.
"We are trying to future plan," Pressley told BBC Scotland.
"The club have reached out to several players around new contracts because stability and continuity are really important.
"We know we are still going to have to bring in personnel in the summer but we don't want a transitional summer like we have just experienced.
"But we are not safe yet in the league so it is very difficult, at times, for clubs like ourselves to really plan ahead.
"We want to change that but at the same time we are conscious of that situation so we are trying as hard as we can to bring stability and continuity but at the same time we have to secure our future."
Defender Billy Koumetio's deal is up in the summer but he seems set to stick around at Dens Park with the club keen to exercise a year-long option on his deal.
"That is certainly the case and yes of course we would love to take that option up," Pressley added.
"Billy has been a really important player for us this year, he had a spell of games where his performances were at a really high level and we think there is a very interesting player there that, with games and with development, can play at a very high level."
"That is exciting and also it is pleasing that we do have that clause within his contract and it gives us additional stability in that position."