Town reject Burnley bid for Josh Ginnelly

Town have rejected an opening offer from the Clarets for the 18-year-old, who has been training with the Championship club for more than a week.

And the agent of the former Aston Villa scholar has told Town their client will not be returning to Shrewsbury.

Town chief executive Matt Williams said: "Burnley made us an offer but we turned it down and told them what we felt we'd get at a tribunal.

"They have left their offer on the table and gone away to look at their next step. His agent told us he definitely won't be signing for us.

"His agent also reminded us Josh could go abroad or play in the Conference North for a year, but that's a risk we're willing to take."

Shrewsbury are looking to finance new deals for out-of-contract duo Jermaine Grandison and Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro.

And they are determined to get what they feel reflects what Ginnelly is worth, after investing two years of development time in him following his release from Villa Park.

Williams said: "I'm not disclosing how much the offer was but if we'd have accepted it, it wouldn't have made a difference to what we want to do.

"Burnley are doing what they think is right for their development group, but we've done some due diligence and research into similar cases that have gone to tribunal.

"We know where we should be and what we should be getting and we've told that to the agent and Burnley.

"We have no issue with Burnley - they're a great club and I know their chief executive (David Baldwin) very well from his time at Bradford.

"We've had a couple of open discussions with them and we'll remain in dialogue with them."