Micky Mellon keen on Jack Grimmer
Micky Mellon would relish the chance to bring Jack Grimmer back next season – and says Shrewsbury Town may have to rely on the loan system again.
Fulham right-back Grimmer is one of six loans at Town with Sullay Kaikai, Larnell Cole, James Wallace, Kyle Vassell and James Hendry and has impressed in his 22 games.
Asked if he would like to bring the 22-year-old Scot back for a third stint, boss Mellon said: "Without a shadow of a doubt. Jack's a good player.
"But he's not my player. He's a Championship player and he gets Championship wages; we're Shrewsbury. So a little realism has to come into it as well."
From next season, a FIFA rule means players can only be loaned from window to window – August to January, or January to May – or for the entire campaign.
Mellon admits Town will probably have to lean on the loan market again.
"The best way Shrewsbury can win games is by getting good players and if that route has to be loans, that might be the way," he said.
"In an ideal world we'd have a squad of 18 to 20 fit 21-year-old Shrewsbury born-and-bred lads who have supported the club since they were born and only want to play for us.
"If Carlsberg built the perfect club, that's what it would look like, but that's not going to happen. That's what we're working towards."
