Paul Hurst: Shrewsbury Town's Christos Shelis has the right attitude

The 17-year-old penned a two-year Montgomery Waters Meadow to keep him at Shrewsbury until late 2019.

He followed Hurst and No.2 Chris Doig from Grimsby Town after the duo moved last year.

"He's got ability yes - and attitude too, that's what I would say. His attitude is there, although he's comfortable on the ball with some good attributes, it's his attitude that's made him stand out," said Hurst, who hinted that Shelis would be involved in tonight's Checkatrade Trophy game against West Brom.

"His work ethic, he wants to improve and get better, he wants to win. Which is a great attribute to have, you would think everyone's got it but they don't, not to the extent that Christos has got.

"He gets disappointed in himself and others when it's not going his way and that desire and determination is what sets him apart as well as ability.

"He's part of the squad. We haven't got a massive squad and if we got a couple of injuries he certainly comes into our thinking. He's got to keep doing what he's doing, working at his game and I'm sure he hopes it's very soon."

Shelis, a centre-half, featured heavily for Town in pre-season, mostly at right-back as he impressed the management staff and then the blue and amber support.

Cypriot-born, he moved to Greece at 12 to join an Arsenal academy before heading to London, where it didn't work out and he made the switch to Lincolnshire to join Grimsby.

Boss Hurst issued a reminder of his fledgling age, and insisted there is more development to come in the exciting prospect.

He added: "We want him to be around the best players he can be, ultimately that's the first-team.

"He doesn't look out of place, is very comfortable and fits into the group.

"Physically in terms of running during pre-season he was towards the front. It's just a case of remembering what his age is.

"Not forgetting that ultimately he would be a second-year youth team player but his progress has gone way beyond that.

"But he keeps getting his games in the youth team where he's done well on large parts but there's still bits he needs to improve.

"I'm not saying he's too good for the youth team at this moment in time, what I am saying is he's good enough to train with us on a regular basis. I consider him part of that now.

"But on the training ground he's done extremely well. Physically he's already developing, he's grown a little and the weights programme has benefited him massively.

"He will continue to get bigger and stronger and faster as well."