Would a move for Wolves' Nathan Fraser be realistic for Shrewsbury Town?

Shropshire Star

Ollie Westbury sat down with Jonny Drury to discuss whether Shrewsbury Town may renew their interest in Wolves forward Nathan Fraser. Salop were keen on the Wolves man in January - but due to an injury crisis he remained at Molineux. Ollie and Jonny look at whether Salop will reignite interest - or if a move may be out of reach.

Transcript

00:00Oli, transfer window is in full swing at the moment. Salop have already done obviously

00:13a little bit of business. One area of the pitch where they will, I'm sure, be looking

00:17to bring in players is up front. And there's a name that's sort of been banded about, talked

00:21about. It was obviously talked a lot about in January. It was Nathan Fraser at Wolves.

00:26He is now going to be departing Wolves on loan this summer, it's been said by our Wolves

00:32correspondent Liam Keane. That was reported a week or so ago. Is this one that you might

00:38expect Shrewsbury will go back in for? Obviously the interest was there prior to Paul Hurst

00:42and obviously with, I'm sure, Mickey Moore probably played a lot of a part in that as

00:45the director of football. Would it surprise you if Shrewsbury went back in for him? And

00:49do you think it might be difficult now given the fact that he did play a bit for Wolves

00:53and his stock probably did rise a little bit towards the end of the season?

00:57I certainly think there will be a player that Shrewsbury will be looking at. They will look

01:01at whether, like you say, his stock definitely rose and whether he's probably going to be

01:05looking at a club higher up in League One, perhaps even low end of the Championship given

01:10the fact that he made like seven Premier League appearances in the end. And I know Wolves

01:14towards the back end of the season did a few Wolves games and they were very short of players

01:20up front with injuries to forward players. But it's no mean feat to play in the Premier

01:24League, is it? So you've obviously got to have something. So maybe he might be looking

01:29for a little bit of a level above. If he's looking for a loan move, though, he needs

01:33to play. Wherever he goes, he's got to play. That's the whole point of him going out on

01:36loan is to get valuable minutes.

01:39Obviously Shrewsbury I think he was quite keen on. He has been to watch a game to meet

01:46Mickey Moore. Obviously we reported that, didn't we, that we saw him kind of moving

01:52around, walking around the ground, kind of having a tour so we know what it's like. It's

01:55local to him. So there's lots of things that fit, but maybe the level might not be one

02:02of those. He might probably have clubs that are higher up the pecking order that will

02:06be clamouring after his signature. The geography might be a factor. If he's living locally,

02:11Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton is not too far away, is it? He probably wouldn't have to

02:15move or you never know, maybe as a player he might want to. But yeah, I would be amazed

02:21if he's not a player that Shrewsbury desired. But whether they can get him feels like a

02:26completely different story, to be perfectly honest with you. It feels like that might

02:30be one of those that's a little bit of a long shot for sure.

Category

Transcript

Recommended