Ollie Westbury brings you the latest on transfer deadline day.
Salop are working on a deal for Vadaine Oliver from Bradford City - as Gareth Ainsworth looks to bolster his front line.
He also discusses possible other target areas and whether there will be any outgoings by the deadline.
Salop are working on a deal for Vadaine Oliver from Bradford City - as Gareth Ainsworth looks to bolster his front line.
He also discusses possible other target areas and whether there will be any outgoings by the deadline.
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00:00Salop fans, welcome to shopstar.com on this transfer deadline day. My name is Jonny Drury.
00:14I'm here with Oli Westby for a quick update on the state of play at the Crowd Meadow.
00:19Oli, first bit of business, first item on the agenda. Verdane, Oliver, Bradford City
00:24striker undergoing a medical at Salop. Gareth Andrews said he wanted striking reinforcements
00:31and it looks like he's going to get one.
00:33Yeah, it does. We reported yesterday the interest from Shrewsbury in Verdane, Oliver. There
00:39have been some rumours circulating online and obviously we saw those yesterday and it
00:47was reported, I think first by the Sun, Nixon by the Sun. So yes, Shrewsbury interested
00:54in him. And then obviously the updated story this morning is that he's in Shropshire. He's
00:57at the Slumdawn Castle training ground and he's undergoing a medical ahead of securing
01:02a switch to Shrewsbury. Still a little bit of waiting for some clarity. I'm expecting
01:08it to be a loan, but I'm not 100% sure because I believe that he is out of contract at the
01:12end of the season at Bradford. So yeah, I want to keep an eye on as and when. My understanding
01:20now is it's just the formalities. Obviously, I'm sure that the media team are probably
01:24working on perhaps some form of unveiling. But yeah, as long as the medical goes through
01:29with no particular hiccups, then we'll understand that Verdane, Oliver will be a Shrewsbury
01:35Town player by the end of the day. Well, I would have thought that it would probably
01:38be at some point early afternoon, early evening. I would have thought at some stage we're going
01:43to get someone else on him.
01:46In terms of other moves, obviously Gareth Ainsworth in an ideal world will want to bring
01:50in a few sign-ins, but what's the realistic possibility today? He talked about attacking
01:54reinforcements. Is that another one on top of Oliver or is there other areas that he's
02:01targeting or do you expect Salah to strengthen before the 11 o'clock deadline tonight?
02:06I think he's... Yeah, it's an interesting one, isn't it? Obviously, you don't really
02:12need my input on it. You can read the story on the Shropshire Star website, his exact
02:16words of what kind of him detailing what it is that he wants on deadline day this time
02:23out. So yeah, he kind of explained it himself, didn't he? You know that forwards... So that
02:29suggests that Shrewsbury are going to be in the market for forwards this month. But it's
02:36also open to interpretation, isn't it? Because obviously, Town have not done a great deal
02:41of business so far this month and they are kind of relying on the end of the window and
02:46today to get their deal. So it could be done with a little bit of panic in mind as they
02:51try to kind of get the signatures and get the line at the end. So I would expect, and
02:58this is an opinion more than a fact, but they'll be working on a deal for another forward and
03:03I think we'll see two players come in for sure. The second one to be a forward and then
03:09we'll have to see if there's enough money left in the pot to make another addition.
03:13You know, there's been plenty going out the door already this window, you know, loans
03:18recalled. Is it any expectation on that? Could they lose anyone or, you know, they can't
03:23really afford to lose anyone at the moment is the cut and thrust of it. But is there
03:27going to be anything going that way or do you expect that to be quiet?
03:30Yeah, I would be amazed if there'd be any outgoings. That would be my take on outgoings.
03:39I don't see how Shrewsbury have been trying to actually bolster their squad for the last
03:42two weeks to no avail really. Almost borderline criminal to let people then go out on the
03:49final day of the window. There was a few fans tweeting me about some rumours regarding some
03:54players this morning, but ultimately Shrewsbury's players, you know, at the moment are under
03:57contract and if they're under contract, then the only way they go out is with the club's
04:00permission. So I would be very surprised to see anybody really notably going out the door
04:06before the window closes at 11pm tonight.