Boss Graham Turner could be set to become Shrewsbury Town’s loan arranger – in order to replicate the promotion success he had at Hereford.

Turner, who has returned to Shrewsbury after 26 years, took the Bulls out of League Two in 2008 with a side largely based on talented loan players that he could not otherwise have afforded to sign.

He is actively looking to bring fresh faces to Town – especially after learning that defender Kelvin Langmead is on the verge of a move to Peterborough and that Canadian Terry Dunfield also wants to leave.

And the experienced manager insists he would have no trouble following the loan route at Shrewsbury in order to produce the same end result.

“Any manager who doesn’t (use the loan market) is foolish,” said Turner, who was unveiled as Paul Simpson’s successor on Friday last week.

“I think there are young players who we could possibly never have afforded – certainly at Hereford and possibly here – that managers at senior clubs are prepared to let out on loan to gain experience.

“We worked it well at Hereford and you see it elsewhere too. Nigel Pearson did it at Leicester, when they were promoted they had five players from big clubs – Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool.

“They got promotion on the back of five loan players consistently in their team and I have no qualms about the loan system and using it to good effect.”

By Chris Hudson