Shrewsbury Town swoop to get West Brom loan striker

Graham Turner this afternoon strengthened his Shrewsbury Town squad ahead of tomorrow's derby trip to Hereford – snapping up West Brom striker Romaine Sawyers.

The 20-year-old hitman has arrived on a month's loan and will go straight into the squad for tomorrow's clash, with Marvin Morgan suspended.

Sawyers is the second player to come to Shrewsbury from the Baggies this season – following on from full-back James Hurst, who is now on loan at Chesterfield.

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"He's a young lad from West Brom who I've seen play a number of times," said Turner.

"He also played on Tuesday afternoon for West Brom's reserves and was watched by our chief scout, who came back with a glowing report.

"We are getting a good relationship with West Brom and they think highly of him and are pleased to let him come to us.

"They know we take care their players and that we play football in the right way and were happy with the progress that James Hurst made with us."

Sawyers – who has been handed squad No 26 – becomes the fifth senior striker on Town's books.

With Morgan out tomorrow, he will be vying with Terry Gornell, James Collins and Tom Bradshaw for a place in the starting line-up.

"We've got Marvin out for three matches and we've got James Collins and Terry Gornell who are both doing well," added the Town boss.

"If I'm honest, and if Tom Bradshaw is honest with himself, Tom hasn't done as well as we both would have expected from him.

"He's got to work his way through it."

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