Shrewsbury Town seal loan signing of Callum Lang from Wigan Athletic
Shrewsbury Town have completed the loan signing of highly-rated young Wigan striker Callum Lang.
Lang, who turns 21 on Sunday, is highly regarded by the Championship club and has enjoyed prolific loan spells with Morecambe and Oldham in League Two.
The striker has completed a deadline day switch to join Salop on loan for the entire 2019/20 campaign.
He netted 10 in 30 games for the Shrimps two seasons ago before 16 in 51 outings for Oldham last term – which included a fine FA Cup run, where Lang scored the winner at Fulham in round three.
The Merseysider came through the ranks at Liverpool before joining Wigan in 2013.
"Callum is a player I've been aware of for well over a year," said Ricketts. "He's a young player who went on loan to Morecambe and did really well with 10 goals in a struggling side.
"Last year he did really well at Oldham. He's a forward who works tirelessly, incredibly hard for the team. He can drive with the ball but he has a knack of scoring goals as well.
"He scored in big games, against Fulham in the FA Cup, he's young, exciting, hungry. he did really well in pre-season. He's very, very fit but hasn't had the game time recently which is why we got him."
