Brian Laws plays down Shrewsbury Town link
Former Sheffield Wednesday and Scunthorpe manager Brian Laws has played down talk linking him with the permanent manager's job at Shrewsbury Town.
Laws is currently out of work having seen his third spell in charge of the Iron ended in November.
But asked if he had any interest in the position he said: "It's nice to be linked with the job. I know all about Shrewsbury but as far as anything else is concerned, I really don't want to comment."
Former Northampton, Watford and Coventry boss Aidy Boothroyd has reportedly ruled himself out of the running, stating that he is not applying for the post.
Ex-Fleetwood man and current assistant boss at Barnsley, Micky Mellon, has also dismissed any interest in the Town job, saying he was happy at Oakwell.
Sean O'Driscoll remains the front-runner with the bookmakers with Mike Jackson, who yesterday declared an interest in the post, second favourite.
Meanwhile, Shrewsbury midfielder Aaron Wildig has been lending a hand to the team despite being sidelined with a quad injury.
Wildig has missed the last two matches after pulling up injured partway through Town's 3-2 defeat at MK Dons two weeks ago.
But caretaker boss Jackson tasked him with analysing the opposition ahead of last Saturday's trip to Swindon Town.
Jackson said: "I gave him a bit of responsibility to look at the shape of the opposition and asked him what he thought were their strengths and weaknesses. He has got a good football brain and sees things that other people don't see."