Shrewsbury doubt Tom Eaves will return

A foot injury is likely to keep striker Eaves out of the Bolton line-up on duty at the Greenhous Meadow tomorrow.

Bolton boss Dougie Freedman has just boosted his frontline with the high-profile signing of Jermaine Beckford.

But Town boss Turner suspects a fit-again Eaves will still be in under consideration by the Wanderers manager.

The 21-year-old made his first-term breakthrough following his loan spell with Town, during which he netted six times, including a hat-trick.

Turner said: "If there was any opportunity we would obviously welcome the chance to bring Tom back, but I think he's stepped further forward in the Bolton pecking order.

"His goals were crucial for us. But I don't know what Bolton's plans are. I chat to Lennie Lawrence, Bolton's assistant manager, occasionally, but Tom hasn't been on the agenda over the last couple of calls."

Turner is still trying to broker more loan deals after re-signing Akwasi Asante. The Birmingham City striker is set to start with Tom Bradshaw against the Championship outfit, but options up front remain thin on the ground.

One of the two trialists who livened up the Salop attack against Galatasaray last weekend suffered a serious knee injury in Tuesday's 2-0 win against Liverpool's under-21s side.

Turner said: "It looks as though he will be out for quite some time. He did play quite well in the Galatasaray game and it was unfortunate.

"There was no-one around him, but he went down and it looks quite severe. We are talking to one of the trialists, but the other might have to be shelved."

The Town boss added: "It was a very good exercise as we played the cream of Liverpool's youngsters, but we might have had a few more goals. Our finishing wasn't as good it should have been.

"But there's nothing like matches to get players ready for August 3. We are up against very good opposition as Bolton were very close to the play-offs last season."