Shrewsbury look for defenders and strikers

The Town boss is looking to strengthen his squad during the close season ahead of a League One promotion push in the new campaign.

Turner would not comment on speculation that has linked the club with possible moves for 18-year-old Hartlepool striker Luke James and Northern Ireland side Cliftonville's prolific attacker Liam Boyce.

But he did confirm that he is in the market for new recruits up front as well as in the back four.

How many new players will be needed, though, and in what positions, will be influenced by how many players from last season's squad are retained.

Striker Tom Bradshaw and midfielder Aaron Wildig have signed new deals but defenders Connor Goldson and Jermaine Grandison, and midfielders Jon Taylor and Ryan Woods, have yet to put pen-to-paper after offers.

Turner said: "I think supporters will know where we need strengthening. It goes back to whether the three young lads sign and Jermaine re-signs but it is obvious we need some back-four players.

"We certainly need strikers – that is without doubt – and then we will fill in everywhere else."

Turner is due to meet the agent for Woods, Goldson and Taylor to try to discuss their futures.

Grandison's future is expected to be resolved once he has come through the second of two operations to repair a hip problem, which curtailed his involvement part way through last season.

Turner said: "There is always that level of uncertainty when we have still got four young pros there. We could re-sign the lot, we could lose the lot.

"Jermaine is probably a different case in as much as he has had surgery and will probably be out for somewhere between four and six months.

"We have almost got to write him off for the first half of the season."