Shrewsbury look to pin down Sullay Kaikai

Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew revealed last week that the exciting winger is set to return to the Greenhous Meadow this month.

Mellon admits the 20-year-old, who scored five goals in 15 games on loan at Shrewsbury earlier this season, is on his radar along with several others.

Teams are allowed five loan players in a matchday squad and Salop currently have James Grimmer, James Wallace, Larnell Cole and Kyle Vassell.

Mellon said: "We'd love to bring him back because he's got pace and he dents back fours and we need people doing that because we haven't been doing it.

"We'll see. I hope so. It's our last loan and we have a number of targets we may go for, but we want to get it right. But don't expect him to be here tomorrow night.

"He's a very good player along with others who we believe would make us better.

"We're working very hard to try to make something happen with a number of them and hopefully we get an exciting one very soon."

The move could come down to when Kaikai will be fit as he has been injured.

The Town boss said: "He's not fit yet and I don't know how far he is away. We've got a number of options we're working very hard on. Let's hope we can get it done soon."

Meanwhile, Mellon was delighted with his three full debutants in Saturday's 2-1 win at League One leaders Burton.

Richie Wellens was man of the match while James Wallace had a part in Andy Mangan's equaliser and Kyle Vassell was lively.

He said: "You could see the qualities they have. It's the energy they bring to the group that's fantastic and that know-how of getting results."