Shrewsbury rocked by Aaron Wildig injury

Wildig was stretchered off in Town's 1-0 home victory over Notts County on Saturday after 33 minutes, having been felled by a foul tackle by Andre Boucard which was punished with a yellow card.

It is not yet known how long the injury will keep him out for, but Turner fears he has damaged his posterior cruciate ligament.

He said today: "Aaron is not in today. The swelling is such that he is on crutches.

"We need that swelling to go down before he can have a scan, but a scan will be booked. The physio thinks it's the posterior cruciate ligament which will keep him out for several months.

"We are hoping it isn't, we are hoping it is not as bad as first thought, but we are a little bit pessimistic about the scenario for Aaron Wildig."

Turner was unimpressed by the challenge that led to Wildig's injury.

"I have had the opportunity of watching the tackle in slow motion and it is a bad tackle," he said. "I don't think there is any disguising that. He caught him knee-high. On another day the lad would have been sent off.

"It looks quite bleak for Aaron. He has been a key player for us and the manner in which he has got his injury is particularly galling because there was no need for the player to go for the ball, certainly that high.

"He had no chance of winning the ball and it has left us without Aaron's services for what could be several months."

Wildig has been an ever-present in Turner's side this season.

The player himself took to Twitter to thank fans for their messages of support over the weekend.

He tweeted: "Thanks for the messages on the injury, not sure what it is yet, hopefully get a scan this week, praying its a matter of weeks not months."