Talks planned to resolve Nicky Wroe's immediate future
Preston North End boss Simon Grayson is set to hold talks with Shrewsbury in the coming days to determine the immediate future of midfielder Nicky Wroe.
Wroe, who spent a successful 17 months at Shrewsbury before signing for the Lilywhites in May 2012, re-joined his former club on an initial month's loan in October.
The deal was then extended until the start of January and, with the end of that agreement now imminent, Grayson said he was likely to hold talks with Town boss Graham Turner about the possibility of extending the deal further.
He said: "I will speak to Graham and see what his thoughts are and what we are looking to do.
"Nicky's enjoyed it at Shrewsbury, he has been playing matches here, but we will have that conversation probably over the next couple of days."
Wroe made 47 appearances for Preston last season, but had seen his involvement in the first team limited so far this season, playing just seven matches prior to his loan move back to Shrewsbury.
And asked if he was happy for Wroe to remain at Shrewsbury beyond the current loan deal or return to Preston, Grayson said: "Sometimes you have got to be fair to the players. He'll find it very difficult to get back into our team at the moment with the midfield three we had yesterday, and other players can also play there, so it might be unfair to bring him back and not utilise him when he's playing here all the time.
"Footballers just want to play. I am fair with players and it will be down to what Nicky wants to do and also what Graham wants to do."
Grayson did not close the door on Wroe returning to Deepdale but he also suggested that he may be willing to let the player, whose two-year contract with the club expires in the summer, move elsewhere permanently if there was sufficient interest.
Asked if a permanent return to Shrewsbury was a possibility he said: "That will be a discussion that we are probably going to have with him and his representatives, and other clubs that may be interested.
"Nicky has been a good pro, a good lad for Preston North End and we will just see where it goes, like a few others who have been out on loan that we have had, they might turn loan moves into permanent moves, they might extend the loans or even come back to us."