Shrewsbury have broken their transfer record to secure the signature of striker Grant Holt.
Striker swaps Forest for New Meadow
Shrewsbury have broken their transfer record to secure the signature of striker Grant Holt.
The League Two club have splashed out £170,000 to lure the 27-year-old away from Nottingham Forest.
The deal smashes the club's previous record of £100,000, which they have shelled out twice, for John Dungworth in 1979 and Mark Blake in 1990.
Holt has agreed a three-year deal with the Shrews and will be joined at the club by defender Michael Jackson, who has completed a move to New Meadow on a free transfer following his release by Blackpool.
Fortunate
"We are really fortunate that we are in a position where the chairman is backing me to bring in these types of players," manager Paul Simpson told the club's
official website.
"In Michael Jackson and Grant Holt we have two players who could become good signings.
"Grant has scored goals during his career and is a player who will score, he's a workman-like striker who gets hold of the ball, can go past people and is a good finisher. All I want to see is him pulling on the Shrewsbury Town shirt, performing for us and striking up a partnership with one or two of the other strikers we have here.
"Michael's a very experienced player who has been a captain all throughout his career, he was part of the Blackpool side that won promotion from League One to the Championship and played 30 plus games in the Championship last year."
