TWTD understands Town are eyeing a move for defender Omar Beckles, who is currently with Paul Hurst’s former club Shrewsbury.

The 26-year-old is primarily a centre-half but spent much of last season playing at left-back in the absence of the injured Junior Brown.

Speaking on Saturday, Blues boss Hurst confirmed he was after two centre-halves following the departure of Adam Webster to Bristol City.

Blackpool’s Curtis Tilt was recently the subject of a £550,000 Town offer but the Seasiders are targeting a £1 million for the 26-year-old with Rangers now believed to be keen. Discussions between the clubs are understood to be continuing.

Hurst interest in his Shrewsbury players has been widely expected with another centre-half Toto Nsiala also believed to be someone the new Town manager has considered recruiting from the Shrews, while midfielder Jon Nolan has been linked on a number of occasions.

Having spent time with Millwall as a youngster, Leytonstone-born Beckles, who is contracted to the Shrews until the summer of 2020, joined the Glenn Hoddle Academy in Spain during which time he played for locally-based lower league side Jerez Industrial.

Spells back in English non-league with Boreham Wood (twice), Kettering, Billericay, Histon, Margate, AFC Hornchurch, St Albans City and Aldershot followed before he broke into the EFL with Accrington Stanley in 2016/17.

After one season in League Two Hurst took the 6ft 3in tall central defender up a division to Shrewsbury, where he made 43 starts and four sub appearances, scoring three goals as the Shropshire side reached the League One play-offs during 2018/19 having finished third.

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terryf added 15:09 - Jul 19 If PH is serious about Tilt stop messing about and bring him in and if he's available on loan, Carter-Vickers...job done. Also don't think Waghorn will go, but maybe the Agent is fishing for a salary increase. Probably be worth it long term. Wonder who he's got in mind to replace McGoldrick? Good to see that PH is getting involved in all levels at the Club including recruitment.

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BobbyBell added 16:30 - Jul 19 We have kept Bart on an impressive new contract. We want and hope to keep Waghorn. We can't do those things and also splash out on transfers as well. We must trust Hurst that any players he brings in he believes can do a good job here. Why would he sign players who he didn't think were good enough? Ultimately the cost would be his job.
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Cheshire_Blue added 17:04 - Jul 19 BIG mistake getting rid of McCarthy. Time will tell
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Popeye added 17:36 - Jul 19 Sounds like a porn star name
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runningout added 17:41 - Jul 19 Guess our manager rates him more than who we have already
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BeattiesBackPocket added 18:35 - Jul 19 If only we had an owner worth over 800 million 🤔
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alfromcol added 20:09 - Jul 19 Cheshire_Blue Please tell me you are joking?
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ShropshireBluenago09 added 20:54 - Jul 19 Beckles is a beast just like N'siala. Out of the two would prefer N'siala but Beckles is decent.
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TimmyH added 23:10 - Jul 19 Thought he looked poor watching the play-off final (I know only one game) the Rotherham captain Richard Wood made him look very average. On that showing not for me, is he any better than Webster? I doubt it very much.
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wychyblue added 23:24 - Jul 19 As I have said on here before , my godson plays in the first X1 for Shrewsbury and have seen a fair bit of them last year . Backless played nearly all season at left back due to injuries and looked like an awkward 6'3" CB playing there. He reminds me of a certain Mr Sonko under PJ. Not Webster by any stretch . But if the budget is tight we aren't going to be able to get a BMW. It may be a long season but let's hope not . Good luck Mr Hurst . We are all behind you .

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ShropshireBluenago09 added 07:07 - Jul 20 Wych- he is braver and has much more skilful and more pace than Sonko
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JewellintheTown added 10:05 - Jul 20 Almost EVERY football player is a potentially good player (to name but a few - Mark Fish), but question is, at what level & position? If its not Championship or above, we should simply either consider their potential, or move on and let them find their own level. We cant afford to be a charity. Slightly concerned we're creating a Shrewsbury 2.0 with all these lower league signings.

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ricardo55555 added 19:36 - Jul 22 With all due respect to you lot judging omar over one game I believe Paul Hurst may just be a tad better at judging the quality of the player he has worked with every day for a year. I watched him play multiple times last season (I live in Shrewsbury) and he is definitely a decent player and would fit into our squad as a cover CB in my opinion but really Paul Hurst knows exactly how good he is and his potential

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