Forward Jack Lankester is set to remain at Town with Salford City ultimately not making an approach to sign the 21-year-old on loan.

As reported earlier, the League Two side were keen on adding Lankester to their squad for the second half of the season, however, we understand they have not firmed up that interest.

Lankester has slipped away from the Town first team picture in recent weeks as players have come back from injury and new additions Josh Harrop and Luke Thomas have been recruited on loan.

The Bury St Edmunds-based wideman or number 10 was on the bench at Crewe on Saturday but last started the 2-0 home defeat to Portsmouth in mid-December.

Lankester has made seven starts and seven appearances for Town this season, scoring twice, having returned after missing the previous 20 months following two back operations.

In total, Lankester, who is contracted to Town until the summer of 2022 with the club having an option for a further season, has made 12 starts and 14 sub appearances for the Blues and has scored three times.

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runaround added 20:51 - Feb 1 Good news. Should at least be on the bench
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90z added 21:13 - Feb 1 Dont think his really been given the chance or a run of games to get him up to speed.
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grow_our_own added 21:33 - Feb 1 Only Lambert can explain why Lankester is being banished when he's got a one in two goals scored or assisted per game ratio. It's about three times better than Judge's. Grow our own! Lambert OUT!
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midastouch added 21:47 - Feb 1 How about Judge and Sears? A loan to Woodbridge? Or swap them both for Carlos Edwards and slip Woodbridge a few quid extra as well to get the deal over the line.
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BcarefulwhatUWish4 added 22:23 - Feb 1 Don't understand why he's not in our first 11 if he's fully fit.
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tractorboybig added 07:52 - Feb 2 should be in the line up every game getting playing time, no worse than dunbos norwood and jackson
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SamWhiteUK added 09:44 - Feb 2 I'm going to go against the grain here and say that I don't think Lankester has been very good this year
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Linkboy13 added 15:21 - Feb 2 Yes SamWhite uk I tend to agree with you our players tend to not to live up to the hype given to them on this site.
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Skip73 added 19:04 - Feb 2 Midastouch, thats a bit insulting to Woodbridge to suggest that they would want Judge. Sears, on the other hand, may be a decent back up player for them.
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