Shrewsbury Town's bid to sign Paul Mullin from Accrington Stanley has fallen through.
Deal for Accrington striker collapses
Shrewsbury Town's bid to sign Paul Mullin from Accrington Stanley has fallen through.
Gary Peters has confirmed that the Shrews had lined up a deal to bring in the veteran striker before Saturday's game against Brentford.
But, despite agreeing a £75,000 fee for the 33-year-old, Mullin will not be moving to the New Meadow.
"Our chairman wanted to find out how much they wanted and he spoke to the Accrington chairman and in those conversations they said they wanted £75,000 for Paul Mullin," Shrews boss Peters told the club's official website.
Enthusiasm
"With our chairman's enthusiasm and ambition for the club he was so determined to get a striker in for last Saturday that he agreed to pay that fee so we could talk to Paul and see if anything could go ahead.
"A fee was agreed and we've spoken to Paul about the possibility of a move and it won't be going ahead.
"In the long term I think it may be good that we haven't got Paul in, but in the short term he would have done us a really good job - he's already scored 11 goals this season."
Mullin has scored 11 goals for Accrington this season, including his side's opener in a 2-1 home defeat to Shrewsbury before Christmas.
