Shrewsbury Town manager Paul Simpson has signed teenage Southampton striker Jamie White on a one-month loan deal from the Championship club.

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White will go straight into the Shrews squad for Friday night's trip to Chesterfield with Simpson looking to add more pace to his front-line.

"We are lacking that little bit of pace in the squad and that is why I've decided to let Michael Symes go out on loan and to bring a young lad in from Southampton called Jamie White," Simpson told the club's official website.

"Jamie is 19 next week and is very sharp, can play either as a wide player or down the middle or even as a midfield player. He is a good football player who I am looking forward to getting to work with.

"He should have been in to train with us on Friday, but missed Thursday's training with Southampton as he had a slight bug. He's travelling up and will go into the 16 for Friday's game at Chesterfield.

"I've seen clips of him playing and people I know have given me good reports, at the moment he is scoring goals for the reserves and is one of a number of players who comes out of the youth set-up there and that they have high hopes of."