Walsall Head Coach Lee Grant has confirmed that he is hoping to secure a loan for midfielder Ronan Maher after the 21-year-old wasn't named in the team's 25-man squad.As we reported earlier, Maher missed the Saddlers' pre-season through injury but was able to regain fitness to be named on the bench for the Saddlers' recent draw away to Crewe Alexandra.
Speaking via the Express & Star, Grant said: "With Ronan, we’ve got a lot of good players in the building.
"Ronan has worked really hard across pre-season and I think he’s a really talented young player, but for him now, it’s important that he’s getting an opportunity to show that week in, week out.
"He’s not going to get that opportunity in terms of being part of our squad week in, week out, so the plan has to be for Ronan to go and get games.
"We’re working with him, we’re working with his people to try and make sure that happens.
"We’ll have to wait and see, but hopefully something materialises that can be of benefit to him and his next steps."