Josh Feeney has returned to Aston Villa for rehabilitation after suffering an injury on loan at Shrewsbury Town.
The 19-year-old defender is sidelined with a hamstring injury, having not even played one match since joining the League One club on a season-long loan. He is expected to be ruled out of action for a couple of weeks.
Shrewsbury boss Paul Hurst has confirmed Villa have been overseeing his recovery, but stressed he still wants the teenager to be involved at his loan club before being able to return to action.
“Villa want him to still be in and around it albeit they have taken him back for this initial period of his rehab,” he said. “He had only just come in so it is to make sure he does not get totally disconnected from it.
“We still want him to feel part of it. That is a big part of going out on loan you want to be treated like a Shrewsbury Town player. I think just the thought that sometimes loan players cannot quite feel part of it – now I would hate that to happen here.
“That works both ways in terms of the loan player buying in as well, but I am sure Josh will do very much that.
“He was gutted when the injury happened, and he spoke about staying here, but ultimately, with the resources that Villa have it makes sense. Overall, we are hopeful that he is not going to be out for too long, it will be at least a couple of weeks until he will be able to step that rehab up.”
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