Naylor keen to extend Whitmore loan at Oldham

[League Express]

Oldham coach Scott Naylor is keen to extend Danny Whitmore's loan period at Whitebank. The Batley Bulldogs' player, at the club initially for one month, hinted after his first Oldham game at Hemel Stags that a longer stay  couldn't be ruled out. Naylor has since confirmed that he would like to include 23-year-old Whitmore in his half-back plans on an open-ended agreement.

He said: "It would suit me to have him here for as long as John Kear (Batley boss) would allow it.

"Hopefully we can sort something out. Danny would like that, and so would we. I coached him at Salford, but when I came to Oldham he had already signed for Batley.

"It can take a half-back time to settle in at a new club, but Danny and Lewis Palfrey were often half-back partners in their academy days at Salford and they looked very comfortable together against Hemel."

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