Harris added that McConnell might have "earned the right" to be included in the squad for Saturday's League Two game with struggling Shrewsbury Town.

"We've got a lot of fixtures in the next few weeks, there's a lot of football for Glenn to play," Harris said.

Harris hopes that, with a number of under-21 games and other warm-up matches, alongside the league and Vertu Trophy ties coming up over the next few weeks, the club will be better placed to make a decision over McConnell's next step.

"If we get through that period, and hopefully he's affecting the first team, I think we're really in a position to assess where Glenn's at," Harris said.

"If he's gone down the route of under-21 football, he's played seven, eight, nine games by the start of November which will be really good for a man who's not played a lot in the last three years.

"By then, we'll be a lot more confident of either putting him near our first team regularly or letting him go out for a month and play some football in the National League.

"So we're really open-minded but we're...