Notts County will not allow left-back Blair Adams to extend his spell at Mansfield Town, Stags’ boss Adam Murray revealed on Wednesday evening.

Adams, 24, had previously stated his desire to prolong his stay at One Call Stadium following a three-month loan spell. He was signed after left back Mal Benning suffered a major injury after a fine start to the season.

Murray said County, his parent club, made a U-turn on their initial decision to allow Adams to extend his spell at the Stags.

“Blair’s loan finished yesterday and despite being led to believe over the past couple of weeks that Blair would be able to extend his stay with us, unfortunately Notts County have now decided against this at the last minute,” Murray told www.mansfieldtown.net

“As their [Notts County’s] player, they have every right to do this.

“I understand it has come about because of a mix-up in communication at their [Notts County’s] end, which led to their final decision to keep Blair at Meadow Lane.

“We are obviously very disappointed as Blair was an outstanding performer for us, but like anything in this game, we will move on swiftly.

“This is another challenge which we have to overcome, but this won’t be a problem for us,” he added.