2 words that sum up Blackburn Rovers’ January transfer window and why

Blackburn Rovers oversaw a very successful January transfer window that has given them the best possible chance of building on their incredible first six months of the season.

Tony Mowbray’s men are currently one point above third placed Bournemouth in the second tier, having played one game more than the Cherries, but will be relieved to have their first team squad intact on 1st February.

Blackburn have an eight point cushion on the play-off places, to which would have come as a huge surprise to even the most optimistic Rovers supporter at the start of the season, and their operations in January have given them a great chance of sustaining their position.

Here, we provide you with TWO words that sum up the Riversiders’ January transfer window and why…

Firm

Joe Rothwell, Ryan Nyambe, Darragh Lenihan and Ben Brereton Diaz are all crucial members of the first team, and elite level Championship performers at that, with their contracts at Ewood Park running out at the end of the season.

Blackburn resisted the urge to cash in during January, despite being in a less than ideal financial predicament off of the pitch.

Bournemouth snapped at Rovers’ heels in the transfer market as they are in the table, and pushed hard for a deal for Rothwell, but nothing materialised and the 27-year-old is set to play a key role in their promotion bid in the coming months.

Shrewd

The incomings in January were not of such significance that they will disrupt the current unit.

But were carried out with a view to the longer term, addressing and strengthening some of the weaker areas of the squad.

Dilan Markanday, 20, signed from Tottenham Hotspur on a permanent transfer, filling the hole left behind by Ian Poveda after his season ending injury, and