Blackburn Rovers key figure makes transfer admission after securing new addition

Blackburn Rovers Director of Football Gregg Broughton has revealed new signing Callum Brittain has been at the top of the club’s target list for the past 12 months, speaking to the club’s official media team.

The 24-year-old comes in as the second-tier side’s first addition of the summer window and the first signing of Jon Dahl Tomasson’s reign, with the Lancashire side previously in desperate need of another right-sided option.

This option was much-needed following the departure of Ryan Nyambe on the expiration of his contract at Ewood Park, with the Namibia international linking up with league rivals Wigan Athletic.

Brittain, meanwhile, was still under contract with Barnsley but was one of the likely candidates to depart Oakwell this summer following the Tykes’ relegation to League One, with Cauley Woodrow and Carlton Morris already moving on to Luton Town prior to the right-back’s switch.

Rovers had been linked with the Barnsley man back in January, with Stoke City and Swansea also being linked with a move for the Englishman, with Joe Rankin-Costello’s injury problems and Nyambe’s contract situation potentially making this an area to address for Tony Mowbray during the winter period.

They have now managed to get their man over the line – and Broughton has revealed he was a long-term target for the club.

Speaking on the club’s website, he said: “Callum has already played over 200 senior games, including reaching the Championship play-offs a year ago.

“I have had the opportunity to follow Callum’s career since watching him live on loan in Iceland in 2016 and again when he made his MK Dons debut against Norwich City in the Football League Trophy a few months later.

“He has sat at the top of Rovers’ transfer target list