Opinion: Blackburn Rovers should look to use club’s recent transfer business to secure important January deal

It is looking increasingly likely that one way or another, Ryan Hedges will be a Blackburn Rovers player before the end of 2022.

Recent reports have revealed that the Championship promotion hopefuls have agreed a pre-contract agreement that will see the winger move to Ewood Park in the summer, when his contract with Scottish Premiership side Aberdeen, comes to an end.

However, it has been suggested that Rovers are still keen to tie up a deal for Hedges to join the club this month, which would be a useful piece of business were they to make it happen.

With new January signing Dilan Markanday out for the remainder of the campaign, and on-loan Leeds man Ian Poveda still some way from a return to action, Rovers are not exactly stacked for options out wide at the moment.

Adding Hedges this month, would therefore alleviate some of that pressure in the wide areas, and provide a useful extra boost to the club’s resources as they mount a push for promotion to the Premier League over the next few months.

So far though, Aberdeen have stood their ground over this month, reportedly rejecting two bids from Blackburn to sign the winger during the current transfer window.

But despite that, it seems that the Scottish Premiershipside’s own recent business, could give Rovers more precedent to try and force through a move for Hedges for the here and now.

On Monday, Aberdeen announced the signing of winger Vicente Besuijen on a four-and-a-half-year deal from Dutch outfit Ado Den Haag.

Given Besuijen is highly rated, and has already scored seven goals and provided 11 assists in 56 first-team appearances for Den Haag, it does seem as though Aberdeen have a ready made replacement for Hedges to call upon if the 26-year-old does make the move to