Opinion: Blackburn Rovers should make move for Barnsley defender should Dominic Hyam approach fail

Blackburn Rovers have a real desperation to add one or maybe even two centre-backs to their squad before the transfer window shuts next Thursday, but getting deals over the line has proven to be very difficult all summer.

Just three new faces have arrived at Ewood Park so far, with Callum Brittain and Sammie Szmodics arriving from recently-relegated Championship sides on a permanent basis, whilst they have used their good relations with Liverpool once again to bring talented young midfielder Tyler Morton to the club.

There’s still no central defender through the door though, and it’s a position that needs to be sorted following the departure of Darragh Lenihan to Middlesbrough and the Player of the Season for 2021-22, Jan Paul van Hecke, heading back to Brighton & Hove Albion following the end of his loan stint.

The hope of the Dutchman returning for another spell appears to have all gone, with Sunderland now the favourites to land his services once he has signed a new deal with the Seagulls, and instead it looked as though Rovers had turned to Van Hecke’s countryman Sepp van den Berg of Liverpool.

Injuries to Jurgen Klopp’s defence though have delayed any particular deal from being finalised there though, and now a new name has emerged in the form of Coventry City’s Dominic Hyam.

Reports have suggested that Rovers have made a £2.5 million offer for the 26-year-old, but that may not be enough to secure the services of the Scotsman from a divisional rival, so again they may have to look elsewhere.

One player who could be secured for a reasonable fee is another player who has been relegated to League One in the last few months in Michal Helik, who was a team-mate of new Blackburn player Callum Brittain.

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