Blackburn Rovers director of football Gregg Broughton revealed that finances was the reason behind a deal breaking down on deadline day.
Rovers were looking to secure two signings on deadline day, one being Semir Telalovic who signed from Borussia Monchengladbach in Germany, and the other was revealed to be a right winger from the Bundesliga. They were also looking at Jesurun Rak-Sakyi from Crystal Palace.
“In the end, the finances didn’t allow that to get over the line,” Broughton told the Lancashire Telegraph.
“I think post-January we learned that you can’t wait to have all the Is dotted and Ts crossed before you do a medical at the business end of the transfer window.
Broughton on medical details and Buckley loan exit
Broughton went further into detail about the second player, whilst also saying that John Buckley’s loan exit to Sheffield Wednesday was not financially motivated.
“It was a right-winger on loan from the Bundesliga.
“We knew the centre-forward bit of business would be late and at the end of the window we presented some options to Jon.
“At the front of the queue, there was an experienced centre-forward who would only ever be on loan from La Liga. Semir (Telalovic) was the permanent option from the Bundesliga.
“To balance that, we looked at some right-wingers, one was a young loan right-winger whose name is in the public domain (Rak-Sakyi). There was another right winger on loan from the Bundesliga, whose name isn’t out there.
“John’s deal was done in order to let him play games, it wasn’t driven by the financials. The three medicals were James (Hill), Semir and then a winger.”