Blackburn Rovers manager Jon Dahl Tomasson has said he is ‘disappointed’ to have lost John Buckley on deadline day.
The 23-year-old joined Sheffield Wednesday on loan for the remainder of the season, but Rovers do have a clause to recall him in January. According to Lancashire Live, Blackburn were expected to sign another attacking player to replace Buckley, however, that did not come to fruition.
“I was disappointed to (lose) Buckley, I would rather have kept him,” Tomasson told Rovers TV. “But as I understand it, we needed to get players out before players could come in. We all know it is a stretched squad and John is a good player.
“I thought when John went away on loan, we would probably get one more player in. It didn’t happen, I don’t know the reason for that. We all know that we need players in some positions and it is a tough league.”
Jon Dahl Tomasson still worried about experience
Despite making two signings on deadline day in the form of James Hill on loan from Bournemouth and Semir Telalovic from Borussia Monchengladbach, Tomasson is still concerned about the lack of experience in the squad.
“I’ve said it many times, I think we need help with bodies,” Tomasson explained. “Our CEO also said that we need experience.
“We need goalscorers and we need numbers as well, so it is good we have got a couple of numbers in. They are young players, which I like to develop.
“Of course, we didn’t succeed with the experience which you need in a competitive league. Hopefully, we have got goals but we don’t know it yet.”