Questions marks around Blackburn Rovers’ signing of 23-year-old are fair: View
Semir Telalovic is yet to hit the ground running at Ewood Park, and he may have been the wrong signing at the wrong time
Blackburn Rovers’ budget for squad improvements was significantly reduced, leaving the head coach with limited funds for transfers.
Only two of Blackburn Rovers’ signings in the 2023/24 season were made for transfer fees, with the rest being loans or free transfers.
The addition of Semir Telalovic as a striker has been questioned due to his lack of experience at a higher level and his limited goal-scoring record.
That was anything but the case however, as a change of circumstances for the club’s owners – the Venky’s – meant that the Dane’s budget to improve his squad had been cut and not increased.
It was a hammer-blow for Tomasson and director of football Gregg Broughton, who were left with barely any money to spend and even the sales of Ash Phillips and Thomas Kaminski to Tottenham and Luton Town respectively didn’t generate much of a budget.
Despite those sales and losing big earners such as Daniel Ayala, Bradley Dack and Ben Brereton Diaz from the wage bill, Rovers only signed two players for transfer fees, with the other five being a mixture of loans and free transfers.
And one of the players that Blackburn did spend money on in Semir Telalovic looks so far to have been a bizarre addition to the ranks at Ewood Park considering the club’s desperation for somewhat of a proven goalscorer.
