Blackburn boss Mark Hughes will not be taking any risks
in the January transfer window.
The Ewood Park boss has the opportunity to make changes to his
squad from Tuesday, but admits he is no rush to spend.
Hughes believes that any player he brings in must already be
attuned to the pace of the Premier League, making business at this
time of year more difficult.
Mistakes
He told the website: "January is a difficult period to negotiate.
You have to be really certain that the players that you're going to
bring in can hit the ground running and can improve you.
"From our point of view, if we spend money then we can't afford to
make mistakes. More mistakes are made in January than possibly in
the summer window.
"We'll have a look at the situation and what presents itself. We
get lots of phone calls from agents at this time of year, some of
them aren't really worth pursuing or even taking the call on
occasions.
"That's the time of the year that we're in and there's a lot of
nonsense flying around and speculation about players, so you have
to wade through that.
"If something presents itself and we can do it or we have the
ability to do something that will enable us to bring good quality
into the club we will always look at that."
Savage
Robbie Savage has been linked with a move away from Ewood Park, but
Hughes has again insisted the midfielder remains an important
member of his squad.
He added: "There's a lot of speculation. A number of clubs have
enquired about the situation. The situation is that Robbie is
contracted to Blackburn Rovers.
"At the moment he's not particularly happy because he's not an
automatic choice in the team, but that's the same for the vast
majority of players in my squad.
"At the moment he's not in the team, but he's very much a valued
member of the squad and if I feel he's the right player for certain
games, he will play."
