Blackburn Rovers attempting to strike double Leeds United transfer deal
Joe Gelhardt and Charlie Cresswell are wanted at Ewood Park, but Rovers could struggle to land the United pai
Unlike last season, where they were in the top six of the Championship for the majority of the year, Blackburn Rovers have found the 2023-24 campaign more of a struggle to get going.
Despite having the Championship’s top scorer in the form of Sammie Szmodics, Rovers aren’t enjoying life in the second tier of English football this season as they currently sit in 17th position.
Jon Dahl Tomasson’s side have failed to win in their last five league matches, with four of those being defeats, and that has been the catalyst for the slide down the standings – despite a lack of finances at Ewood Park though due to budget cutbacks in the summer, Rovers director of football Gregg Broughton is doing his best to strengthen the squad in the January transfer window.
Captain Lewis Travis has been loaned out to promotion-chasing Ipswich Town, but two new faces have already arrived on loan in the form of Brighton midfielder Yasin Ayari and Aston Villa left-back Ben Chrisene, who are two youngsters that should bolster competition for places.
More will be needed though to try and push Rovers up the table in the second half of the season, and even though it is experience they need, it is younger players they continue to be linked with.
Blackburn pursuing double Leeds United deal for Gelhardt and Cresswell
Rovers are hoping to close out a transfer for Crewe Alexandra centre-back Connor O’Riordan in the near future, with haggling ongoing in regards to the payment structure over a deal for the young defender, but Blackburn are also looking to raid a Championship rival in the form of Leeds United.
According to a report from The Sun’s Alan Nixon via his Patreon account, Blackburn are now chasing a double deal for Whites duo Charlie Cresswell and Joe Gelhardt.
Both players are out of favour under Daniel Farke right now, having appeared in just 10 Championship matches this season between them, with Cresswell’s last league outing being in October and Gelhardt recieving his first cameo in three months against Coventry City in mid-December.
Verstile forward Gelhardt has been on the fringes of Leeds’ starting 11 for a couple of years now, whilst centre-back Cresswell spent the 2022-23 season on loan at Millwall, where he played 28 times and scored four goals.
