Matt Taylor has revealed Bristol Rovers feel as though they’re close to making their 15th signing of the summer transfer window ahead of Friday evening’s deadline while also admitting that assessing the free agent market is also likely.
It has been a hectic summer in the transfer market for Rovers who have, at the time of writing, signed 14 players while also seeing 18 depart since the end of last season.
The transfer window is set to close at 11pm on Friday evening ahead of Saturday’s home game against Cambridge United and, although the Gas manager admitted that Rovers’ position in the market is currently comfortable, there is hope that at least one more addition will be completed imminently.
“George [Friend]’s phone is constantly on the go and we feel we’re pretty close to one,” Taylor revealed. “He’s been a target since before this week. So, in terms of the planning and strategy we’ve had we’ve kind of stuck to it.
“There were cup games on Tuesday and Wednesday and some players were playing in that that I think now are available who weren’t previously. Things settle down in relations to squads, obviously other teams are waiting on players coming in to make players available and vice-versa. It’s a bit of a dominoes effect in terms of the knock-on.
“I suppose the deeper it goes, the more heightened the conversations are and the closer deals get to being done one way or another because there is a cut off point going towards the weekend. I’m looking forward to this time next week when we can talk about other things in life other than the transfer window.
