Source: PA
Kean lowers sights
Blackburn boss Steve Kean has ruled out making a "marquee signing" this month - but would settle for the new Gabriel Batistuta.
The Lancashire club and their new owners Venky's were widely ridiculed as they boldly professed interest in signing David Beckham and Ronaldinho earlier this month.
With those ambitious proclamations coming to nothing, Kean now wants to concentrate on more modest targets in the remaining 10 days of the transfer window.
Argentinian playmaker Mauro Formica, of Newell's Old Boys, is one player of interest and Kean has compared the 22-year-old to one of his country's all-time greats.
Kean said: "I don't think a marquee signing will happen. I spoke to the owners and said I think it is better if we don't have that speculation and we process who is going to be available. If it is going to be a big-name signing that is probably best done when the market is stable in the summer.
"Formica would be someone we are interested in bringing to the club. That could be something that happens before the window closes. He is a fantastic talent, attacking player - a little bit like a young Batistuta. He has great technical ability, a typical Argentinian with a bit of fight and devilment in him. This guy can score goals and play last passes and create a goal out of nothing."
