Source: Team_Talk
Steelmen snap up striking duo
Motherwell have added two strikers to their squad, signing Spaniard Esteban Casagolda and taking Blackburn's Nick Blackman on loan.[LNB] Former FC Brussels forward Casagolda, 23, signed a one-year contract on Thursday night and Blackman will arrive at Fir Park on Friday on a six-month loan deal.[LNB]The 20-year-old was taken to Rovers by his former Macclesfield boss, Paul Ince, and spent last season on loan at Oldham following a short spell at Blackpool.[LNB]Motherwell manager Craig Brown said: "Esteban Casagolda is a promising lad, we've seen him in training for a couple of weeks and he looks as though he will score goals for us.[LNB]"Nick Blackman is a very, very exciting young striker.[LNB]"They are both quick, and both lively. Their movement is good, that's the main thing about them.[LNB]"Blackman is a tall boy and he's good in the air. He's got pace to burn, a good left foot.[LNB]"We had a good lift from Lukas Jutkiewicz last season and we consider Blackman is as good a player and is going to be as productive for us as Jutkiewicz was and, if that's the case, we'll be well pleased.[LNB]"He has really blossomed in pre-season. My friend who is the first-team coach at Blackburn, Steve Kean, said he would definitely score goals in the SPL."[LNB]The double signing is a huge boost to Motherwell ahead of the visit of Hibernian on Sunday after Brown had raised fears he would be unable to bring in an outfield player to his first-team squad this summer.[LNB]But the run to the Europa League play-offs has allowed him extra scope and his business may not be finished.[LNB]"We might try to fiddle with the team a little and see if we can have some movement before the end of the transfer window," Brown said.[LNB]"We're still on the lookout to freshen up the squad and supplement it.[LNB]"If the deal is right and the chairman is prepared to co-operate, as he has done brilliantly to allow us to get these strikers in, we might manager to get someone else."[LNB]Blackman will join the squad for the European tie against Odense but Casagolda will not as Motherwell are restricted to one addition to their registered pool.
