BLACKBURN Rovers are not expecting to add to their ranks before the January transfer window despite opening the Ewood Park doors to a long line of trialists.

Rovers chief John Williams has played down any need of ‘quick fixes’ from outside after successive four-goal defeats, but admits that will not stop the continual search for a hidden ‘gem’.

Dutch winger Ugur Yildirim is the latest to be invited to Lancashire for a trial by the Premier League outfit, but Williams revealed he expects to remain inactive in the transfer market until the turn of the year.

Free-kick specialist Yildirim, currently at Turkish side Sivasspor, would not be available until January anyway but Williams did admit they were unlikely to instantly snap up any of the free agents currently on trial.

Saturday’s 4-0 home defeat to Arsenal has left Rovers fans calling for fresh blood but, just four games in, Williams insists the squad needs no instant arrivals as they start looking forward to the visit of Fulham.

He said: “The bottom line is we are not short on numbers in the squad and I think it is highly unlikely anyone will be coming in between now and the re-opening of the window.

“We are not planning to bring anyone in at the moment but, of course, that could change if someone was presented to us that would really improve the team.

“We are only four games in so there is no need to panic. The goals conceded are horrible but we will improve.”

Former Ajax winger Kiran Bechan, Spaniard Jordi Lopez and French international Phillipe Christanval are three free-agents who have been handed a chance to impress at Ewood Park.

But Williams was keen to dampen talk of any imminent arrivals, insisting it is rare to ‘get lucky’ in between transfer windows.

He said: “Sometimes trialists do pay off, sometimes they don’t. It is always better to try and sample before you buy.

“If you look at our purchases though, they have not come through trials yet. So perhaps that suggests that having players on trial does not result in signings.

“Having said that, we had a very serious debate about Anthony Annan after he was on trial, so I still believe the process is worthwhile.

“Providing you are not disrupting training, then why not bring in players who are available for a good four or five days of training?

“It is becoming harder and harder, when you think about the pool of players available.

“You are becoming less and less likely between windows to find players good enough.”