GARY Bowyer has revealed he has already identified some of the players he wants to bring to Blackburn Rovers in the summer – as talks over a new deal for the fit-again Josh King continue.

Bowyer will be restricted to free transfers and loan signings once the window reopens as a consequence of the club’s embargo for failing Financial Fair Play.

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But the Rovers boss, whose side head to Huddersfield Town for their penultimate game of the campaign, insists that will not prevent him from making the additions he feels he needs.

“At the moment it’s a case of concentrating on these two last games and then sitting down and setting our stall out for the summer,” said Bowyer, whose squad can contain no more than 24 ‘established players’ – those aged 21 and over on June 30 who have made five first-team starts for the club – under Financial Fair Play rules.

“But we’ve already identified targets we want to bring into the club and it’s just a case of how many we can do.

“It (the embargo) stops you dreaming of spending a million pound on a striker and it does reduce your options.

“It also means, even more so now, that the player you bring in has got to be the right player.

“But I think we’ve shown in the windows that we’ve been active in that we’ve managed to do that.

“What a free transfer Tommy Spurr has been. Matt Kilgallon makes that two. And then there’s Chris Taylor.

“So there are certainly good players out there and it’s just making sure we’re competitive and in there for them.”

One player who Rovers could sign is on-loan winger Paul Taylor.

The 27-year-old, who will be a free agent in the summer, made his full debut for the club in Tuesday’s 2-0 home win over Millwall.

And tomorrow’s clash with Huddersfield will mark his final chance to impress as he will be ineligible to face his parent club Ipswich Town at Ewood Park on Saturday week.

“I thought he did ever so well on his full debut,” said Bowyer, who will fly out to India at the end of the season to formalise his transfer plans with Rovers owners Venky’s.

“He’s a different type of forward player for us. He had two efforts on goal and constantly wanted to be positive. I was really impressed.

“When we brought him off he was tiring and I asked him if he had cramp and he said, ‘yes, in both calves’. That showed how much work he put in because that was his first start for a while.

“I think he showed the fans what he is capable of.”

King, meanwhile, will be a free agent in the summer unless he agrees a new deal.

But Bowyer remains hopeful that the 23-year-old, who is set to return against Huddersfield tomorrow after a two-month injury lay-off, will pen fresh terms.

He said: “We’re still in negotiations with Josh to secure his services for a couple more years and that’s something we’re working hard toward.

“It’s not silly, we’re not miles apart or anything like that, so we’re hopeful we can convince him to stay here.”

King, who sees his future as a striker, is one of eight first-team players out of contract in the summer.

Bowyer has previously confirmed that stand-in skipper Kilgallon is poised to sign a new contract.

And it is understood Lee Williamson and Chris Taylor could also be handed deals.