Ross McCrorie has been out of action since his arrival from Aberdeen, and may be out for an extended period of time
Nigel Pearson has conceded that he has little idea how long summer signing Ross McCrorie will be out of action for, and that Bristol City may look to bring in a loan signing to cover the right-back position.
The Scottish defender joined the Robins for £2 million from Aberdeen last month but has been forced to sit out with a bacterial infection since his arrival.
Nigel Pearson has conceded that he has little idea how long summer signing Ross McCrorie will be out of action for, and that Bristol City may look to bring in a loan signing to cover the right-back position.
The Scottish defender joined the Robins for £2 million from Aberdeen last month but has been forced to sit out with a bacterial infection since his arrival.
McCrorie’s absence leaves George Tanner as the only senior right back at BS3, and with less than two weeks left of the transfer window, the City boss admitted that the club may look to bring in a loan signing to fill in for McCrorie.
“Because of Ross McCrorie’s situation, we’ve considered whether we can do some sort of a loan situation to cover that position, which gives us the ability to get Ross back and Rob Atkinson back, rather than spend money on a player that when those players come back, clutters up the position,” Pearson added.
“It sits outside of how we saw this window, but when you pick injuries up, the timescales might be a little bit longer so you have to be a bit creative. We’ve talked about loans and we’ve talked about players who might be possible to do, again, when there’s something more I’ll tell you, but at the moment there isn’t anything on that.”
