Blackburn Rovers could 'possibly' recall star man from Chesterfield loan
Blackburn Rovers have not ruled out the possibility of recalling Dilan Markanday from his loan spell at Chesterfield.
The 23-year-old has scored five goals for the Spireites and has impressed everyone with his overall performances. He joined on a season-long loan but the Championship side do have the option to recall him in January.
Blackburn did not give Town permission to play him in the FA Cup first round, which would have cup-tied him, meaning they could not use him in the competition if they did want him back. That decision sparked fears that the Blues could lose him and Rovers boss John Eustace appears to be considering it.
"Possibly," Eustace told the Lancashire Telegraph when asked if Markanday could return in the January transfer window.
"January is when the FA Cup is around again so we will monitor that. He has done amazingly well and that is why we sent him there.
"Dilan is a fantastic young, exciting player. I don't think he's been developed properly over the last few years in terms of his game time.
"It was important he went out and got game time. We set him the challenge to go out and star at that level. He is doing that at the moment.”
Blackburn are currently ninth in the Championship, three points off the play-offs, but have only won one of their last five.
Eustace continued: "It was very important that Dilan went out, he is doing terrifically well now and we hope he comes back to make a difference.
"We will assess that in January going forward and see if we think that he can come back and make a difference for us."
Chesterfield return to league action on Saturday away at Harrogate Town.