Joey Barton admits he didn’t expect Lamare Bogarde to be quite this good after breaking his own transfer protocol to sign the Aston Villa teenager late in the January window.
Bogarde’s loan until the end of the season was confirmed in the final moments of transfer deadline day with Barton conceding the Gas were frantically searching for an extra body in central midfield.
All month the Rovers manager had been insisting their recruitment would be driven by a clear and careful policy of adding definite quality, that would raise the standards of the whole group, rather than quantity, and had minimal time to thoroughly scout the Dutchman.
