Why Scott Dann and Yakubu Will Help Blackburn Avoid Relegation

Blackburn were efficiently quiet on the last day of the transfer window as they signed defender Scott Dann from Birmingham and Yakubu from Everton.

Right now, Blackburn does not have any points in three games at the Premier League and were deemed by some pundits as being doomed this season and having a high chance of relegation already.

Dann brings another enforcer in the back four as he joins Chris Samba and Ryan Nelsen, and the three together could help the Rovers from giving up a ton of goals this season.

Yakubu is the second signing at the forward position this summer for Steve Kean after David Goodwillie joined from Dundee United earlier in the summer.

The Nigerian has scored 112 total goals throughout his time in England which started in 2002 with Portsmouth and has seen him have spells at Middlesbrough, Everton and Leicester City.

Those two alongside Jason Roberts, David Hoilett and Ruben Rochina form a decent group of forwards.

With the way other relegation candidates have looked so far and the lack of moves that clubs like Swansea and Norwich have made towards the end of the window, it looks like Blackburn now has a squad that can contend for a finishing spot between 11th and 15th place in the Premier League.