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Official: Blackburn sign Marcus Olsson on a free transfer
The left-sided player links up with twin brother Martin at Ewood Park as Steve Kean also secures the signature of QPR right-back Bradley Orr in order to shore up his defence
By Sam Bisby
Blackburn Rovers have signed Sweden international Marcus Olsson on a free transfer.
The left-sided attacker teams up with his twin brother Martin after terminating his contract at Swedish outfit Halmstads and signing a two-and-a-half year deal at Ewood Park.
Olsson has trained with the Lancashire outfit in the past and the 23-year-old now creates a partnership with his sibling down the left, with both players able to play either full-back or on the wing.
"It feels great, I tried not to think about it too much before it was confirmed, but I signed today and can finally take a breather," Olsson told Hallandsposten.
Olsson is Rovers' second signing of the day following the purchase of Bradley Orr from QPR as manager Steve Kean looks to bolster his squad in order to guide the Lancashire side away from the relegation zone.
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"But, we came through. Obviously there were a lot of changes so it's good to get the result.
"Belgium are a very, very strong side who are going to be really good in the future. Vincent [Kompany] told me about them and said that they were coming good and I totally agree with him."
"[Gary] Cahill I suppose is slightly more of a concern for me because it is a jaw injury. We're desperately hoping the CT scan doesn't show any fracture and it's just going to be a bruising situation, which will be bad enough, but won't stop him taking part in the tournament. As far as John's [Terry] concerned he felt his hamstring a little bit. Again it wasn't a major thing when he came off but we still need to scan it just to be 100 per cent sure."
Suffice to say, if Cahill has broken his jaw, he won't play any part in the tournament.
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