PAUL Lambert reckons ‘gifted’ Jordi Gomez will bring a different dimension to the Blackburn Rovers engine room.

Rovers boss Lambert had put a ball-playing midfield at the top of his shopping list going into the final day of the transfer window.

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And he was delighted when Gomez, a product of Barcelona’s famed La Masia youth academy, agreed to a last-minute move to Ewood Park on Monday night.

The 30-year-old becomes the second player to sign on loan for Rovers until the end of the season from Sam Allardyce’s Sunderland after striker Danny Graham.

And Lambert said of the Spanish playmaker, who previously played in the Championship for Swansea City and Wigan Athletic: “I’m delighted we’re getting somebody of Jordi’s talent coming in.

“He comes from Spain, he’s played in the division before with Swansea and Wigan, before going to Sunderland, so he’s a technically very gifted footballer and I think that’s something we needed, someone who is good on the ball.

“The move happened very quickly and it was a really long day, but the club have been great to get it done.

“It was important we brought Jordi in and now we have options, which is what we want. So it was a big night for us.

“We needed somebody in the middle of the pitch who is comfortable on the ball. We do have lads that can do that, but he’s seen it and done it.

“It was important to bring in somebody like that. To be fair to him, as soon as I asked him to come down, he was straight down the motorway and right here.

“There was no hesitation from him, he wanted to come and get playing again, so I’m absolutely delighted he’s come here.”

Gomez’s last of the six appearances he has made for Sunderland this season came in their 4-1 Boxing Day defeat at Manchester City.