'That was our plan' - Ricky Martin lifts lid on Bristol Rovers' hectic summer deadline day

Bristol Rovers director of football Ricky Martin has reflected on what proved to be a busy deadline day for the Gas as four new loan players joined the club while midfielder Isaac Hutchinson departed for Cheltenham Town on a season-long loan deal.

Midfielders Joel Cotterill (Swansea City) and Alfie Chang (Birmingham City), centre-back Stephan Negru (Oxford United) and winger Freddie Issaka (Plymouth Argyle) all arrived in north Bristol on the final day of the window just over a fortnight ago. That took Rovers’ total number of incomings for the whole summer to 14.

Negru is the only player of the four yet to make his debut for the club having required an extra couple of weeks before being availabl

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