• Move reunites 32-year-old striker with Ian Holloway
• Debut may come against Sheffield Wednesday

Millwall have signed DJ Campbell on loan from Blackburn Rovers. The 32-year-old striker has agreed a deal until the end of the season and links up again with Ian Holloway, who was his boss at Blackpool and is now manager at The Den.

Campbell, who will fly out to Portugal to meet up with his new team-mates at their warm weather training camp, is Holloway’s second January signing following the capture of the young Tottenham full-back Ryan Fredericks.

Rovers recently confirmed that Campbell was one of six players arrested and later bailed without charge until April as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into spot-fixing in football. Campbell has also played for Brentford, QPR, Leicester, Ipswich and Birmingham, and could make his Millwall debut against Sheffield Wednesday on 28 January.

The Millwall chairman, John Berylson, has, meanwhile, dismissed talk of a takeover at The Den. Reports on Monday suggestred the former QPR chairman Gianni Paladini was poised to make Berylson an offer to buy the club, but Berylson, who took over Millwall in 2007, has poured cold water on the idea.

“I have absolutely no interest in selling Millwall to Mr Paladini … or anyone else,” he told Millwall’s website. “I am as committed to this club as ever, and having just brought in Ian Holloway as our new manager I am very excited about the future.

“Ollie has pledged his future to Millwall for the next two and a half years and hopefully beyond. “I fully intend to be with him every step of the way.”

Aside from releasiing Campbell, Blackburn have also allowed Rubén Rochina to return to Spain. The forward has joined Rayo Vallecano on a loan move with a view to a permanent deal.

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