YOUNG Wanderers midfielder Jordan Lussey moved to York City on loan yesterday on what was, as expected, a quiet loan deadline day at the Macron Stadium.

The 21-year-old, who signed after his release by Liverpool in the summer, will stay with Jackie McNamara’s League Two outfit for a month.

Lussey is yet to make his senior bow for the Whites but has been a regular this season for Iain Brunskill’s Under-21 development squad and the chance for some first-team football during the next month will aid his development.

The Lancastrian’s temporary departure was the only business for the Whites yesterday with manager Neil Lennon forced to keep the cheque book closed amid uncertainty over the future ownership of the club.

The Whites boss had hoped to freshen things up with one or two additions before yesterday’s 5pm deadline and had targeted Wolves winger Rajiv van la Parra – who yesterday joined Brighton until January 2 – and Liverpool’s Joao Teixeira in recent weeks.

The club have also trialled teenage Torquay goalkeeper Dan Lavercombe and seemingly have first refusal on signing him.

But once news of the impending sale of the club was made public, Lennon confirmed there were no funds available for new faces to add to the two existing loan players – Wellington Silva and Luke Brattan.

It leaves Lennon working with what he already has at his disposal during a busy December which sees the Whites play six games in 23 days following Monday’s live televised home Championship clash with in-form Brentford.

The month begins with a home match against Cardiff City on Saturday week and ends on December 28 with another TV game – the Lancashire derby against Blackburn Rovers at the Macron Stadium.

The Rovers clash will be the last game before the transfer window reopens in the new year and Lennon will hope a takeover of the club is completed by that time and funds may again be available to strengthen his squad.

For now, though, he has to stick and not twist and that means the possible involvement of the younger members of his squad in the coming weeks – those, like Lussey, who have progressed in the development ranks.

Lennon is not keen on throwing youngsters into a relegation scrap.

But if needs must and injuries dictate the issue, midfielder Neil Danns is confident the younger players would prove their worth.

“We’ve got a really good bunch of boys here who have made the step up lately,” Danns told the club.

“They’ve all got their feet firmly on the ground and they all give everything they’ve got whether it be in training or out on the pitch.”