Former England midfielder Carlton Palmer has urged Blackburn Rovers against signing Leeds United striker Patrick Bamford.

The striker, who is yet to start a game for Daniel Farke this season, has been linked with a move away this month. A number of injury problems have hampered Bamford and stopped him from contributing more for the team.

As a result of a stop-start season, Joel Piroe and Mateo Joseph are currently ahead of him in the pecking order. Despite Blackburn manager John Eustace being an admirer of Bamford, Palmer believes West Brom winger Jed Wallace would be a better signing.

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"I'm a big admirer of Patrick Bamford, but again, apparently he's picked up an injury to his hamstring," Palmer said. "He's just not played enough football of late, and he's picked up too many injuries, so I think that may force his hand.

"John Eustace has been very coy when asked about Bamford and Wallace. I think Jed Wallace is a more realistic signing from West Bromwich Albion, he is their club captain, he's out of the picture at the moment and he wants to play regular first team football.

"I can see the Baggies looking to move him out and using that money to bring in other players. He's not had any game time at all, so that makes more sense. Daniel Farke has always said he'd like to keep Patrick Bamford in the building, and Patrick is a tremendous player, he can score goals at Championship level and he's proved he can score goals at Premier League level, it's just the problem that he's consistently not been fit over the last few years.

"So it may be a case of Leeds United keeping him in the building until the end of the season, but for me, looking at him, if I was a manager I wouldn't be able to rely on him. He's not going to come for short change, and he's not a player that I'm going to be able to rely on week-in-week-out. Whereas, Jed Wallace, he's fit, he's proven at Championship level, and I think he would be a good bit of business if they were able to bring him into the football club."

Eustace, who confirmed Bamford was on their list of targets, said: "Patrick is a very good player, I played with him at Derby, a long time ago when he started out. He's a consistent performer at this level, he plays for a huge club in Leeds. But there will be lots of names thrown towards me and I'll just say they're good players.

"You'd have to ask the club. He's a player on a long list that we have looked at and we'll have to see. Jed is another good Championship player. West Brom have a lot of good Championship players and these players all fit that description."

Despite interest growing in the striker, Farke has insisted that Bamford is part of his plan to help the Whites back to the Premier League. "It's beneficial for him that he is, since several weeks or so, back in the team training and works on his fitness level, sharpness," he said.