SCUNTHORPE United manager Ian Baraclough could be set to switch his focus to the loan market to try to add some more goal power to his faltering attack.

And he has not ruled out doing something in the next 24 hours in time for tomorrow night's home game with Burnley which is live on Sky television.

The Iron will already have three new recruits making their home debuts against the Clarets – centre back Paul Reid, midfield man Abdisalam Ibrahim, who made their first appearances at Leeds last week, and winger Mark Duffy who joined them from Morecambe yesterday.

They could be joined by a fourth if Baraclough can get the right answer at last to his search for another striker.

The United boss was desperately disappointed to miss out this week on Kilmarnock hot-shot Conor Sammon who turned down at the last minute what would have been a £450,000 club record move to Glanford Park.

He knows too that reported details of the fee, leaked in Scotland, will not help his search elsewhere.

"We have been concentrating on the permanent side of things," said Baraclough.

"But we have also been keeping an eye on the loan market.

"That might be the route that we now have to go down.

"If the right phone call comes back for someone we have inquired about then I would certainly look to bring someone in, in time for tomorrow.

"We know we need to bring someone in up front.

"We have not lacked in creating chances generally, but we have not been putting our fair share of them away.

"If we had, then we might have had some more points on the board and not had some of the problems we have now."

One new face who could be set to arrive at Glanford Park next week is Chelsea full-back Ben Gordon.

He returned to Stamford Bridge at the beginning of January with an injury he picked up at the end of his previous loan spell at Kilmarnock.

Scunthorpe have an agreement with the Premier League outfit to take him for the rest of the season.

Gordon is now back doing some training at Chelsea and could travel north next week.

One loanee already here is delighting Baraclough.

Nineteen-year-old Ibrahim, from Manchester City, found it a tough debut in the 4-0 defeat at Elland Road last Saturday, but will be looking to shine tomorrow night after the benefit of now having had a week's training with his new team-mates.

"He has settled in nicely," said Baraclough.

"He is a talent, you can see why City rate him so highly.

"But he is only 19, this is his first time away from City and we have to make sure we look after him.

"When he goes onto the pitch he wants to express himself.

"He is very comfortable on the ball, he is athletic – he is exactly what I was looking for."