Simon Wilson says Sheffield Wednesday would have been comfortable not signing Davis Keillor-Dunn but the opportunity to "buy goals" was too good to turn down.

And the same will apply if Jamie Vardy becomes available and achievable.

When Wrexham told the Owls Keillor-Dunn would not be either at the start of the summer, sporting director Wilson, coach Henrik Pedersen and the recruitment team set about building a squad without the former Wrexham man, only for a late change of heart in Wales.

"When we started to think about building this squad, he was one of the people that we discussed thinking that he'd moved to Wrexham six months before. As of that time, he hadn't had a lot of playing time with Wrexham and we wondered what the situation would be for him for the next season," said Wilson, who oversaw 18 signings in the window.

GUARANTEED GOALS? Davis Keillor-Dunn (Image: Tony Johnson)

placeholder image — GUARANTEED GOALS? Davis Keillor-Dunn (Image: Tony Johnson)

"We were told at that time that it was unlikely that he was going to be available and so we moved on to other things.

"But why did we talk about him? With his success at this league and with his consistency of his goalscoring, it felt like we were just buying goals. Goals are arguably the most important thing in the game.

"We felt like we wanted to understand what that looked like because it meant in terms of when we had more of an open budget, we wanted to make that more of a priority because we felt like we could almost close our eyes and know that he was scoring this league, a little bit like Louie Barry.

"But we moved on from it and it wasn't until the lunchtime on the last day when that came back around. There was lots of consideration as he'd been the sixth loan and what it would mean to the other five loanees and what it would mean for the squad and other players that play in the same position and how does it work.

AVAILABLE: Jamie Vardy (Image: Timothy Rogers/Getty Images)

"We would have been comfortable not having him because we'd feel good about what we've got.

"In the end, we felt that it would be additive to bring him to the club for this period of time and see what happens."

Keillor-Dunn was only loaned until January but there are rules preventing a player appearing for three clubs in the same season.

"He can only play for us or Wrexham (this season) and one of the reasons he's available for loan is because him and the club feel like they'd be better off getting minutes elsewhere," explained Wilson.

"This is the debate that we have: Is having Davis around our group until January, is it a good thing or a bad thing? We thought it was a good thing and what happens after that will happen after that. I'm in full control of that situation.

"The odds are somewhat in our favour in the sense that you can't go to another League One team (in January).

"Being totally honest, (the reason it was a half-season loan) was the capacity we had in our budget.

"We emptied the piggy bank and gave everything we could do and credit to Wrexham, they had higher offers and Davis had other options but was really adamant he only wanted to come play for Sheffield Wednesday."

As a free agent, boyhood Wednesdayite Vardy could sign outside of the transfer window, and owner David Storch has gone on record as saying it is a deal he would like to do if a way could be found through the transfer restrictions the Olws ate under.

"I think if Jamie Vardy wanted to come to the football club, if there was a way to do it, I think we'd be interested in having that conversation.

"At this current moment in time, there's not a conversation happening around that. It's not to say there can't be, it's not to say there won't be, but there isn't one right now."