Alan Knill has turned to Ian Holloway for help in bringing a loan striker to Gigg Lane in the shape of Danny Nardiello.Born in Coventry, West Midlands, Nardiello was a product of the Academy of Wolverhampton Wanderers, but signed trainee terms for Manchester United in 1999.He progressed quickly through the clubs Under-17 and Under-19 teams, turning professional on 22 October 1999. He made his debut for them on 5 November 2001 in a 4-0 Worthington Cup defeat to Arsenal. In the 2002-03 season, he also played in a UEFA Champions League match against Maccabi Haifa.

After scoring twelve goals for Manchester United reserves, he was sent on a one month loan to Swansea City on 24 October 2003 where he scored one goal in a Football League Trophy defeat to Southend United.Nardiello spent the second half of the 2003-04 season on loan to Barnsley. He made his debut for the Tykes on 27 January 2004, scoring two goals as they beat Blackpool 3-0 at home.He scored seven goals in 16 games during his loan spell at the club before returning to Old Trafford. Having become a firm favourite with the Barnsley fans, he returned again to Oakwell on a season long loan for the 2004-05 season. Dogged with injuries, Nardiello still managed to play in 30 games, scoring seven goals.

In July 2005, Nardiello signed a two-year permanent contract with Barnsley after being released by Manchester United.He scored two vital goals in Barnsley's League One play-off games. The first was the winning goal against Huddersfield Town in the second leg of the play off semi finals on 15 May 2006 and the second was the goal that fired Barnsley into a penalty shootout at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff against the club where he had previously been on loan, Swansea City, which Barnsley won 4-3 on 27 May 2006.

In June 2007, Nardiello turned down a new contract at Barnsley, and shunned interest from Norwich City to sign a two-year contract with fellow Championship side Queens Park Rangers, but he returned to Barnsley on loan, the club he left in the summer of 2007. He signed a loan deal with Barnsley until the end of the 2007-08 season.After scoring just one goal in thirteen appearances he returned to QPR in May 2008.

Back at Loftus Road, Nardiello was linked with a move in July 2008 to fellow Championship side Blackpool, after struggling to make an impact at QPR.It was believed that QPR offered the player, team mate Zesh Rehman on loan, as well as £250,000 in return for highly-sought after Blackpool defender Kaspars Gorkss. The move was completed on 30 July when Nardiello signed a two year contract with the Seasiders.

After being injured shortly after coming on in a pre-season friendly at Tranmere Rovers, Nardiello made his league debut for the club on 13 September, when he came on as a second half substitute as Blackpool beat his former club Barnsley 1-0 at Bloomfield Road. He finally made his full debut for the Seasiders on 9 January 2009, again after recovering from injury, in their 1-0 FA Cup defeat to Conference National club Torquay United. After missing most of the Seasiders' campaign through injury, on 29 January 2009 he joined League One club Hartlepool United on loan until the end of the season.Despite scoring three goals in eight starts he returned to his parent club at the end of the loan period.Danny his first goal for the Seasiders in a 2-1 win over Crewe Alexandra in the first round of the 2009-10 League Cup on 11 August 2009.

Danny will take squad number 24 and goes straight into the squad for Saturday's game with Notts County.