Blackpoolmanager Ian Holloway has given one of his former players Richard Langley, a chance to remain with the club.

Langley began his career with Queens Park Rangers and moved to Cardiff in 2003 before returning to Loftus Road.

The Jamaica international missed nearly the whole of the 2007-08 campaign after damaging his cruciate knee ligaments in a pre-season friendly.

"We've had a friendship and working relationship which has lasted years," Holloway told BBC Radio Lancashire.

"If he looks anything like he used to then it might work out for both of us."

"I will not leave a companion of mine who worked so hard for me in the past out on a limb."

"I'm using my position at Blackpool to help a friend of mine to see if I can get him fit enough for someone to give a job to.

"If I hold some trials because I've got a boatload of people telling me they're good enough they're not going to get on my training ground. They haven't earned the right to be there.

"But there's some very high-calibre people out there who can't get jobs at the moment, so I'm still going to take my time to choose."