Alex Revell said the work done behind the scenes to get Jake Young to Stevenage on transfer deadline day was worthy or huge praise.

The Boro boss, alongside director football Leon Hunter, put in long hours to capture the 23-year-old striker from Bradford City, the deal announced a mere 15 minutes before the closing of the summer window.

But that graft has given the League One side the chance they need to achieve their goals this season.

Revell said: "The way that Leon worked [on deadline day was amazing]. I was with him and it was 10:50pm when we finished. 

"But the work he did to get the deal done, and for what he got it for, is all credit to what he's about. 

"Then obviously there was the chairman who allowed us to do that. 

"It's great for me because it gives us every opportunity to succeed.  

"We know we've created chances and we want to create more and take more. To do we need to make sure we've got goal scorers in the team. 

"Look around, everyone's strengthening and have big [squads] and with big figures being talked around. 

"For the deal that we got and the player we've got now, someone who is really prepared to go and prove some people wrong, which is great, I love that feeling, it was a good day." 

It wasn't just the work done in the hours leading to the close of the window though.

"It's been a long process," said Revell. "Jake's been mentioned through the whole summer and I think with the circumstances that we've found ourselves in this year, with the injuries, we felt it was necessary to bring in another. 

"We just had to let it play out a little bit. It's crazy when people watch it, they say it all happens in the last hour but there are processes. There's things that get organised. 

"A lot of players move late because that's what happens on transfer deadline day. 

"We’re really pleased to get him. He's a great player. He’s had mixed time but every situation has two sides to the story. 

"Our job is to get Jake Young  to where he was when he was at Swindon and and also to the point where he's showing people what he can do on the pitch, within a group that for me will demand him to be top pro."

His time at the Robins saw him play alongside both Dan Kemp and Murphy Cooper, the now Boro players offering their thoughts into what Young would bring to the club.

They weren't the only ones though that the boss spoke to though.

He said: "They had a big input into what we're doing but we also take references from a lot of people.

"We must have spoken to 30 people in terms of referencing him but we also look at what he's going to bring and ultimately we all know that we need to have goals. 

"We’ve got [an extended time between games] with him so we know that we can really work with him for the next couple of weeks and get him up to where we need to get him to be."