GRAHAM Alexander has revealed that City rejected a late offer to take one of their players in the final hour of the transfer window.

The Bantams boss is happy to be back focusing entirely on football with the market now shut for the rest of the season.

An uninterrupted week of training allows the squad to build up towards Saturday’s tough trip to Wrexham without any distractions.

“We’re out of January so we can plan ahead with what we’re doing,” said Alexander.

“We've got some new additions, we know what we have in the building and the lads have settled down after all the whispers and what have you.

“There’s always that talk in any changing room and sometimes it can affect things.

“Once you get to February, that’s it. Let’s get our heads down and crack on with the rest of the season.

“Having a full week to put forward a few things with the players and educate the lads who have come in with what we require, hopefully it will be valuable for us.”

City had pulled up the drawbridge quite early with their window business on a fairly sedate deadline day.

But there was an unexpected call as it ticked into the final hour.

Alexander added: “There were a couple of inquiries. I got a call about one of our players at 10.15pm.

“My answer was very clear on that. He’s not going, he’s part of the plans.

“With 45 minutes to go, we’d have been mad to even consider anything.

“These things come along but at that stage we were done.

“We sat down, myself, Chris (Lucketti), Ryan (Sparks) and Stephen Gent and decided at a certain point that we were happy with what we’ve got here.

“I think we’ve made three really good additions, if you include Jake Young in that, in the positions we wanted to.

“We’ve got good competition around the pitch.

“Our window was done for me late afternoon. That was the conversation we’d had and we weren’t looking to move anyone in or out at that stage.

“It was maybe a quite boring deadline day for the media lads. We got the pizzas in and just ate them and went home because we were happy with where we were.”

Alexander has voiced his criticism of the mid-season window and the potential disruption it can cause clubs and players. But he accepts it is here to stay.

“It’s part of life. The window has created a pressure point for all football clubs to do business and puts pressure on the players as well.

“The limited time condenses everything into one heavy period and I don’t think it’s particularly healthy for any club.

“But if you’re happy with what you are left with, it’s great when it’s over.

“The players want a bit of clarity about what their future looks like and now they have it.”