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Former Rovers hero and current tepid pundit Alan Shearer is edging closer to the Ewood Park hotseat and, according to Blackburn stalwart Tony Parkes, he could do a good job - he could even be the next Kenny Dalglish! "I think Alan will be a good manager. "When Kenny was manager, he did hardly any [. Click to continue reading...

Djibril Cisse would like back in the Premier League. The Marseille striker was linked with Manchester City, Tottenham and Portsmouth back in January with Blackburn and Wigan Athletic being added to the mix now. The 26-year-old, who has made 37...

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Will Steve McClaren be making a return to Premier League management? He's well and truly thrown his hat into the ring as far as the vacant Blackburn manager's role is concerned, with Mark Hughes having recently jumped ship to Manchester City. The BBC report that the man chiefly responsible for England's failure to make Euro [. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool turning to Bentley as Dosenna signs in
Rafa Benitez is reportedly turning to David Bentley as the solution to Liverpool's right wing problems. His chances of securing Bentley have increased due to Mark Hughes leaving, and Blackburns inability to secure European football next season.
Bentley reportedly sees Champions League football or UEFA Cup football at least, as vital to his ambition to cement his place on the right wing for England, as David Beckhams long term replacement. Click to continue reading...

The Daily Mirror report that Mark Hughes is looking forward to the challenge of making Manchester City a force to be reckoned with. However, the former Blackburn Rovers manager has hinted that he could instead have been in the hotseat at Old Trafford, if Sir Alex Ferguson hadn't decided to take longer than Tony Blair [. Click to continue reading...

The problem with losing Cristiano Ronaldo is that he's impossible to replace. Nobody is going to score 41 goals for Manchester United next season, not even 31 and maybe not even 21. More firepower will almost certainly be needed if the Red Devils are going to win even the Carling Cup and that's where Roque [. Click to continue reading...

It is a generally-held belief that Sven-Goran Eriksson should have been given more time to weave his magic at Manchester City. Although the Swede failed to prevent a series of abject performances away from home last season, he acquired some exciting players and ensured (due to a strong home record) that City finished in the [. Click to continue reading...

The battle between Liverpool and Aston Villa for on-loan keeper Scott Carson looks to have hit a massive roadblock after Matin O'Neill told Rafa Benitez to take his £10m fee and shove it. With Carson out of the picture, it now looks like Villa will make a play for 37-year-old Blackburn keeper Brad Fiedel. Click to continue reading...

It's clear that 9th-place won't be good enough for Thaksin Shinawatra next season - Sven-Goran Eriksson found that to his cost. Quite simply, Mark Hughes knows he's under pressure from the loveable ex-Thai prime minister, despite the latter speaking so highly of the Welshman after his appointment. Will Sparky deliver the goods? Click to continue reading...

The Times reckons that MK Dons magic-worker Paul Ince is on Blackburn Rovers' shortlist of potential managers. With Mark Hughes doing a runner to Manchester City, Paul Ince - another former Manchester United stalwart - has a good chance of managing in the Premier League at the Ewood Park club. Blackburn Rovers are [. Click to continue reading...

The silly season has begun The new Premier League season is still well over two months away and the fixtures have not yet been published, but the great managerial merry-go-round is already in full swing. Click to continue reading...

Goodness me, we know who Mark Hughes' biggest fan is (and it's not Mrs Hughes). It appears that Manchester City owner only has eyes for the Welshman as the club get ever closer to snaring him from Blackburn Rovers. The Daily Mail report that the former Thailand prime minister is chuffed to bits that they've [. Click to continue reading...

The Premier League coaching carousel looks like it's on the verge of gaining another castoff coach this season after Blackburn made it clear that if current manager Mark Hughes bolts for Man City (or Chelsea crazy I know), that a certain 'Big' man is prepared to take over the managerial duties. The Telegraph is reporting [. Click to continue reading...

After finishing off the 2008 campaign with the Premiership and UEFA Champions League titles, one would wonder how Manchester United could improve on a squad that is considered by many to be the best in the world. Well If United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has his way, he may yet add another piece to the [. Click to continue reading...

There's a pattern emerging here. Jose Mourinho leaves Chelsea, waits in the wilderness for a bit, then signs up for Inter. All of a sudden, speculation is rife that Lampard, Drogba, Essien, Cole, Terry and Cech (but not Sheva) could all be joining the arrogant loudmouth at his new club. Next thing, Mark Hughes is [. Click to continue reading...

It's hard to pick many holes in his managerial record, apart from the fact that he is relatively inexperienced having only managed Wales and Blackburn to date. It's a question of whether he's taken Rovers 'as far as he could', something which Mark Hughes is almost certain to say if indeed he is to be [. Click to continue reading...

Don't want to get excited about this rumour from The Sun, but wowee zowee!!!
Manchester United are planning to hit Blackburn with a £15million bid for towering striker Roque Santa Cruz. Boss Alex Ferguson has earmarked the Paraguay international as United's main summer signing.

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Rafa clearly seems to be planning for the future, a future which could well include a homegrown player rule change and therefore it's no surprise that Liverpool are being linked with more and more English talent, these two often cited players are apparently a lot nearer to leaving their current clubs. Click to continue reading...

Blackburn Rovers have given permission to City to approach Mark Hughes for the now-vacant position of manager at the Wastelands. (Bye, Sven, have lotsa fun with those Mexican senoritas). My considerable respect (verging on adoration when he was my favourite player for United) for Sparky would diminish if he made this move.

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Or should that be who will replace him? After all, it appears that Mark Hughes is nailed-on for the position, with Blackburn reluctantly allowing their manager to hold talks at Eastlands. The BBC report that the Swede and Manchester City have finally parted ways after just one full season, are we all in agreement that [. Click to continue reading...

Big Phil at the top of the list
Several outlets, including the Guardian and the Times, now see Portugal manager Luiz Felipe Scolari as the top candidate to take over at Stamford Bridge next season. Rijkaard and Mark Hughes apparently join him on a three-man shortlist. If Scolari is indeed the man, he likely won't sign until after Euro 2008.

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There are swap deals that make sense, there are swap deals that are unavoidable and there are swap deals that are a win-win thing for both clubs, and then there are swap deals that are ridiculously one sided! This is one such proposed deal! Spurs are also hoping to top Liverpool's bid for Blackburn winger David [. Click to continue reading...

It's fair to say that Liverpool fans never got to the best of French international striker Djibril Cissé, whether this was due to injury or poor form either way the Marseille man certainly didn't live up to his 14m fee. Maybe now he can show the Premier League just what they were missing? £10m rated Djbril [. Click to continue reading...

Roberto Mancini's sacking as Inter manager may have come as a shock, but his unemployed status may not be lasting very long according to the bookmakers. The Italian is strong favourite to become the next manager of Chelsea, with his agent hinting that his client would naturally be interested in the vacancy if there was [. Click to continue reading...

David Bentley is being reportedly chased by Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham and the 23-year-old midfielder is said to be interested in a move. He wants to solidify his England spot ahead of the World Cup qualifiers and thinks that playing... Click to continue reading...

As Arsene Wenger continues to be linked with all and sundry, another name has been added to the growing list of players who may well smash the Gunners' transfer record. Here is the latest... £15m rated Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz has emerged as a potential target for Arsene Wenger should Arsenal lose Emmanuel Adebayor to [. Click to continue reading...

Once again a gaggle of clubs are supposedly after Blackburn midfielder David Bentley as news filters through that Mark Hughes hasn't actually offered a new contract to the England man. Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham are all waiting in the wings to make a bid for £15m rated Blackburn Rovers man Bentley, however talk of the former [. Click to continue reading...

David Bentley still hasn't signed his new contract at Blackburn Rovers, lending further support to the argument that the winger will be moving to pastures new in the summer. Unsurprisingly, Chelsea appear to be in the running for the England international, who have just the 137 midfielders on their books at the moment and could [. Click to continue reading...

Bentley to Liverpool hint, transfer may just be on
David Bentley has given his strongest hint yet he may be prepared to leave Blackburn to further his career.
Speaking in the News of the World he stated that while he may have had a good season at Blackburn, he considers himself to have achieved nothing yet. Click to continue reading...

Blackburn are apparently in the hunt for Spurs' mediocre midfielder Hossam Ghaly. After spending some of the season at Derby County, you would have thought that Ghaly was damaged goods and Sparky Hughes wouldn't touch him with a bargepole. Ghaly said: "Blackburn want to sign me. I have offers from other Premier League sides in [. Click to continue reading...

What with the mass exodus and all going on over at the Emirates, you'd think that the entire world was coming to an end around Arsène Wenger. With Flamini fleeing for AC Milan and Hleb jumping ship for Inter, the opening to the transfer season has looked as dismal as a Zenit/Rangers UEFA Cup Final. [. Click to continue reading...

Despite Newcastle having: 1) An already small squad and, 2) Having released four players from said squad this summer, there are stories linking almost half their squad away from the club, where according to Sky Sports: Middlesbrough and Aston Villa are said to be keen on James Milner, Rangers are chasing Alan Smith, and Blackburn are [. Click to continue reading...