The Latest Blackburn Rovers FC Transfer News, Stories and Updates have been added below for the 2021 – 2022 Football Season
- Tue, 14 Jun 2022 07:37:02 +0000: ‘Great ambition’: Blackburn appoint Jon Dahl Tomasson as head coach - Blackburn Rovers | The Guardian
- Former Denmark striker twice led Malmö to Swedish title
- He says target is to become sustainable Premier League club
Blackburn have appointed Jon Dahl Tomasson as their head coach on a contract to 2025. The former Denmark striker, who played in England for Newcastle, led Malmö to back-to-back Swedish titles before leaving last December.
Tomasson takes over from Tony Mowbray, who departed last month after an eighth-placed Championship finish. Tomasson has been coaching since his retirement as a player in 2011 and had spells in charge of Excelsior and Roda JC in the Netherlands before working as an assistant with Vitesse Arnhem and Denmark.
Continue reading... - Mon, 02 May 2022 17:52:44 +0000: Blackburn Rovers become first UK football club to host Eid prayers on pitch - Blackburn Rovers | The Guardian
Hundreds of people congregate at Ewood Park to mark end of holy month of Ramadan
Blackburn Rovers have become the first UK football club to host Eid prayers on their pitch.
Hundreds of people congregated at Ewood Park on Monday to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Aerial footage tweeted by the club showed about half the pitch covered with prayer mats and a sermon being delivered.
Continue reading... - Sat, 30 Apr 2022 16:54:07 +0000: Championship roundup: Philip Billing double keeps Bournemouth on track - Blackburn Rovers | The Guardian
- Cherries stay ahead in automatic promotion chase
- Forest thrash Swansea to set up thriller on Tuesday
Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest both recorded resounding victories to tee up their second versus third meeting at the Vitality Stadium on Tuesday, as the race for automatic promotion and play-off places goes the distance.
Dominic Solanke’s 30th goal of the season and two emphatic finishes from Philip Billing gave Bournemouth a dominant 3-0 win at Blackburn to keep them in the driving seat for second place. The result extinguished Blackburn’s faint play-off hopes, with the damage done in a run of 16 games that yielded 13 points, taking them from second to ninth.
Continue reading... - Thu, 28 Apr 2022 18:50:35 +0000: Blackburn leave Tony Mowbray in limbo as QPR confirm Mark Warburton exit - Blackburn Rovers | The Guardian
- Mowbray out of contract and has heard nothing from club
- QPR look to build on style of play set out by Mark Warburton
The Blackburn manager, Tony Mowbray, has made a decision over his future at the club and looks likely to leave Ewood Park after five years in charge. Rovers are chasing a playoff place with two games of the Championship season remaining, but Mowbray says he has not heard anything from the club about his future.
Speaking before the visit of Bournemouth on Saturday, Mowbray told the Lancashire Telegraph: “All I can do is say that there’s been no conversation, no approach, no discussions and we’re a week away from the end of the season, so what do you want me to think?
Continue reading... - Tue, 15 Mar 2022 22:41:42 +0000: Championship roundup: West Brom complete upset of leaders Fulham - Blackburn Rovers | The Guardian
- Callum Robinson’s second-half goal gives West Brom 1-0 win
- Bournemouth held by Reading; Blackburn see off Derby
Fulham missed the chance to move further clear at the top of the Championship table after they were beaten 1-0 at West Brom, though second-placed Bournemouth were unable to take full advantage.
The hosts at the Hawthorns went close in the first half when Karlan Grant’s effort was pushed on to the post by Marek Rodak before Callum Robinson finally made the breakthrough just after the hour.
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Historical Transfer News and Team Gossip has been archived below:
Newly relegated Blackburn Rovers have now resigned themselves to loosing many of their top players in the closed season due to their unsuccessful season just gone which will break the hearts of many of their supporters. One of the first players who will make an exit from Ewood Park is French midfielder Steven N`Zonzi who look set to return to the premier league as their are now a number of clubs battling for the players signature.
On a plus note the side from the north have many targets on their scope for the new season as Steve Kean looks to bolster his squad options with the first of these to be signed being the Portuguese striker Nuno Gomes. The influential striker has just signed a two year deal to take him to Ewood Park on a free transfer as he was released from his previous side Braga at the end of the season.
Another two players who have been signed by kean so far are Danny Murphy and Leon Best who have recently both signed lucrative deals to help the side retake their position in the top flight of English football. Both players arrived on free transfers which is always a bonus for clubs and bring with them a wealth of experience.
Want away winger Junior Hoilett is another player who is close to leaving the club this summer as he is on the verge of a move to German side Borussia Monchengladbach. The player is also said to have held talks with many of the premier leagues top clubs but it look for than likely that the player will look for pastures new in on of Europe’s top leagues. The twenty two year old has just been seen to fly out to Germany to seal this deal so barring a disaster you will see him in the colours of Monchengladbach next season.
Finally rover have also been involved in arranging the transfer of up and coming Ipswich goal keeper Scott Loach who has been on Keans radar for some time and are now looking to hijack an approach from Watford. The young keeper is thought to be the perfect player for Kean to rebuild from the back and it is believe that Loach is very keen on a move up north.
