The Blackburn Rovers Chronicle
Market23 Aug 2027
Ryan Alebiosu asks to leave Blackburn Rovers
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
Sondre Tronstad: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Blackburn Rovers have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market23 Aug 2027
Blackburn Rovers say no — this time
The offer from Celta for Andri Guðjohnsen was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Balázs Tóth keeps Blackburn Rovers in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
The paperwork begins on Stefan Bajčetić
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Blackburn Rovers have done the hard part with Liverpool, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
Graduation day at Blackburn Rovers
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Transfer targets23 Aug 2027
Door shut on Datro Fofana
Blackburn Rovers asked and Chelsea said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The dugout23 Aug 2027
Andri Guðjohnsen gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market23 Aug 2027
One of our own: Michael Wilson joins the Blackburn Rovers first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Michael Wilson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Blackburn Rovers promote Samuel Evans from within
- Match Sunderland take the points off Blackburn Rovers
- Squad 200 appearances for Yuri Ribeiro