Simon Hunter

Left Midfielder - Free Agent
17 Nov 2032
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Marked for Simon Hunter

318 Edition

The Blackburn Rovers Chronicle

30 Aug 2032
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings30 Aug 2032

Both of them Andri Guðjohnsen's — 8.88

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.88, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Market30 Aug 2032

Avel Medina has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Blackburn Rovers they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad30 Aug 2032

16 days out for Simon Hunter after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Blackburn Rovers will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Transfer targets30 Aug 2032

Nicolò Zaniolo turns down Blackburn Rovers

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Leeds United keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Transfer targets30 Aug 2032

Fee done, terms next for Muhammad Bower

Blackburn Rovers and Charlton Athletic have settled on $580.0K. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.

Market30 Aug 2032

Jonathan Muzinga puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Blackburn Rovers, and it is not being withdrawn.

The dugout30 Aug 2032

Jonathan Muzinga keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Blackburn Rovers may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Market30 Aug 2032

Grimsby Town come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Blackburn Rovers did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Transfer targets30 Aug 2032

No deal for Vivaldo Semedo at that price

Blackburn Rovers offered $1.1M; Aston Villa said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

In brief

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317 Edition

The Blackburn Rovers Chronicle

23 Aug 2032
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Boardroom23 Aug 2032

Blackburn Rovers part company with Owen Dumfries

The statement thanked him for his efforts and wished him well, in that order and in about that many words. The search begins immediately.

Market23 Aug 2032

Terms done: Isaac Dunn is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Bradford City waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Blackburn Rovers is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

Boardroom23 Aug 2032

An empty coaching office at Blackburn Rovers

There is nobody left to promote and nobody left to run a session. The board have brought in a name the supporters do not know, and the question of how a club gets here will outlast whoever answers it.

Market23 Aug 2032

Only the photograph left for Andri Guðjohnsen

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Andri Guðjohnsen will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Blackburn Rovers the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad23 Aug 2032

A fracture rules Simon Hunter out for 23 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Blackburn Rovers will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market23 Aug 2032

Isaac Dunn puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Blackburn Rovers, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets23 Aug 2032

Harvey Blair will not be coming to Blackburn Rovers

Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Brighton is saying, and nobody at Blackburn Rovers is enjoying the guessing.

Boardroom23 Aug 2032

Interim Coach minds the shop at Blackburn Rovers

“I am not thinking past Saturday, and I would advise nobody else to.” The caretaker’s first rule is to pretend the job is small; Interim Coach recited it perfectly.

Market23 Aug 2032

Owen Dodgson’s move to Stockport County falls through

The deal that would have taken Owen Dodgson to Stockport County has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Blackburn Rovers with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.

In brief

316 Edition

The Blackburn Rovers Chronicle

16 Aug 2032
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad16 Aug 2032

Simon Hunter breaks a bone — 30 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 30 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market16 Aug 2032

Edi Sylisufaj 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.

Market16 Aug 2032

Georginio Frimpong agrees terms with Barnet

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Blackburn Rovers people have started saying his name in the past tense.

The dugout16 Aug 2032

Arkell Jude-Boyd: 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.

Transfer targets16 Aug 2032

The paperwork begins on Nicolò Zaniolo

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Blackburn Rovers have done the hard part with Leeds United, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Market16 Aug 2032

Edi Sylisufaj is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Blackburn Rovers is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Transfer targets16 Aug 2032

Blackburn Rovers baulk at the price for Marcus Rashford

Tottenham wanted more than $5.0M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.

Market16 Aug 2032

Salford City come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Blackburn Rovers did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Match14 Aug 2032

Blackburn Rovers make it 4 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Blackburn Rovers have 4 straight wins of it.

In brief

302 Edition

The Blackburn Rovers Chronicle

10 May 2032
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market10 May 2032

Avel Medina 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.

Market10 May 2032

Jonathan Muzinga is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Blackburn Rovers is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad10 May 2032

Words exchanged at Blackburn Rovers

Nejc Viher and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad10 May 2032

Words at Blackburn Rovers training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Siyabonga Erasmus is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Market10 May 2032

Isaac Dunn told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Isaac Dunn has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Blackburn Rovers.

The dugout10 May 2032

No hiding place for Arkell Jude-Boyd

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Arkell Jude-Boyd, and the manager let it.

Squad10 May 2032

Simon Hunter stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Simon Hunter and Blackburn Rovers agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

The dugout10 May 2032

Avel Medina asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market10 May 2032

The Andri Guðjohnsen story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Andri Guðjohnsen signs something — a contract at Blackburn Rovers or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

In brief