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"At present, no further details have been revealed as to what the breach entails. Blackburn Rovers and Macron have been approached by Lancashire Telegraph for comment." https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/25808819.blackburn-rovers-legal-dispute-kit-supplier-macron/ Macron have registered a court filing against Blackburn Rovers for a breach of contract. The Italian Sportswear giant are the club's current kit manufacturer and have been since a five-year deal was struck in 2021. That deal expires this summer and Rovers are anticipated to change suppliers when their current agreement ends. On January 28, Macron filed a court application against Blackburn Rovers due to a 'breach of contract', as is listed by a document seen by Lancashire Telegraph. It has long been expected that the two parties will separate this summer. However, nothing has been officially confirmed by Rovers or Macron at this stage. At the most recent Fans' Forum (October 2025), Head of Commercial, Yasir Sufi, confirmed that a tender process beyond the end of their current kit deal has been completed but wouldn't discuss further due to the existing deal with Macron. Additional comments were made that fans' views on original designs and pricing had been taken into account with their decision. At present, no further details have been revealed as to what the breach entails. Blackburn Rovers and Macron have been approached by Lancashire Telegraph for comment. Rovers' recent anniversary kits have proven popular. The 2024/25 shirts, mark 30 years since their famous Premier League title triumph, surpassing all recent sales. Speaking to Lancashire Telegraph's Arte Et Labore podcast last April, Sufi said: "Retail-wise, we've nearly doubled sales in retail from three seasons ago across the board. "Obviously, the kits have been a massive reason for that, especially with, for example, the third kit. "So just on the third kit this year, and honestly, I still get astounded by the number of people wearing it. We sold around 2,400 of the yellow third kit that we had (2023/24), which was really good, but we've tripled sales of the third kit this season on its own. "We've got a fantastic team who care a lot about the football club and want to see it progressing. So commercially, we've been strong in that area."

I blame the fans personally 🤣

Yea ya bloody lefty!!!

From the current Rovers team the 'hardest' person at the club is probably Valerien Ismael 🤣 Out of the players, absolutely no idea! Perhaps Miller just because he looks like he wouldn't shy away from a boisterous person who'd get in his face. The others would probably sh*t themselves!

Don't think we're exiting early, seemed widely known the contract was up for tender. Seem to recall, perhaps in forum minutes, it was said Macron had first refusal to match any other bid we received. Maybe they tried to exercise it and we signed up elsewhere, seen a few mutterings of it being Umbro via Castore next season.

I think the relevant point is that when Gestede was hawking him around no Championship club appeared to want to sign him and he had to take a move to Division One. Of course that doesn't mean that he won't get back to Championship level one day but it does seem from the interest shown in Cadamarteri by ourselves and Millwall that right now he is seen in the game as the better bet of the two. Time will tell.

FFS what the fuck have these clowns done now?

My goodness, you would sh1t yourself if a bloke like this approached you menacingly! This guy was really, really hard. According to Alex Ferguson: McNamee threatened to "kill" Ferguson at the end of one game Ferguson dismissed the threat but "nearly fainted" when he saw McNamee waiting for him after the match Ferguson hid until the Celtic coach had departed, reflecting that he was "dealing with a monster" Says it all! So all depends upon what you mean by hard - my definition, players your opponents wouldn't want to mess with. Rovers' players I readily recall: Fergie, Knighton, McNamee, Branagan, Keeley, Speight, Batty, Shearer, Flitcroft, Todd and Mokoena. Some 'tough' competitors have been mentioned like Nicky Reid, Faz, Hendry, Moran etc but, IMO, not as 'hard' or as 'feared' as those named above. In fact recall reading an article many years ago where John Fashanu supposedly put the frighteners on Hendry in the tunnel pre match and Hendry was physched out by it.

Powell has joined Barrow in League 2 until the end of the seaosn

Louis Armstrong - When The Saints Go Marching In

There were starts on Tuesday for Edmondson - lost 4-3 - replaced after 66 minutes with the score at 4-3 Wood - lost 3-0 - played the full game On the bench Barrett -lost 1-0 - remained on the bench throughout

Now i wonder who'll they'll try and pin the blame for this on because they are running out of fall guys.

lol 🙂 Also Powell is off on loan to Barrow Could we not have sent De Neve instead?

Administered by complete amateurs, I wouldn't put them in charge of an ice cream van let alone a historic club like Rovers.

Smart of us to represent ourselves. Means our war chest will not be used on legal fees.

Not transfer related, but another stain on our name

He didn't drop down a division to 'find a club' he wasn't released on a free he was sold. Posh prepared a bid after hearing Gestede was hawking him around and he was a willing seller, at less than they were prepared to go to. Lets stick to the facts on this although i do agree the fitness side of it must have been the Rovers excuse to steer him to the door. We also know Val wants workhorses who can hack his system.

Scored for the U21s on Monday Pretty sure he will either stay with the U21s or go out on loan for the rest of this season

Ffs, just get behind the lads! Did I say it right?

A breach of contract with a kit supplier. It's something every other day with this lot. Embarrassing.

The only pro player I’ve seen that couldn’t jump for a ball. He just couldn’t get off the ground.

Read that recently. Bleak.

We could easily create more space in the squad by buying up the contracts of Tavares & Kargbo and giving them free transfers. Not gonna happen, but it should. At least(according to what I see) de Neve & Henriksson are putting the effort in, albeit not good enough at this level. Any spare spaces go to the best performing academy lads. BTW where is Jake Garrett?

Good points, Cadamarteri would offer youth but also some experience. We've also been linked with him before so it looks like he was already in their thoughts.