They are putting all the building blocks in place for the "greedy Dolan &/or his agent" narrative to be trotted out in the summer https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/25119994.dolan-contract-reality-blackburn-boss-big-money-claim/

and the opinion of 4 consecutive Rovers managers, Edit - I suppose technically only 3 since Ismael hasn't yet had an opportunity yet to pick Dolan ahead of Markanday

We can hopefully sign him to a 3 year pro contract, cant get him to sign for any longer than that until he turns 18. Rules don't allow it

That's quite impressive

Turned 17 a month ago

Yep, there is a reason why there are zero senior players signed up beyond the summer of 2027 (granted that some do have options for the club to extend for a further year)

Not sure he was ever rated on the same level as Wharton, & any comparisons just come from them coming through at the same time (same year as Phillips who was then going as Famuyiwa, & a year after Wharton)

Derby seems fanciful to me. They are not flush with cash and Dolan didn't sign at Rovers when Eustace was here.... Who is to say that Eustace will even be at Derby in a years time? it would be an insane decision by Dolan to move there. I imagine the most likely destination for him is a Championship club who will throw money at him and offer ambition (Birmingham maybe?), although I could see a world where a Sunderland/Sheff Utd/Leeds (no matter which division they end up in next season) or one of the clubs relegated for the Prem take a punt on him

Like who is being paid the money that was previously being allocated to the playing squad? However I think most of us know the answer to that already 😉

Fixed it for you However if the wage bill is correct with no shenanigans at all in play. Then the wage bill is about the same despite numerous cuts to the playing staff and confirmation that both Waggott and Suhail (& quite possibly others at board level) have had pay increases

Batty has only just turned 20, so fancy he will get an extension and another loan Has by all accounts played well when fit, but has had 3 separate spells out injured, so maybe a loan to a team at the top end of League 2? with an eye to maybe trying him out in League 1 in the 2nd half of next season? It doesn't seem a difficult contract to get signed in my eyes

Purely looking at transfer fees, we spent around £3M in the summer, and a further £1M in January. There may well have been loan fees also, so possibly a further £0.5-£1M depending upon how well/badly they negotiated for the likes of Dennis, Baker etc To my recollection Gueye was just over £1M Toth was just under £1M Cantwell was circa £0.5M Ohashi was circa £0.25M (going by Elliott Jacksons quote that his fee was low 6 figures) Aiden Doherty was also signed for the U21s for circa £0.1M Kargbo was circa £1M So £4M - £5M over the course of the season sounds about right to me Edit - given the money brought in over the past 12/18 months. it should obviously have been a substantially higher amount. The sales of Wahlstedt & Gallagher effectively funded Ohashi, Gueye & Toth before we even consider the Wharton & Szmodics fees, & Raya sell on.

Higgins & Eze both started for the U18s today as they came back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 away at Nottingham Forest. Leatherbarrow with both goals for Rovers Hopefully that means good news on their contracts?

I want to see what happens when we still refuse to renew contracts and still do a rebuild despite fluking a promotion. Because as Gestede said, income has no bearing on our budget.

yep, could do with Boro getting something against Norwich today to keep them interested next week, whilst Millwall hopefully fail to win against Swansea today which sees them drop out of the race

Starts this weekend for O'Riordan - lost 2-0 - result ends play off hopes Olson - lost 6-1 - scored an own goal - leaves their play off hopes hanging by a thread Eastham - lost 5-1 - final game of league season, had already finished 6th & qualified for playoffs Wood - drew 1-1 - final game of league season - finished 11th Honor - won 3-1 - final game of league season - finished 15th (I think they were in the relegation spots when he signed for them) On the bench Markanday - won 1-0 - result keeps them 6th with 1 game to go Batty - won 1-0 - on the bench after returning from injury - result confirms they will not be relegated Garrett - won 2-0 - result confirms they will not be relegated Goddard - lost 2-0 - already confirmed as relegated in March Saadi - lost 2-1 - game played on Monday, 5pm kick off Not involved in matchday squad Vale - won 3-2 - currently injured Duru - drew 3-3 - currently injured Powell - lost 6-1 - leaves their play off hopes hanging by a thread Barrett - won 5-1 - final game of league season - finished 12th No game this weekend Mafoumbi - season looks to have finished Play on Tuesday - I am away on Tuesday, so will not update this one until Wednesday Eastham - score/update - play off semi final (as far as I can tell, this is decided on the day rather than being over 2 legs)

No idea if the below is true

A site which rates Dolan at £6M with 2 months left on his contract

Off the top of my head, teenagers that Spurs signed for similar or more In the past 12 months Archie Gray Wilson Odaoert Lucas Bergvall Mason Melia Yang A quick google shows that large amounts were also spent on Veliz, Sarr, Udogie, Sessegnon, Jack Clarke, , all within the past 5 years, and limiting it to teenagers only

The extra £4M was the add on's (these would be based on club & ,international appearances etc) Not to be confused with the sell on clause. Which will be a predetermined % of any profit made when Palace sell him

He also stated that how much money was brought in (specifically from the Wharton & Szmodics deals) had no impact on the seasonal budget. So if you were to take him at face value, why would he bother asking? Even if we had a 50% sell on and Wharton is sold this summer for a world record fee (hyperbolic numbers to indicate how ludicrous this is), it still wouldn't impact transfer budgets or wage budgets according to Gestede . Mental if true! if he was a credible appointment, then that would have sent warning bells ringing for him straight away

If he isn't doing charity work, his wages will be out of our price range If he is doing charity work at basket case clubs with no money, he is a Sheff Wed fan

I suppose that 1 - there is competition for his signature 2 - because of 1, it would require a significant wage increase rather than the same/similar terms 3 - because of 2, he is off in the summer unless a miracle occurs and promotion is achieved 4 - for those about to type, "but he isn't Premier League quality!" Do you really think that we will start spending huge amounts of cash if we are promoted?

Nothing close, & no contract talks until the end of the season (I am assuming this relates only to first team players rather than U21s etc) https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/25111940.blackburn-contract-latest-summer-transfer-power-dynamic/ Ah well, at least they will know what division they will be in by then 😉