If he aint gonna sign a contract here come and get him - the sooner the better I guess!

They've just got £45m+ for Raphinha too I believe

7 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

@unleadedis a great source of info at Rovers. Maybe some respect there. 

No disrespect intended! I said they were made up because he was literally asked to make something up moments before he posted those particular rumours 🤣

Would love the links to be legit though, would welcome either of those players with open arms.

Nathan Byrne is set to leave Derby despite them triggering an extension. He'll be a free agent, really hope we're looking into that - would be a great replacement for Nyambe.

16 minutes ago, ItsRoverZ said:

Ben Davies 

Todd Cantwell

Berget (no idea how to spell his name)

These are the only links we have had right bar that anel who was snapped up by Sheffield United?

We've also been linked with Reda Khadra (Brighton) and Tim Iroegbunam (Villa) on loan.

There have been some (more than likely made up) whispers about Cameron Brannagan (Oxford Utd) and Veljko Birmancevic (Malmo) too.

15 minutes ago, Jimmy612 said:

I'm not ITK, nor do I claim to be - but I was told this morning that Lenihan was on 12k here.  To sign a new deal he wanted an increase of 3k, up to 15 - that was refused.   I was astonished, but don't have much reason to doubt the source.  I'm sure plenty will quickly shoot me down here, happy to be proven wrong if anyone has the figures...

I was told that he was offered more in the region of 22k - I really can't reveal who told me this, but I will say that this person is undoubtedly very much ITK... the evidence could literally be found within a minute.

Ahmedogdick has been unveiled by Sheff U... oh well, he's shit anyway? 🤷‍♂️

So to rehash what someone asked the other day - how many signings do we expect to make before the Stanley game? Lol

I originally answered 1 permanent and 1 loan... though I did state i'm an optimist 🤣 How wrong I was!

The lack of activity (and even the lack of rumours) is bizarre considering the calibre of players we've lost recently... let's hope things start getting done around here, I dread the thought of kicking off the season off with the squad we currently have.

5 minutes ago, martonrover said:

Okay, so now he's not coming, we are all agreed that Anal Aphrodisiac is not actually the new Paolo Maldini and is in fact shit, and we didn't want him anyway 😉 

Correct! Worst player ever, wouldn't have him given.

Apparently we're interested in taking Tim Iroegbunam on loan from Aston Villa.

Quite a promising young CM apparently, already worth ~2.25m according to Transfermarkt.

We'll always lose out on our top targets if another top-half club joins the race, we just can't compete in terms of wages.

Very disappointed about Ahmedhodzic, bags of potential from what i've seen and could be worth well over £20m this time next year.

https://www.sheffieldunited.news/news/sheffield-united-win-race-to-sign-anel-ahmedhodzic-ahead-of-blackburn/

Apparently Sheff United have beat us to Ahmedhodzic

I'm gonna go with 1 permanent and 1 loan before the Accy game, i'm an optimist.

14 minutes ago, TruRover said:

I’m just craving a transfer link of substance…

Same! It makes perfect sense that JDT has needed time to review what he has, it's certainly the right way to do things...

However it's also quite agonising to see some of the free's that have been snapped up as well as Burnley signing players left, right and centre - whilst we're seemingly doing nothing. I expect plenty will be going on next week though.

We were told to be patient in all fairness... but that's difficult after the exciting appointments of JDT/GB, we're all very curious about who they could bring in with their connections and how much we have to spend etc.

Middlesbrough have confirmed the Lenihan signing on their Twitter, hurts to see him in that kit despite how replaceable I think he is.

We need some good news around here!

1 minute ago, Mattyblue said:

End of the day there’s just over a month till kick off and we no longer have the services of Nyambe, Lenihan, Van Hecke, Rothwell, Khadra and (in all likelihood) BBD.

That’s over half of the first choice side gone, plus other squad players have departed.

It’s some job to have us ready. Let’s hope GB has the contacts, and an actual budget that can be competitive in this league.

Time is certainly running out on us, we need to complete about 6 signings/loans before then - the sooner the better since JDT will need to get them on the same page as the rest of the team.

The season starts in 36 days, to complete 6 signings before then we'd need to sign a player every 6 days - we need to get our asses in gear pronto.

11 minutes ago, islander200 said:

It's not good but last season we got Kaminski and Travis to put pen to paper so hopefully going forward the club will start acting normally(I'm not holding my breath I'm saying hopefully,) and sell players if they haven't committed to a new deal with 18-12 months left on their contracts.

Rumours are Lenihen will be on 30k a week at Boro, he isn't worth that sort of money and I wouldn't have wanted the club committing to a 4 year deal on that contract 

I found out the other day that we offered Lenihan a contract worth 24k/week.

I'm personally glad he's gone, I don't think he's worth that - we could probably find someone who'd be happy with just over half of that amount.

2 hours ago, riverholmes said:

Not a Rovers link but I think a potentially very bad omission if the club didn't look at Josh Laurent who just signed for Stoke on a free, from Reading. He has been superb at this level, though last season Reading were poor and, I suppose, he didn't perform. If he could return to his prior form, will be an excellent signing - potentially, a Championship signing of the summer.

Great signing for them, pulls like this and John Swift to WBA make me worry that we're falling behind our rivals a little too much here. I really hope we're enquiring about proven players like this who are available on a free... Jed Wallace is another, looks likely to go to WBA or the dingles.

We need to get a move on!

In order to sign Van Hecke the deal would have to include BBD, too expensive otherwise.

If Brighton are still interested as they were earlier in the year, surely JP and a bit of money would tempt them. Personally i'd be pushing for this as a priority, Diaz for JPVH and £10m.

Then do what it takes to sign Botheim up, that's how you potentially replace Ben's goals.

Dream scenario... but not entirely out of the realms of possibility.

Just now, neophox said:

Can JDT keep Rothwell and Nyambe?

Hopefully Nyambe! As good as Rothwell can be, I personally wouldn't want him at the club anymore

JDT: “I'm really proud and excited to be taking over as Head Coach of Blackburn Rovers – a club with a lot of tradition and also great ambition.

“We have a young team here, and also a great Academy, and the Owners have a clear vision, which is to develop players and become a sustainable Premier League club over time, so I’m really happy to be involved in this exciting new chapter for the club.

“Since leaving Malmo, I have been looking for the right club and I had a lot of options, but after speaking to Steve (Waggott) and Gregg (Broughton) I got a really good feeling about the club and I knew that I had found my next opportunity.

“I grew up watching English football, so I know all about the passion for football here and how special football fans are in England, so it’s great to come to such a big club as Blackburn Rovers and to be involved with such passionate fans and in a really good league, which the Championship is. It will be a great challenge, but it’s something I’m really looking forward to being a part of.

“For a Head Coach, the best thing is to work with the players and the staff, to show a direction and to work together to create an environment for the staff and the players to be successful, because at the end of the day it’s about being successful, winning as many games as possible and also develop the players, the team and the club in a positive direction.”

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https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/20207588.live-updates-reaction-blackburn-rovers-appoint-jon-dahl-tomasson/

2 minutes ago, goozburger said:

Malmo have won the Swedish league 8 times in the last 30 years, 2 of which are Tomasson's from two attempts, so hardly as you describe.

They didn't win the league the season before he joined them either. He came in, won them back to back titles, and left. They're currently sitting at 5th in the table.

He certainly had an impact in his time there i'd say.

26 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Does anyone know what Jon Dahl Tomasson's prefer formation and style is? 

 

After glancing over a few stats...

His Malmo team seemed to find the net a lot, scoring more than any other team in the league whilst also conceding one of the lowest amounts - 2 goals for every 1 conceded roughly. Have also seen that they averaged just under 60% possession over 2 seasons in which they won the league both times.

Suggests a decent attacking style to me - dominating possession, effective in the final 3rd and not conceding too many.

That's in the Swedish league mind, not quite as competitive as the Championship - but if he was to implement a style like the above with us, it could work wonders.

All guess-work based off stats really, if anyone has actually watched Malmo they may be able to back or disprove this.

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Another note - they also seem to have slumped quite a bit since he left.

A nice twist would be that we've approached Rooney, since the Derby takeover is on the brink of collapsing.

A more realistic twist would be TM getting a new contract.

24 minutes ago, Don Said said:

Lenihan likely out for the season with a torn groin.

Maybe the back 4 will be forced upon us after all.

Devastating news. The loss to Reading could well have been his last ever game for us.

Would like to see a team like this personally...

Things need to be switched up. Give young Jack Vale a start, he'll be hungry to make his mark and knows where the net is, unlike Gallagher who I honestly wouldn't play against a Sunday League team right now. Sure he works hard, but he simply just doesn't have the ability.