BLACKBURN Rovers boss Gary Bowyer has confirmed that midfield pair Dean Furman and Giles Coke, who had been on trial at Ewood Park, have left the club.

Neither player was involved as Rovers lost 2-1 at Rochdale last night and Bowyer, having sealed deals for French pair Sacha Petshi and Bangaly-Fode Koita before the game at Spotland, admitted he was forced to allow Furman and Coke to move on.

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"Unfortunately they've been with us and obviously we had to come to a decision," Bowyer said of the departed pair.

"We've made the decision not to go with either of them due to the restrictions that we're under.

"They're very similar to players that we already have but the pair of them have been fantastic.

"If the circumstances had been different for us then it might have been different for them."