Blackburn Rovers chase for Silva is off (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Blackburn Rovers & Premier League Table & Results
Blackburn Rovers chase for Silva is off
12:50pm Friday 27th July 2012 in Blackburn Rovers & Premier League Table & Results
By Andy Cryer, Blackburn Rovers reporter
BLACKBURN Rovers’ long-running chase for Portuguese midfielder Adrien Silva is finally over after Sporting Lisbon turned down their £750,000 bid for him.
The 23-year-old’s future had been uncertain for several weeks now, with the player and Sporting locked in talks about a new deal, leaving Rovers hopeful of securing his signature.
Rovers’ offer had been on the table for more than a fortnight but yesterday’s rejection will see the Ewood Park outfit give up their hunt.
Meanwhile want-away midfielder Steven Nzonzi is still expected to join Sevilla on a season long loan imminently, after Rovers agreed to his temporary exit.
The club remain open to any permanent offers for him but, with no-one likely to meet their valuation of up to £10million, a loan switch to Sevilla remains the likely option.
Comments(46)
nil bye mouth
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1:06pm Fri 27 Jul 12
benal13
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1:07pm Fri 27 Jul 12
gpb501
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1:16pm Fri 27 Jul 12
He quite clearly put of the lad with his baldy lies
KEAN OUT NOW!!!
MxMave
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1:19pm Fri 27 Jul 12
reggie0008
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1:20pm Fri 27 Jul 12
We expect 10 m for Nzonzi and only want to pay 750k for Silva?
We were a laughing stock before but now we are a circus being run by clowns!
Rovers 1495
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1:22pm Fri 27 Jul 12
reggie0008
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1:29pm Fri 27 Jul 12
Yes all the players who are not good enough want to stay Kean, all of the best players have gone or are going shortly, we had built a good young squad but that squad has been completelly dismantled due to your and Venky's total incompetence!
Sign some quality players by paying the going rate instead of penny pinching!, the only reason we are in this position is because of you and that clown you call a manager.
Blue&whiteforever
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1:34pm Fri 27 Jul 12
Kean out = fans in
RTID
ROVERBOY
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1:36pm Fri 27 Jul 12
If you want decent players then pay the rate,if you want cheap rubbish carry on.
Still fearing a struggle this season as no defenders have been bough or even mentioned and we were pathetic last season.
Next season is looking ilke the last season.
What will happen if we lose 3 or 4 of our first 5 games,me thinks nothing cos Shebby won't/can,t sack Kean.
So far i'm still thinking same old performances as last season against so called weaker teams.
jack01
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1:45pm Fri 27 Jul 12
Presumably the 'agent of the month' who is responsible for this influx of Portuguese nonentities has no defenders on his clients list. Myles Anderson might be in the side sooner than you think.
BlueSkies
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1:47pm Fri 27 Jul 12
True, swear to God!
buzzinfly
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1:54pm Fri 27 Jul 12
A set of turds the lot of them.
Venkys: No money, no idea, no class,
no plan, no good and nowhere to be seen.
verbal discharge
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1:55pm Fri 27 Jul 12
Barcelona set to turn down Rovers' bid for Lionel Messi.
Apparently a swap deal involving Myles Anderson and a mint Aero Bar doesn't meet the Catalan club's valuation of the little Argentinian.
Road Runner Road Runner
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1:56pm Fri 27 Jul 12
48 hours need 48
48 thrills - 48 thrills !
bluerob
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1:58pm Fri 27 Jul 12
benal13
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2:04pm Fri 27 Jul 12
verbal discharge wrote:they would have had the aero but drew the line at myles anderson and rovers wouldnt raise it to two aeros!!!!!!!!1
Other transfer news:
Barcelona set to turn down Rovers' bid for Lionel Messi.
Apparently a swap deal involving Myles Anderson and a mint Aero Bar doesn't meet the Catalan club's valuation of the little Argentinian.
tombo1984
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2:05pm Fri 27 Jul 12
Nzonzi... Going out on loan and put in transfer request... Won't play under Kean...
Givet still looking to sort out a contract issue...
Junior... This morning pictured holding a QPR shirt so that is pretty much done...
Silva not coming...
Youngsters replacing proven professionals...
Multiple experienced 1st teamers being sold over the last 12 months without being replaced... See Samba/Nelsen etc...
No defenders being signed...
Yet Kean would have us believe that we are capable of starting stronger this season then last season with a "stronger squad"...
Meanwhile 1st team players are personally ringing up former season ticket holders who have not renewed asking if they will...
How utterly pathetic.
fitz808
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2:07pm Fri 27 Jul 12
gpb501 wrote:or maybe it was the £750k offer turned down by the club... not sure which...
Just shows what a great manager Kean is!!! He quite clearly put of the lad with his baldy lies KEAN OUT NOW!!!
A Darener
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2:11pm Fri 27 Jul 12
wampam
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2:25pm Fri 27 Jul 12
100%ROVERS
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2:59pm Fri 27 Jul 12
BlueSkies wrote:WELL ... WHERE'S MY PHONE CALL AGNEW !!!
Just had a fone call (recorded) from Danny Murphy urging me to buy a ST!
True, swear to God!
I'd love to chat to Danny Murphy ... Ive got a slot in my 5 a side team if he can prove his fitness ... What about you DUNNY ... You're gonna need a game this season I reckon ...
C'MON AGNEW GET IT SORTED .. Ring me if you dare you sycophantic, wretched YES MAN with DESPERATE written all over your face !!!!!
RUinsane
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3:05pm Fri 27 Jul 12
So we sell asmba for 12 and even taking into account a 25% hertha berlin sell on clause would give us 8 million. So we offer 750k to supplement a free transfer? Abd before any of you say the 8 million is including any wage, were we not paying samba before he went?
Any more badly fitting attire available from the cheap rack?
Rovers 1495
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3:30pm Fri 27 Jul 12
RUinsane wrote:No offence, but 25% of 12m is 3m, leaving 9m
So this was the cherry on the cake signing, the meat on the bones, the foil for Danny murphy. I thought we were talking about a 3 million pound player and Rovers offered 750k for the missing piece of the jigsaw?
So we sell asmba for 12 and even taking into account a 25% hertha berlin sell on clause would give us 8 million. So we offer 750k to supplement a free transfer? Abd before any of you say the 8 million is including any wage, were we not paying samba before he went?
Any more badly fitting attire available from the cheap rack?
earwego
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3:43pm Fri 27 Jul 12
Lancs - pensioner
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4:11pm Fri 27 Jul 12
BlueSkies wrote:Smacks of pure desperation to me, I bet they sold a couple of hundred on the Silva debate, they were never realy going to sign him, just look at the bid they put in.
Just had a fone call (recorded) from Danny Murphy urging me to buy a ST!
True, swear to God!
No lads and lasses we have got them
Begging to buy just keep it up and the penny will drop.
Kean out Fans in,
Kean out Fans in
No to ST until he goes!!
Come on Venkys you can't here your favourite noise
K-Ching K-Ching not until Keans gone and you can beg all you want for my money
RUinsane
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4:13pm Fri 27 Jul 12
Rovers 1495 wrote:Yeah you're right, it is friday and I'm shattered. Still makes the excuses for B&M bargain dipping even worse
RUinsane wrote:No offence, but 25% of 12m is 3m, leaving 9m
So this was the cherry on the cake signing, the meat on the bones, the foil for Danny murphy. I thought we were talking about a 3 million pound player and Rovers offered 750k for the missing piece of the jigsaw?
So we sell asmba for 12 and even taking into account a 25% hertha berlin sell on clause would give us 8 million. So we offer 750k to supplement a free transfer? Abd before any of you say the 8 million is including any wage, were we not paying samba before he went?
Any more badly fitting attire available from the cheap rack?
davemal
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4:31pm Fri 27 Jul 12
penemo
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4:34pm Fri 27 Jul 12
stick to football
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4:45pm Fri 27 Jul 12
Pathetic last season Pathetic this season and if he thinks his squad stronger that should ensure a further relegation battle to be lost by Mr Kean.
What a total embarassment it is still down at Ewood - You know what to do if you want the fans back and it is not phone them up - it is chop out the dead wood el Manager NOW
juanbbien
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5:03pm Fri 27 Jul 12
BeatleBill
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6:13pm Fri 27 Jul 12
So Venky's are ambitious for Rovers to bounce back to the Premiership next season and they aren't willing to pony up more than £750,000 for a player we so desperately wanted? Ambitious my a***. We've spent a fraction of what we spent last season (on players who couldn't keep us in the Premiership).
I ask you: what hope do we really have of winning promotion next season???
juanbbien
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7:19pm Fri 27 Jul 12
maltese blue n white
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7:42pm Fri 27 Jul 12
Judge Nic Sanders
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8:14pm Fri 27 Jul 12
Been there ,done that sort of guy who is still in his prime.
Could play him in that holding role that Nzonzi never fancied.
French Rover
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8:37pm Fri 27 Jul 12
Judge Nic Sanders wrote:We dont need Charlie Adam we have someone better - Danny Murphy. Just watch this lad go this season, he will bring a touch of class to midfield and create goals galore.
Sign Charlie Adam , winner , quality player who will pull the team into shape.
Been there ,done that sort of guy who is still in his prime.
Could play him in that holding role that Nzonzi never fancied.
tom2malta2
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8:58pm Fri 27 Jul 12
Judge Nic Sanders
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8:59pm Fri 27 Jul 12
Seems better than a hotchpotch of players out of position not knowing their responsibilities or unable to tackle.
Leadership is the key.
NICEONESUNSHINE,
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10:50pm Fri 27 Jul 12
A Darener wrote:Yes what a bargaining tool. With a £750,000 bid for him he must of been able to squeeze another 75p a week out of them may be as much as £1.
Silva was only using the Rovers as a bargaining tool for an improved contract. He never had any intention of coming. But even that apart with Kean as manager we couldn't attract any footballer of note!
Gaz M
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11:52pm Fri 27 Jul 12
Dan11
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6:14am Sat 28 Jul 12
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Just how long must this farce last for?
Donut Kean OUT
bburnrover
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8:58am Sat 28 Jul 12
Keith Myath
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11:54am Sat 28 Jul 12
juanbbien
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12:00pm Sat 28 Jul 12
Dan11 wrote:Did Kean spend three days negotiating to sign a player,you can't believe anything that goes on down there,I thought shaggy was supposed to be involved in this department,more whistling in the dark,and taking the p!ss.
So donut kean spent 3 days flying out from the pre season preps to personally talk to a player, who wasnt interested in signing for us.
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Just how long must this farce last for?
Donut Kean OUT
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