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BBC News
3 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
'Football can be cruel. I am shocked.'
Blackburn manager Valerian Ismael says his side's late defeat to Birmingham was 'on us' after two mistakes cost Rovers victory at told BBC Radio Lancashire: "It is a tough one, I am shocked, football can be cruel. We played a good game, and we knew at half-time we needed to put more pressure on them, and that gave us the goal."It's terrible, but this loss is on us, we made two terrible mistakes and we have to be better on the set piece positioning."Everything was in place and then we dealt with a three-v-one situation very badly. Then we get to 11 minutes extra time and we managed ten of those perfectly."There were a lot of positives today, their shots were not really dangerous, we had the right structure and we got the goal we wanted."But football is details, and we have some questions to answer internally to make sure we deal with these situations better next time."
BBC News
4 days ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Eustace on Owen injury blow and short-term pain
Two games down and Derby County have been beaten in stoppage time, minutes away from a result, and ground down a strong West Bromwich Albion side to win on penalties in the first round of the league cup. Head coach John Eustace took to the press conference today with confidence in the message he wants to get across but it's becoming clear in the early moments of this season that there may have to be some 'short-term pain' to get through to the 'long-term gain' this course he was asked for his response to Blackburn Rovers boss Valerian Ismael's comments on midfielder Lewis Travis, who has been subject of two failed bids from the Rams. Ismael revealed Travis wanted to leave the club but, as you'd expect, Eustace wasn't getting drawn into any comment on a player under contract at another was good news, and there was bad news. Eustace hopes summer signing Rhian Brewster will be fit in a week or but Liverpool loanee full-back Owen Beck has suffered a setback in his recover from a muscle injury so will be out of action until after the September international Rams face Coventry City this weekend, a club that steadily built their championship status over a number of years. As Eustace talks about the new two to three years at Pride Park, you can't help but draw parallels with the Sky Blues and their journey, and the expectation to go that next step now and gain to the full pre-match interview with Eustace and more on BBC Sounds.
BBC News
11-08-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Ismael unsure on future of Blackburn quartet
Blackburn Rovers are not happy about potentially losing key players this month but the club is a business, according to boss Valerian Sondre Tronstad, Lewis Travis, and Ryan Hedges along with defender Dominic Hyam will be out of contract at the end of the four players would be able to leave Ewood Park for free next summer and Ismael accepts it is a far from ideal situation with the current transfer window open until 1 September and him not knowing who will be left in his squad."We are in a difficult situation as a club because you want to extend the contracts of the players and it hasn't happened so you chase it," Ismael told BBC Radio Lancashire."It is about taking the best decision for the club - at the moment they are our players so we will see what happens until the end of the transfer window."Tronstad, Travis, Hedges and Hyam all started as Blackburn lost their opening Championship match 1-0 at West Brom on Saturday."At the moment we cannot say they will stay or leave," Ismael added. "The best thing for the club is to get the value for the players and reinvest the money - this is a business as well."It does not mean we are happy about it - we have to think about the next step and what is best for us depending on the offer and what the player wants."Rovers host Bradford City in the first round of the EFL Cup on Tuesday (19:45 BST) with midfielder Todd Cantwell set to feature for the first time this season after recovering from a thigh strain.
Daily Mirror
26-04-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mirror
Wayne Rooney suffers blow as Championship club rule out managerial move for Man Utd icon
Last week a report claimed Championship side Blackburn Rovers were looking to bring in Wayne Rooney as manager amid pressure on coach Valerian Ismael - just months after the Manchester United legend was sacked from his role as Plymouth Argyle boss Wayne Rooney has been dealt a blow after speculation linking him to the dugout at Blackburn Rovers was dismissed by the club's footballing chief. Rooney has been out of work since being axed by Plymouth Argyle in December but there have been claims he could make a return to management at Ewood Park. Rovers boss Valerian Ismael only joined the club in February as John Eustace's successor, signing a three-and-a-half-year deal, but there has already been question marks over his future. Ismael previously endured a run of just one win one in eight matches since he first took over and a report from talkSport suggested club chiefs were already considering his position and were mulling over a move for Rooney instead. He has since guided Blackburn to three wins on the bounce to give their play-off hopes a massive boost, with the team now just four points off the play-off spots. And former Rovers striker Rudy Gestede - who is now Head of Football Operations at the club - brushed aside the rumours and said they were sticking by Ismael. Gestede - who played 73 times for Rovers between 2013 and 2015 - said the club had no control over speculation and questioned what would happen to the rumours now that the club have embarked on a winning streak. "We cannot control the media," he said while speaking to Sam Allardyce on the Footy Accumulators No Tippy Tappy Football podcast. "That's their job to try to give information around. I don't know if it's from an agent or Wayne Rooney himself, I don't think so, but you never know. "It's never been the plan. We are happy with Valerian, we want to give him time. We chose him because of the project, and it doesn't make any sense to make a decision now. "Valerian has just started, and we have been losing games, and the media said we were losing games because he had his hands in his pocket and he wasn't showing emotions, and that's why the players weren't performing at their best. Now we are winning games, he still has his hands in his pockets, so what can they say about this now?' Allardyce, who managed Blackburn between 2008 and 2010, recalled constant news stories claiming he was going to lose his job during his management career and said it was difficult to stop the "vultures" from coming out. He said: 'That's what it would have been about, that the new manager was struggling at the time, and then the vultures come out. "In the old days, if you were struggling a bit, you would look up in the director's box and see all the out-of-work managers there, showing their face and trying to say 'I'm available'. It's never changed. It never will change with the speculation. All you've got to do is win." Join our new WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Mirror Football content. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice.
