Blackburn Rovers manager Steve Kean to sign Roque Santa Cruz
Paraguayan striker Roque Santa Cruz has inked a loan deal with the English side Blackburn Rovers. Rovers have been suffering with managerial issues since their former manager Sam Allardyce was sacked by the owners in the middle of the season. Moreover, the team is lacking motivation as their main centre back http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Christopher-Samba-c9212 has already given the owners a verdict that he will leave if no new manager is going to take charge soon.
The mid-table English club won a Premier League title back in 1995 while playing under an extraordinary striker named Alan Shearer. The phenomenal Blackburn Rovers striker helped the team win the only Premier League title back then. However, the Indian owners have been trying their best to introduce star players in the team and even though their attempts are all vague at the moment they have still managed to sign a loan deal with the Manchester City striker Roque Santa Cruz.
Blackburn Rovers were all over the news as they tried to sign the AC Milan winger Ronaldinho and later also joined the race with Tottenham Hotspur to sign the former English captain David Beckham. However, all the deals flopped with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brazil-c2858 where he joined Flamingo.
That brought it down to Roque Santa Cruz, who had left Blackburn Rovers a few years back as he wanted to join Manchester City. However, the Paraguayan barely appeared for the English club. With such high investment being poured in by the owner of the club, the new manager Roberto http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mancini-c23323 did not have any plans for the striker and he was not even left on the bench, as there were better options open for the Italian manager.
On Friday morning, the Paraguayan striker became a part of the Blackburn http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rovers-c40385 as the mid-table side successfully took his medical and a loan deal was put through. The South American goal scorer signed for the Manchester club 18 months ago as a 17.5 million pounds deal was struck between the two teams. During that time, he scored only 4 goals in 24 appearances. However, most of his career was filled with injuries.
Blackburn Rovers are currently struggling in the mid table as the competition gets tougher and fans would be hoping to see a player who has been arguably better for them than Manchester City. The Blackburn manager Steve Kean is happy that the Paraguayan striker is back as he is going to help the team score more goals and find its way out of the current issues.
With respect to the new deal signed with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roque-Santa-Cruz-c31778, the Blackburn manager said, "He's coming back to a place that was special to him and I am sure he is going to deliver as good if not better."
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