Kean keeps close eye on Ireland for talent

He could potentially be sacked by the time the transfer window closes if comments from the club’s global adviser are to be believed but Blackburn manager Steve Kean is on the lookout for a new striker and is looking for players close to these shores.

Kean, who is teetering on the brink once again after Shebby Singh, a mediator between the team and Indian owners Venky’s, claimed three defeats on the bounce would see him sacked, had signed Republic of Ireland international Leon Best ahead of their new campaign.

But with Best now ruled out until the new year at earliest after sustaining a cruciate ligament injury in a friendly last month, Kean is searching for a replacement.