Blackburn Rovers latest takeover news

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BLACKBURN Rovers could he handed an exciting new production line of players after it has emerged sports agency Kentaro are part of the VH Group’s bid for the club.

The Indian-based chicken industry giants will provide the necessary investment but it is now believed they have teamed up with Kentaro in an attempt to move the club forward if they do gain control.

While any deal is still far from done, progress has been made over the past few days with talks expected to continue this week.

Indian tycoon and rival bidder Ahsan Ali Syed has far from given up on his efforts to purchase the club and should not be discounted in the process yet.

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Rovers though are still not expecting any deal to be completed in the next few days and don’t believe anything will be finalised, if talks continue to go well, until the end of November.


Worldwide agency Kentaro specialises in the acquisition and distribution of the international television rights of national football federations, football clubs and leagues.

They also have a number of in-house agents who deal in talent management and last year sealed a corporate partnership deal with Jerome Anderson’s renowned Sport Entertainment and Media Group.

SEM represents more than 150 professional footballers and clubs in Europe’s top leagues, and top media personalities, and has worked for the likes of Rio Ferdinand, Thierry Henry and John Obi Mikel.

Kentaro could use the potential purchase of Rovers as a way of introducing some of their top young foreign talent to the English game.

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    Blackburn say a takeover by the Venky’s group, which would make Rovers the first Indian-owned Premier League club, is set to be completed in November.

    The group, which specialises in poultry farming and pharmaceuticals, has held several meetings with Rovers and the Premier League.

    Rovers chairman John Williams said both parties were “hopeful” the deal would be completed in November.

    The club said detailed discussions had taken place with the Indian group.

    Williams said there had been an extensive period of due diligence, where the club’s finances are studied.

    In a statement on the Blackburn website, Venky’s chairperson Anuradha J Desai said: “We expect to be the first Indian company to acquire a Premier League team.

    “We are particularly delighted that the team is Blackburn Rovers, with whom we believe we have many shared values and ambitions.”

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