Sky Sports News are reporting that Michael Laudrup has indicated to them that he has been interviewed for the Rovers job and is interested in taking over.
Meanwhile Chairman John Williams has told Radio Lancashire that an appointment won’t be made until Monday, initially he had hoped to make an appointment by Friday
From Wikipedia :
Michael Laudrup (born 15 June 1964) is a Danish former professional football player. On May 16, 2008, he resigned as manager of Spanish club Getafe CF, leading to speculation about which club he will manage next. His most prominent run of football came with Spanish club FC Barcelona, with whom he won four straight La Liga championships. He famously moved to arch rivals Real Madrid in 1994, with whom he won his fifth La Liga title in a row. He scored 37 goals in a total of 104 appearances for the Denmark national football team, which is only topped by Peter Schmeichel’s 129 games and Thomas Helveg’s 108 games. From November 1994, he captained his country for a total of 28 matches[1] before his retirement in June 1998.
In 1999 he was voted the Best Foreign Player in Spanish Football over the previous 25-year period[2] and in April 2000 he was knighted, as he received the Order of the Dannebrog. In November 2003, to celebrate UEFA’s Jubilee, he was selected as the Golden Player of Denmark by the Danish Football Association; their most outstanding player of the past 50 years.[3] He was officially named the best Danish footballer of all time by the Danish Football Association (DBU) in November 2006.
After ending his playing career, Laudrup took up coaching, and became assistant manager of the Danish national team. He got his first manager job at former club Brøndby IF in 2002, whom he guided to the 2005 Danish Superliga championship. He chose not to extend his contract with Brøndby IF in May 2006. In 2007 Brøndby IF decided to name a new lounge at the stadium “The Michael Laudrup Lounge”, with Laudrup’s approval. He subsequently took over as coach of Getafe, Madrid’s third club, and continued his coaching career with notable success there. He brought the club comparative success in the Copa del Rey and UEFA Cup, and the team’s attacking style brought plaudits. However, he resigned after just one season in charge. On the 17th June 2008, he was interviewed for the vacant managerial position at Blackburn Rovers F C.
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May 3rd, 2010 at 9:14 am
After his playing career ended with Ajax, Laudrup became a coach at age 36 when he started serving as an assistant coach for the Danish national team coach Morten Olsen in 2000. The national team would play a 4–2–3–1 formation, depending on two fast wingers and with the aim to dominate games with a short-passing possession game. Together they led Denmark to the knock-out stage of 2002 World Cup, after which Michael Laudrup took the job as manager for Brøndby in the Danish Superliga. As his assistant coach, Laudrup paired up with former Danish championship winning manager John “Faxe” Jensen, who had played alongside him in the Danish national team.
At the start of his reign, Laudrup proclaimed a tactical scheme close to that which Olsen and he had coached at the national team. Laudrup renovated the Brøndby team by letting a large contingent of older and experienced players go, in favour of several new offensive players, and he gave the chance to young talents from the club’s youth scheme. To ensure the defensive strength of the team, he hired the proven national team player Morten Wieghorst. In his first year as head coach, he managed the team to a Danish Cup win against OB in the final. After finishing runners up twice, he finally led the team to The Double in 2005.
After finishing runners-up in the 2005–06 season, Michael Laudrup left Brøndby along with assistant coach John “Faxe” Jensen. He could not come to an agreement with Brøndby about renewing his contract, and therefore decided to leave the club. He was associated with several new jobs, including head coach of former club Real Madrid and rumours that he would replace Lars Lagerbäck as head coach for the Swedish national team.
On 21 June 2007, he was linked to a move to Madrid’s La Liga team Getafe by sports newspaper Marca. This was confirmed on 9 July 2007. During his stay in Getafe the club reached the final in Copa del Rey, but lost to Valencia, and the quarter finals in the UEFA Cup (lost in extra time to Bayern Munich). During his tenure, as successor to former Real Madrid manager Bernd Schuster, he brought a new brand of exciting and free-flowing attacking football to the club which brought back memoires of Laudrup as a player. His team, which is not one of the established forces in Spanish football, also enjoyed comparative success. However, he performed only one season as manager, tendering his resignation in May 2008.
Since he announced his departure from Getafe he has been linked with jobs at Valencia, Benfica, Chelsea, Blackburn Rovers, Panathinaikos, CSKA Moscow and West Ham United. He almost got the job at Panathinaikos, but according to Danish media he wanted an option to allow him to leave, if he got an offer from a Spanish club. This could not be accepted by the Greeks, who chose Henk ten Cate instead. On 12 September 2008, it was officially announced that Laudrup signed a 18-month contract with Spartak Moscow. However, he spent only 7 months in the post, being sacked on 15 April 2009 after Spartak’s 0–3 loss to Dinamo Moscow in the Russian Cup.
On 22 October 2009, Spanish media announced that Laudrup would be appointed as new manager of Spanish side Atlético Madrid, replacing the short and unsuccessful run of Abel Resino, following Atletico’s 4–0 Champions League defeat at the legs of Chelsea, but Laudrup and the club weren’t able to agree on terms. The day after, on 23 October, Resino was sacked and Quique Sanchez Flores was appointed as coach as second choice instead of Laudrup.
September 7th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
Former Denmark striker Brian Laudrup, part of the side that won the European Championship in 1992, has been diagnosed with cancer.
The 41-year-old said in a statement released by Denmark’s TV3, for whom he works as an expert commentator, that he was diagnosed last week with a mild form of lymphoma.
“Naturally, I’m shocked about the diagnosis, but I’m also clear that I now have a fight ahead of me – a fight I will win,” Laudrup said in the statement.
“I’ve had very optimistic reports from the doctors, and I intend to continue as an expert commentator for TV3.”
During a professional career lasting 14 years, Laudrup played for nine different clubs, winning the Scottish title three times during a four-year stint at Rangers.
Laudrup, who scored 21 goals in 82 games for Denmark, joined TV3 on his retirement from football in 2000.