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Blackburn Rovers want two strikers to replace injured Leon Best
Blackburn Rovers will look to sign two strikers before the start of the season to replace the injured Leon Best.
The 25-year-old has been ruled out for six months with a serious knee injury.
Blackburn have made a tentative inquiry for Huddersfield striker Jordan Rhodes but were told the player is not for sale.
"What we have to do now is find a good replacement and also supplement that," Blackburn's global advisor Shebby Singh told BBC Radio Lancashire.
Blackburn global advisor Shebby Singh on Leon Best's injury“When I heard the news, it was difficult for me not to cry. Life has to go on, but right now it hurts very deeply”
"There is still time for us to do that. Three weeks will be enough for us to make sure we start the season with a very competitive strike force.
"We were always going to look for someone else to deputise for Leon.
"Now we've got to look for someone who is going to play and another player who is going to deputise."
Blackburn get their Championship season under way at Ipswich on Saturday, 18 August.
Best, who joined Rovers from Newcastle for £3m this month, scored in the 2-1 friendly win over AEK Athens on Sunday but was carried off on a stretcher before half-time.
Scans on Monday confirmed Best damaged his cruciate ligaments, which will keep him out until the new year.
"We signed Leon because he's got the strengths that we need," continued Singh. "Now we're going to lose him for a minimum of six months.
"I feel for him because he's bought into the ambition of the club and he's been fantastic in training.
"Against AEK Athens, he was bullying their defenders. And then this happens.
"When I heard the news, it was difficult for me not to cry. Life has to go on, but right now it hurts very deeply."
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Comment number 30.
redishdevil31st July 2012 - 22:16
I don't really think signing 2 more strikers is such a good idea. This just sounds like something Steve Kean would do, get loads of strikers, realise that one is better than another, overuse them and leave the other ones to sit on the the bench and not realise what good talent they actually have. That's what kind of makes them a Championship team in terms of transfer buisness.
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Fairmindedcitizen31st July 2012 - 17:59
Kean has more money than sense and maybe not much sense!He has not given Goodwillie a chance.He is not a "bit part player", he's thrives on goals and the opportunity to score produces a confidence which delivers even more goals. How can you expect to get the best out of a player if you don't play him where he can score.Give him back on loan rather than waste the boys talent!Blackburn going nowhere
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jamois31st July 2012 - 17:29
ooooooh. kids eh?
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funkymc131st July 2012 - 17:27
25. Drunken Hobo
The Full season you refer to was indeed half a season for Jelavic who suffered ligament damage.....so in half a season he scored 1 goal less than Goodwillie did in a whole season.....check your stats before posting......makes you look stupid.
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Rabidarab31st July 2012 - 17:26
The problem Goodwillie has is that he is a footballer in a team that struggle to play football. Kean's tactics suit the big "haddie" up front that will throw himself about. That was Blackburn's downfall last season. Goodwillie banged them in for Dundee United as he would receive passes to the feet. Plus he got more that 7 minutes at the end of a game.
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