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Jon Dahl Tomasson expected to leave Blackburn as transfer chaos swirls

08-Feb-2024 17:50:58 | The Guardian

• Botched deal for Duncan McGuire has highlighted club issues
• John Eustace the frontrunner to replace Tomasson as manager

Blackburn Rovers are expected to part company with their manager, Jon Dahl Tomasson, before Saturday’s game against Stoke City, capping a turbulent week for the Championship club. John Eustace is the favourite to take charge, with an announcement anticipated of Tomasson’s resignation or a mutual termination.

Tomasson has grown disillusioned with the Rovers hierarchy after transfer blunders and amid the owner Venky’s facing questions about its finances. Tomasson remains popular with the board and fans but the Dane’s discontent and Blackburn’s woeful recent form, which has dropped them to 18th, seem to have convinced all that a departure would be in the best interests of the club. Eustace was controversially replaced by Wayne Rooney at Birmingham City in October with the club sixth.