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Kean concedes Rovers may sell Samba

ESPN staff
December 23, 2010
Chris Samba has been a towering presence for Blackburn © Getty Images
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Blackburn boss Steve Kean has admitted the club have placed a valuation on Chris Samba and will sanction a sale if the offer is matched.

Samba launched a withering attack on Rovers' new owners following the departure of Sam Allardyce and inferred that he would look for a move away from Ewood Park.

Samba's agent has claimed the defender has been hankering after a move for the best part of a year - which came as a surprise to Kean.

Kean is planning talks with the player but fears he may be fighting a losing battle. "I'll speak to Chris," he said. "His agent's been telling me he's been asking to leave the club for a year. That's been news to me.

"I wasn't privy to any of that information but if he has been asking to get away for a year and he still wants to leave, then if somebody comes and matches the offer that we think he's worth and he's going to move on, then I'll need to speak to Chris about that in person.

"I'm disappointed if he has been quoted without speaking to anyone at the club. I spoke to the chairman on Wednesday night and he's definitely not handed in a written transfer request and he's not made a verbal transfer request to anybody.

"Maybe he's a little bit annoyed or a little bit confused about the way the club's going. Like everybody else, I'll sit him down and tell him what the plans are."

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