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3:00pm Tuesday 25th November 2008
ROVERS defender Andre Ooijer looks set to leave Ewood Park this summer after admitting he is keen on ending his career in his Dutch homeland.
The Holland international’s Rovers contract expires at the end of this season and he has given his clearest indication yet he is eyeing a permanent return home.
PSV Eindhoven, Ajax, AZ Alkmaar and Feyenoord are all believed to be tracking the 34-year-old, while Rovers are understood to be keen to start talks on his future.
Ooijer told the Dutch FA’s official website: “My contract is due to expire next year and then I am a free agent at the end of the season.
“In principle, I am allowed to talk to other clubs from January. If it is up to me and my family, I will return to the Netherlands.”
The experienced stopper arrived at Blackburn in 2006 from PSV, but is unsure who he will join when his Rovers deal runs out.
He added: “I have read that there is a lot of interest in me, but I really have got no idea yet which club I will eventually move to.”
Meanwhile, Egyptian centre midfielder Ahmed Al-Muhammadi is understood to have already arrived in Lancashire for his trial with fellow countryman Hosny Abd-Rabbo expected in the next couple of days.
Ex-Darrener, Lancashire says...
4:32pm Tue 25 Nov 08
Ex-Darrener, Lancashire says...
4:32pm Tue 25 Nov 08
Fred Storm, says...
4:54pm Tue 25 Nov 08
jukes, leicester says...
5:22pm Tue 25 Nov 08
warhurst, says...
5:37pm Tue 25 Nov 08
mike55, london says...
5:40pm Tue 25 Nov 08
Mike Costa, Blackburn says...
6:41pm Tue 25 Nov 08
jukes wrote:Mike Costa says:
i think if we keep ince and his bunch of clowns on the whole team will be wanting out in the summer. cant see half of them staying for championship football after they have played in europe under sparky not so long ago. INCE OUT
jukes, leicester says...
7:00pm Tue 25 Nov 08
Mike Costa, Blackburn says...
7:44pm Tue 25 Nov 08
jukes wrote:Mike Costa says:
shut up you c0ck. in my opinion hughes was the best thing since dalglish. sorry for having an opinion that aint the same as yours! what a stupid comment! 'so what? how did they do?' we may aswell just give up then hey cos we aint gonna win the league so why not just stop playing. its t0ssers like you who have there head in the clouds and cant see what ince is doing to our club. if we do go down which i really hope we dont cos i see no way back i'd love to see if all you ince ars3 kissers are all saying give him a chance to get us back up. we need to act NOW!
nexile, Northumberland says...
8:42pm Tue 25 Nov 08
ashowopikin, says...
9:05pm Tue 25 Nov 08
ashowopikin, says...
9:08pm Tue 25 Nov 08
ashowopikin, says...
9:24pm Tue 25 Nov 08
Mike Costa, Blackburn says...
10:09pm Tue 25 Nov 08
ashowopikin wrote:Mike Costa says:
and i positively agree with morst no to ALLARDYCE FOOTBALL keep him away from us if he wants to go back to reebok they can have him.
The Player, Manchester says...
11:24pm Tue 25 Nov 08
ashowopikin wrote:SOZ HARD!!!!!!!!!!!
and by the way i have been going since the noel brotherston and glenn keely era so stick it
jinkyjase, Preston says...
9:32am Wed 26 Nov 08
nexile wrote:Nexile - So you're saying anyone wanting to see the back of Ince has only been going since 1991ish? Take at least ten years off that and that's when I started my love affair with the mighty Rovers, around 1980...and I still want Ince out as I did Bob Saxton...the only two managers I've ever booed.
I think that Mike Costa has a good point. I wonder how many of the 'Ince Out before he has a full squad to pick from' brigade went to Ewood before Jack Walker became involved.
It could go either way but interesting to find out anyway.
cloggyjimmybrfc, padiham says...
9:33am Wed 26 Nov 08
marsy, Cheshire says...
9:46am Wed 26 Nov 08
Morst the 88th min Heartbreaker, Accrington says...
9:52am Wed 26 Nov 08
ashowopikin wrote:Its premature to talk of his replacement really but if Fat Sam is getting mentions we need to look for better options just in case.
and i positively agree with morst no to ALLARDYCE FOOTBALL keep him away from us if he wants to go back to reebok they can have him.
Morst the 88th min Heartbreaker, Accrington says...
9:58am Wed 26 Nov 08
jukes wrote:Short memories - Sounness won promotion, The league cup and got us to 6th in Prem. Can't see how Hughes has matched that? I know which days I will remember in 20 years - Matt Jansen nicks it, the ball goes to Cole, 2-1 and the mighty Spurs are humbled!
shut up you c0ck. in my opinion hughes was the best thing since dalglish. sorry for having an opinion that aint the same as yours!
what a stupid comment! 'so what? how did they do?' we may aswell just give up then hey cos we aint gonna win the league so why not just stop playing.
its t0ssers like you who have there head in the clouds and cant see what ince is doing to our club.
if we do go down which i really hope we dont cos i see no way back i'd love to see if all you ince ars3 kissers are all saying give him a chance to get us back up.
we need to act NOW!
Rover the Hill, Driffield says...
12:06pm Wed 26 Nov 08
Morst the 88th min Heartbreaker wrote:Good lad Morst. Souness took over when we were 14th in the 2nd Division. He started playing the young lads, Dunn, Duff, Taylor and Jansen and off-loaded the likes of Ward, Blake, Grayson and Peacock. Lets not forget that HE bought Friedel, not Hughes. Souness' tenure just ran out of steam. Hughes came in and took us into mid-table first season and euorpe season after, via a spell at the bottom of the league around December time. Hughes made us hard to beat but even harder to watch. I also think he bailed out knowing the financial constraints that would be imposed upon him and the knowledge that we needed four or five signings to bolster a flagging squad. Nelson and Samba have looked very iffy for the last twelve months. So Ince comes in and basically has to work with Hughes old team. These players had played simple football, win the ball and get it to our wide men Bentley and Pedersen, feed the quality strikers and happy days. Bentley leaves and Pedersen just isn't doing it, while the others are trying to adapt to a different style of play. Ince was a battler but played in footballing sides, so it stands to reason that he wants his team to play proper football. However, when your only creative midfielder( Dunny) gets crocked early on what can you do? He is making the best of a bad deal at the moment. We need to be reasoned and calm at the moment, wait until he has a fit squad and adds a couple of new guys in January. Don't get me wrong, I am not happy at the way things have gone, but feel the constant criticism Ince receives is totally unjust. I would also like to point out that Andrews also gets unfair stick, the guy has adjusted well to the Premier League. If you have played at any level, then surely you can aappreciate that. His pass on Sunday inside the full back showed his quality. Had that been played by Fabregas or Rooney, the world and his dog would have been drooling.
jukes wrote: shut up you c0ck. in my opinion hughes was the best thing since dalglish. sorry for having an opinion that aint the same as yours! what a stupid comment! 'so what? how did they do?' we may aswell just give up then hey cos we aint gonna win the league so why not just stop playing. its t0ssers like you who have there head in the clouds and cant see what ince is doing to our club. if we do go down which i really hope we dont cos i see no way back i'd love to see if all you ince ars3 kissers are all saying give him a chance to get us back up. we need to act NOW!Short memories - Sounness won promotion, The league cup and got us to 6th in Prem. Can't see how Hughes has matched that? I know which days I will remember in 20 years - Matt Jansen nicks it, the ball goes to Cole, 2-1 and the mighty Spurs are humbled! Jansen at the near post, 1-0 and that is Rovers back in the premiership and Flitcroft lifts up his shirt to read - "That's for you Jack" Thought it would at least cheer us up! 30 YEARS AND COUNTING!
Rover the Hill, Driffield says...
12:29pm Wed 26 Nov 08
jukes, leicester says...
1:12pm Wed 26 Nov 08
Mike Costa wrote:very sorry for being younger than you mike i'll have a chat with the parents and grandparents and let them know they have let me down big time in having me so late.
ashowopikin wrote: and i positively agree with morst no to ALLARDYCE FOOTBALL keep him away from us if he wants to go back to reebok they can have him.Mike Costa says: You misunderstand me. I don't particularily support Ince, I just can't see the point of demanding he goes when there is no chance that it will happen. Rovers simply can't afford to pay him and his staff off. If you don't want Alladyce as his replacement, I can't see who you are looking for. There isn't anyone out there. Also, I never suggested that you hadn't been supporting Rovers for a long time. I did suggest that that moron Jukes hadn't. I don't see him denying it, do you?
Morst the 88th min Heartbreaker, Accrington says...
2:23pm Wed 26 Nov 08
nexile, Northumberland says...
5:00pm Wed 26 Nov 08
OZTHEMAN, PRESTON says...
5:10pm Wed 26 Nov 08
Mike Costa wrote:mike goes to see what you have seen Ince needs people to support championship rejects and he has found some who will accept that in the last 7 we have yet to win..Hughes was a winner even with Wales he took them to a peak they wont return to in years to come BE SO WITH TOUGH MAN LIKE FOOTBALL..
jukes wrote:Mike Costa says:
i think if we keep ince and his bunch of clowns on the whole team will be wanting out in the summer. cant see half of them staying for championship football after they have played in europe under sparky not so long ago. INCE OUT
Yes they played in Europe. So what? How did they do , by the way?
Stop making Hughes out to be some sort of great hero. His teams ground out results. Their disciplinary record was embarrasing. No entertainment. The average gate dropped by 5000 during his tenure.
Mike Costa, Blackburn says...
6:31pm Wed 26 Nov 08
OZTHEMAN wrote:Mike Costa says:
Mike Costa wrote:mike goes to see what you have seen Ince needs people to support championship rejects and he has found some who will accept that in the last 7 we have yet to win..Hughes was a winner even with Wales he took them to a peak they wont return to in years to come BE SO WITH TOUGH MAN LIKE FOOTBALL..jukes wrote: i think if we keep ince and his bunch of clowns on the whole team will be wanting out in the summer. cant see half of them staying for championship football after they have played in europe under sparky not so long ago. INCE OUTMike Costa says: Yes they played in Europe. So what? How did they do , by the way? Stop making Hughes out to be some sort of great hero. His teams ground out results. Their disciplinary record was embarrasing. No entertainment. The average gate dropped by 5000 during his tenure.
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OZTHEMAN, PRESTON says...
3:30pm Tue 25 Nov 08