Blackburn Rovers have held talks with Diego Maradona, Anuradha Desai has revealed.
New owners Venky’s surprisingly ended the reign of Sam Allardyce on Monday and have set about finding his replacement, with Maradona one of the names linked with the position.
And company chairman Desai confirmed: “We thought about Maradona as a coach after we took over. Talks were at an initial stage then, but there is no development on that front yet.
“For now, the current coach (Steve Kean) will be coach until the end of the season. There is no question of signing anyone for such a short time.
“Kean is well connected within the game and the players as well. We have full faith that he will do the best job and keep the team motivated.
“He works long hours and is talented at his job. He also works well with our very skilful young players – and that is important.”
Desai then went on to dismiss rumours that club chairman John Williams had followed Allardyce out of Ewood Park, adding: “We have not taken any hasty decision in replacing the manager with the coach. It was a long, pending issue and it’s a calculated risk.
“I don’t want to get into why we were unhappy with Allardyce, or any kind of negative remarks.
“John Williams is close to Allardyce but he is very much with us and he has not expressed any willingness to quit. His position in the team is safe.”