Blackburn smooth over false allegations made by Steve Kean

Blackburn Rovers have apologised to big Sam Allardyce over the false allegations that Steve Kean made about him.

Most fans will remember the famous video footage of Steve Kean talking to Rovers’ fans during their Far East pre-season in 2011. The former boss could be heard swearing and using foul language with fans about Allardyce who he served under at Ewood Park.

Allardyce was sacked by Blackburn in 2010 and did not hesitate in taking both Kean and his former club to court over the video footage which was shown on YouTube.

The dispute about the derogatory video footage spread over the Internet was finally settled out of court last week and now Blackburn Rovers has issued a statement:

The statement from Rovers read:

“During the summer of 2011, Steve Kean was this club’s manager and accompanied the players of Blackburn Rovers on a pre-season tour of the Far East.
“We apologise to Mr Allardyce for the embarrassment and distress caused to him by Mr Kean.”

Blackburn have not had much luck recently with managers. Steve Kean was let go earlier this season and was replaced by Henning Berg, who lasted just 57 days. Blackburn are now without a manager and strong rumours were coming out of East Lancashire last week that Peter Taylor would be the man to take over the helm at the club.