{"id":342363,"date":"2011-03-27T17:05:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-27T17:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/27\/blackburn-rovers-manager-steve-kean-confirms-interest-in-signing-hamburg-striker-ruud-van-nistelrooy\/"},"modified":"2011-03-27T17:05:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-27T17:05:00","slug":"blackburn-rovers-manager-steve-kean-confirms-interest-in-signing-hamburg-striker-ruud-van-nistelrooy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/27\/blackburn-rovers-manager-steve-kean-confirms-interest-in-signing-hamburg-striker-ruud-van-nistelrooy\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackburn Rovers manager Steve Kean confirms interest in signing Hamburg striker Ruud van Nistelrooy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Laurie Bonne<\/h3>\n<h4>27 Mar 2011 18:05:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"70.93519441675\">\n<div readability=\"12.727272727273\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ruud van Nistelrooy (PROSHOTS)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/c0a24023124564_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ruud van Nistelrooy (PROSHOTS)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"40.805904866047\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/108\/blackburn-rovers\">Blackburn Rovers<\/a> boss <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/scotland\/47873\/steve-kean\">Steve Kean<\/a> has revealed that he would like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/germany\/161\/hamburg\">Hamburg<\/a> striker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/netherlands\/1956\/ruud-van-nistelrooy\">Ruud van Nistelrooy<\/a> to join the Ewood Park club.<\/p>\n<p>The club\u2019s hopes of recruiting the player from Real Madrid in 2009 were shattered after former boss Sam Allardyce acknowledged that Blackburn could not meet van Nistelrooy\u2019s demands in terms of wages.<\/p>\n<p>However, Rovers\u2019 owners Venky\u2019s are more likely to overlook budgetary constraints and make the signing in a bid to impove the team\u2019s chances of eventually competing in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old\u2019s contract at Hamburg is due to expire at the end of the season and could make his comeback to the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Steven Kean told <em>ESPNsoccernet<\/em> at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday after Scotland\u2019s clash with Brazil: &#8220;Yes, I can confirm we are interested.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Former Real Madrid player Michel Salgado could help pave the way for van Nistelrooy\u2019s move, having spent ten years at the Bernabeu before joining Ewood Park in 2009 and being a good friend of the striker.<\/p>\n<p>Van Nistelrooy was linked to a move back to Madrid in January but Hamburg refused to allow the deal, wanting to keep their star striker at the club.<\/p>\n<p>He has, however, said that he would take the chance to play in the Premier League again.<\/p>\n<p>He told the <em>Sunday Mirror<\/em>: &#8220;I am thinking about a nice club in England after this season, or a club in Spain, but I don&#8217;t think Real Madrid will come again after their efforts to bring me back in the January transfer window.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have decided that if a really big European club does approach me, I will accept a role as reserve striker. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would have accepted that too if the deal with Real Madrid had come off in January. They knew I was ready to step in when needed.&#8221;<br \/><span><span readability=\"1.5\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/c0a24023124564_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/27\/2413914\/blackburn-rovers-manager-steve-kean-confirms-interest-in-signing-\" title=\"Blackburn Rovers manager Steve Kean confirms interest in signing Hamburg striker Ruud van Nistelrooy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blackburn Rovers manager Steve Kean confirms interest in signing Hamburg striker Ruud van Nistelrooy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Laurie Bonne 27 Mar 2011 18:05:00 Ruud van Nistelrooy (PROSHOTS) Related Links Teams Players Blackburn Rovers boss Steve Kean has revealed that he would like Hamburg striker Ruud van Nistelrooy to join the Ewood Park club. The club\u2019s hopes of recruiting the player from Real Madrid in 2009 were shattered after former boss Sam Allardyce acknowledged that Blackburn could not meet van Nistelrooy\u2019s demands in terms of wages. However, Rovers\u2019 owners Venky\u2019s are more likely to overlook budgetary constraints and make the signing in a bid to impove the team\u2019s chances of eventually competing in Europe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-342363","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Blackburn Rovers manager Steve Kean confirms interest in signing Hamburg striker Ruud van Nistelrooy - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/27\/blackburn-rovers-manager-steve-kean-confirms-interest-in-signing-hamburg-striker-ruud-van-nistelrooy\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Blackburn Rovers manager Steve Kean confirms interest in signing Hamburg striker Ruud van Nistelrooy - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Laurie Bonne 27 Mar 2011 18:05:00 Ruud van Nistelrooy (PROSHOTS) Related Links Teams Players Blackburn Rovers boss Steve Kean has revealed that he would like Hamburg striker Ruud van Nistelrooy to join the Ewood Park club. 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