{"id":413084,"date":"2011-05-01T18:24:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-01T18:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/01\/blackburn-rovers-manager-steve-kean-targeting-permanent-jermaine-jones-switch\/"},"modified":"2011-05-01T18:24:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-01T18:24:00","slug":"blackburn-rovers-manager-steve-kean-targeting-permanent-jermaine-jones-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/01\/blackburn-rovers-manager-steve-kean-targeting-permanent-jermaine-jones-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackburn Rovers manager Steve Kean targeting permanent Jermaine Jones switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Laurie Bonne<\/h3>\n<h4>1 May 2011 19:24:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"63.1683884298\">\n<div readability=\"16.6880733945\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"BPL, Fulham and Blackburn Rovers, Clint Dempsey and Jermaine Jones \" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/2e539195125542_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>BPL, Fulham and Blackburn Rovers, Clint Dempsey and Jermaine Jones<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"26.0208522212\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/108\/blackburn-rovers\">Blackburn Rovers<\/a> manager <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/scotland\/47873\/steve-kean\">Steve Kean<\/a> is targeting a permanent deal for midfielder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/germany\/2400\/jermaine-jones\">Jermaine Jones<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Having joined from Schalke in January on a loan deal until the end of the current campaign, Kean has been impressed with the 29-year-old&#8217;s recent form and has revealed talks have been ongoing between the two clubs over a transfer.<\/p>\n<p>The German-born USA international has played a pivotal role in Blackburn\u2019s crucial 1-0 victory over Bolton on Saturday, after which Kean hailed the midfielder.<\/p>\n<p>He told <em>Sky Sports<\/em>: &#8220;I think Jermaine&#8217;s been in this form for a number of weeks,<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At times it looked as though there were two of him in there. He was getting back, he was<br \/>screening Kevin Davies, he was pushing up into midfield.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Then he was driving on, that&#8217;s the type of energy he&#8217;s got. I thought he was absolute quality.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re desperate to keep Jermaine and he wants to stay. We tried to fix a price with Schalke, but we couldn&#8217;t so we&#8217;ve just got an agreement with Schalke until the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And if we can do some good business then hopefully he&#8217;s going to be a Blackburn Rovers\u00a0 player for pre-season.&#8221;<em\/><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/2e539195125542_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\/05\/01\/2466914\/blackburn-rovers-manager-steve-kean-targeting-permanent-jermaine-\" title=\"Blackburn Rovers manager Steve Kean targeting permanent Jermaine Jones switch\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blackburn Rovers manager Steve Kean targeting permanent Jermaine Jones switch<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Laurie Bonne 1 May 2011 19:24:00 BPL, Fulham and Blackburn Rovers, Clint Dempsey and Jermaine Jones Related Links Teams Players Blackburn Rovers manager Steve Kean is targeting a permanent deal for midfielder Jermaine Jones . Having joined from Schalke in January on a loan deal until the end of the current campaign, Kean has been impressed with the 29-year-old&#8217;s recent form and has revealed talks have been ongoing between the two clubs over a transfer. The German-born USA international has played a pivotal role in Blackburn\u2019s crucial 1-0 victory over Bolton on Saturday, after which Kean hailed the midfielder<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":413085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-413084","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"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 targeting permanent Jermaine Jones switch - 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\/05\/01\/blackburn-rovers-manager-steve-kean-targeting-permanent-jermaine-jones-switch\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Blackburn Rovers manager Steve Kean targeting permanent Jermaine Jones switch - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Laurie Bonne 1 May 2011 19:24:00 BPL, Fulham and Blackburn Rovers, Clint Dempsey and Jermaine Jones Related Links Teams Players Blackburn Rovers manager Steve Kean is targeting a permanent deal for midfielder Jermaine Jones . 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