{"id":437548,"date":"2011-06-07T16:35:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-07T16:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/07\/blackburn-rovers-boss-steve-kean-open-to-re-signing-manchester-city-striker-roque-santa-cruz\/"},"modified":"2011-06-07T16:35:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-07T16:35:00","slug":"blackburn-rovers-boss-steve-kean-open-to-re-signing-manchester-city-striker-roque-santa-cruz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/07\/blackburn-rovers-boss-steve-kean-open-to-re-signing-manchester-city-striker-roque-santa-cruz\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackburn Rovers boss Steve Kean open to re-signing Manchester City striker Roque Santa Cruz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Shane Farrington<\/h3>\n<h4>7 Jun 2011 17:35:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"67.3476923077\">\n<div readability=\"14.8712446352\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"FA Cup: Roque Santa Cruz, Blackburn Rovers v Coventry City (PA)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/43500\/43573_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>FA Cup: Roque Santa Cruz, Blackburn Rovers v Coventry City (PA)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"37.4018691589\"><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> has refused to rule out the possibility of signing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/109\/manchester-city\">Manchester City<\/a> striker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/paraguay\/2783\/roque-santa-cruz\">Roque Santa Cruz<\/a> on a permanent basis.<\/p>\n<p>The Paraguayan struggled for form and fitness after rejoining the club on-loan in January, a fact Kean is only too aware of.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was tough for Roque,\u201d Kean told <em>BBC Radio Lancashire<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe picked up a couple of knocks that niggled away at him. It was just difficult for him to get to full speed quickly enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite failing to find the back of the net in 10 appearances since returning to the club, Kean believes the forward showed his quality in training sessions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Being around the place and showing his quality every day in training, he showed us how good he is,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was just difficult because he&#8217;s been out so long that he wasn&#8217;t at full speed quick enough to give us the impact on the pitch in the games that he played.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Scot is also hoping to sign Mame Biram Diouf and Jermaine Jones, who have also returned to their respective parent clubs following loan spells.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have to respect the parent clubs,&#8221; Kean added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When the lads came on loan we tried to fix prices straight away and we couldn&#8217;t do that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now the loan periods are up, we&#8217;ll be in contact with those clubs and see if they are available first and foremost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd, if they are and we have got the funds to pursue, that is something we can take a view on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Follow this link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/06\/07\/2521948\/blackburn-rovers-boss-steve-kean-open-to-re-signing\" title=\"Blackburn Rovers boss Steve Kean open to re-signing Manchester City striker Roque Santa Cruz\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blackburn Rovers boss Steve Kean open to re-signing Manchester City striker Roque Santa Cruz<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Shane Farrington 7 Jun 2011 17:35:00 FA Cup: Roque Santa Cruz, Blackburn Rovers v Coventry City (PA) Related Links Teams Players Blackburn Rovers manager Steve Kean has refused to rule out the possibility of signing Manchester City striker Roque Santa Cruz on a permanent basis. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":437549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-437548","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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