Blackburn Rovers News 24/7
Writer: Mikey Delap 
Date:Thursday August 26 2010
Time: 12:10PM
UK time is: 03:39:08
Choose your club
Other Sites
Network Navigation
Vital Partners
'If It's Football, It's Vital'
Benjani set for Rovers
Benjani should be a a Blackburn Rovers in the next 24 hours.
Big Sam Allardyce has decided to start negotiations with the Zimbabwean after seeing enough of him at Brockhall to convince him he is worth a go.
Benjani would cost nothing and has let it be known he will take a massive pay cut from his Man City days to secure a future in the Premier League.
John Williams and Allardyce have been busy bees as they also look to bring in one more attacker before the window closes but the Rovers chairman has warned other clubs they will not over pay for anybody.
This is after a couple of recent bids for unnamed strikers have proved fruitless.
Williams spoke to the Lancashire Telegraph and said - "We have made a couple of offers but the clubs` valuations for these players are way above what we have offered. The valuations are substantially above what we are prepared to pay."
Seconds Out! Vital Boxing is here!
Vital F1 Prediction League - Join now for Monaco
Your Comments
This doesn't bother me like I think it will some - if he comes I am happy for him to be here and he will score the odd goal.
Mikey Delap
Im happy with him, big physical presence so defenders are gonna hate playing against him, especially him, Samba, the Zonz and Admiral Nelson attacking corners gonna be even more scary!
marsmanic
If people think about it logically, the deal makes sense. Let's just say (and hope) that we bring in Popov and Avdic, and sell Roberts. That would leave us with Kalinic, Popov and Baby Diouf who are all 22, and Avdic who is 21. That gives us excellent prospects for the future, as well as 4 good strikers. But it would leave us with no experience, and every team needs experienced players. Whilst Benjani may not be as good as the others, he is experienced and could prove to be invaluable when we are going through rough patches and the younger players need somebody who has been there to guide them through it.
roversfanben
Plus, I still maintain that Benji is a decent player. He will probably contribute about 5-6 goals this season, which is the same as Roberts. But he has more to his game than JR, he is very hard working and will create more goals than he scores.
roversfanben
At the end of the day, we need more options up front and a freebie will do for me. He has scored in the prem in the past and didn't do too bad at Pompey. Can't knock him 'til we try him :)
luke5045
better then noone i guess!
sasman
Better than Roberts I would suspect as well...
Mikey Delap
Would rather keep JR..
rover23
I definitely think he will score more goals per appearances than JR did last season.
ITSALLROVER
Great score for a freebie, Let's give him a chance and see if BS can work some wonders and get him firing in the goals.. :) If not it's not going to be overly costly so all in all it's a good move,
But JR has to go as we now have a slightly better version at a cheaper price! lol :)
oziroversfan
Benjani? Might as well keep Jason prolific Roberts.
metalrover
Have Your Say
Recent Articles
Robinson keeping options open (Thursday May 23 2013)
Is Gomes worth another season? (Tuesday May 21 2013)
Alan Judge agrees deal with Rovers (Thursday May 16 2013)
Blackburn agree deal for Chris Taylor (Thursday May 16 2013)
Rovers poised to sign Eastwood (Wednesday May 15 2013)
Rovers looking to add Taylor (Tuesday May 14 2013)
VB Crystal Ball 2012/13 - The Results (Thursday May 9 2013)
The end for Pedersen? (Tuesday May 7 2013)
Thank god that's over (Sunday May 5 2013)
Stats: Birmingham City v Blackburn Rovers (Saturday May 4 2013)
Archived Articles
Vital Blackburn Articles from 2005
Vital Blackburn Articles from 2006
Vital Blackburn Articles from 2007
Vital Blackburn Articles from 2008
Vital Blackburn Articles from 2009
Vital Blackburn Articles from 2010
Vital Blackburn Articles from 2011
Vital Blackburn Articles from 2012
Vital Blackburn Articles from 2013
Vital Blackburn Articles from 2006
Vital Blackburn Articles from 2007
Vital Blackburn Articles from 2008
Vital Blackburn Articles from 2009
Vital Blackburn Articles from 2010
Vital Blackburn Articles from 2011
Vital Blackburn Articles from 2012
Vital Blackburn Articles from 2013
Vital Members League (view all)
| 1. | Mikey Delap | 75 |
| 2. | chris_rovers | 62 |
| 3. | Rye of the Rovers | 38 |
| 4. | roverstdt | 31 |
| 5. | dallydally | 30 |
| 6. | *Dave* | 23 |
| 7. | adam_quirk | 15 |
| 8. | rovers2011 | 14 |
| 9. | Ainzy968 | 13 |
| 10. | glen9mullan | 7 |
League Results (view all)
| Latest Results | ||||
| Birmingham | 1 | - | 1 | Blackburn |
| Blackburn | 1 | - | 1 | Crystal Palace |
| Millwall | 1 | - | 2 | Blackburn |
| Watford | 4 | - | 0 | Blackburn |
| Blackburn | 1 | - | 0 | Huddersfield |
| Blackburn | 2 | - | 0 | Derby County |
League Table (view table)
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
| 14. Ipswich | 46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | -13 | 60 |
| 15. Blackpool | 46 | 14 | 17 | 15 | -1 | 59 |
| 16. Middlesbrough | 46 | 18 | 5 | 23 | -9 | 59 |
| 17. Blackburn | 46 | 14 | 16 | 16 | -7 | 58 |
| 18. Sheff Wed | 46 | 16 | 10 | 20 | -8 | 58 |
| 19. Huddersfield | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | -20 | 58 |
| 20. Millwall | 46 | 15 | 11 | 20 | -11 | 56 |
Breaking League News
| LUFC Former defender retires
» Leeds Utd : 23/05/2013 21:54:00
|
| LUFC McDermott - Byram wants to stay
» Leeds Utd : 23/05/2013 20:34:00
|
| LUFC Capital One League Cup
» Leeds Utd : 23/05/2013 20:04:00
|
| Robinson keeping options open
» Blackburn : 23/05/2013 19:32:00
|
| Can Nottingham Forest Join The Elite?
» Forest : 23/05/2013 19:06:00
|
| Gus in Potters link as talk of successor escalates
» Brighton : 23/05/2013 17:43:00
|
| Manager Decision Not Imminent
» Millwall : 23/05/2013 17:12:00
|
Current Site Poll (view all polls)
|
|
2 © - All content copyright Vital Network Ltd, not to be reproduced without explicit permission Copyright Issues
Cookie Policy
At Vital Football, we along with most other modern websites use small files called 'cookies' to create the most secure, effective and functional website possible for our users. Without these files our business model, based on advertising, breaks down and we would be unable to continue to provide the services that you are here to utilise. By continuing to use this website after seeing this message, you consent to our use of cookies on this device unless you have disabled them. For full details please read our Cookie Policy which can be found here. However, if you would like to disable cookies on this device, please view our Cookie Policy which contains an opt-out tool for disabling advertising cookies. Please also visit our information pages on 'How to manage cookies' if you would also like to block all other types of cookies. Please be aware that parts of this site will not function correctly if you disable cookies.