CITY BID FOR JASON ROBERTS, BLACKBURN SAID NO, NO, NO

I’ve gone all Amy Whinehouse!

Cardiff City’s undisclosed bid for Jason Roberts has been declined by Blackburn Rovers. It is believed that Dave Jones put Roberts at the top of his list some time ago and had been deep in chat with Rovers then boss Mark Hughes.

However with Sparky now gone to Manchester City, Rovers awaiting a new boss and reported other interest, some form Premiership clubs, it now looks a dead duck for the 30 year physical and pacy Grenadian who has a better than 1 in 3 career scoring record but has only started 20 times in 2 seasons at Ewood Park but appeared more often off the bench.

Peter Ridsdale has commented about developments, “It looks like Jason is staying at Blackburn now from what I have seen but we are still working on bringing in the strikers we need. I spoke to a Premiership manager over the weekend about a potential target and we will keep working hard.”

With some irony, City’s hope of getting one of their other chief striking targets in Wales starlet Ched Evans on loan from Man City has probably disappeared too with Mark Hughes haven taken over at that club.

Never mind, we still got Warren Feeney to rescue us!!!