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The Frenchman says he is tempted to rotate his squad to avoid players becoming fatigued after matches against Aston Villa and Bolton Wanderers in the past week.

“I will rotate a little bit because many players have given a lot,” he told the club’s official website. “[With Van Persie] the temptation is there.

“We are in a situation at the moment where he is the main goalscorer, so I will maybe have to build a team that works around him.”

Park Chu-Young, Thierry Henry and Theo Walcott are potential candidates to replace Van Persie in attack if Wenger does decide to rest his talisman.

However, despite returning from the Africa Cup of Nations with Morocco, the Arsenal boss has confirmed that Marouane Chamakh will not be involved.

“We have Park [Chu-Young], Thierry Henry, we have Walcott who wants to play through the middle – he has not done it,” he said.

“We have not done it but we always have adapted. Thierry Henry at the start was not a centre forward, Robin van Persie was not a centre forward, so we’ll see what we do if it happens.

“But Chamakh is back. No [he is not ready to play]. He should be in today because they have 48 hours to be back after the competition, but I will not use him tomorrow.”

Arsenal, who lost 4-3 in the reverse fixture against Blackburn earlier this season, currently sit in seventh place in the Premier League, five points behind fourth-placed Chelsea. (Goal)

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The future of Samba at Blackburn in the last six months has received serious attention from his club. Earlier in the transfer market last summer, the big defender is also rumored going to leave.

So far Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur had shown interest in the 27-year-old player. However, QPR also do not want to lose. They also will try their best to get the defender.

QPR coach Neil Warnock had previously been widely rumored to be looking for a center-back on the transfer market this month. Samba’s name is believed to be the main target.

Blackburn started the game well. Chris Samba got a chance, but his header hits the crossbar, and his goal was disallowed by the referee. The visitors managed to lead in the 17th minute through Peter Crouch. This tall striker doubled the lead before halftime through a counterattack.

Substitute David Goodwillie cuts the gap in the 69th minute. Ten minutes later, Ayegbeni Yakubu almost equalized. However, his shot was blocked by Jonathan Woodgate, and the ball fell into the arms of Thomas Sorensen.

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Aiyegbeni Yakubu‘s goals at the beginning of each half, plus a header from Grant Hanley ten minutes before the game ends helped Blackburn Rovers gave a big surprise at the end of 2011.

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Blackburn’s first away victory also ruins Sir Alex Ferguson‘s 70th birthday part.

“This is a quite remarkable result. Coming here with a young squad and winning it, this will be a stepping stone to continue to achieve maximum results,” said Kean.

Meanwhile, Kean also praised the performance shown by Aiyegbeni Yakubu, who scored two goals against David de Gea in the game.

“Yakubu is in peak performance. Wherever he played throughout his career, if you give him good service, he will become a reliable scorer.”

Blackburn’s performance this season was fairly bad. Although managed to win against Arsenal, they played the rest of the league with three defeats and one draw. As a result, Blackburn are now in 19th position in the Premier League standings.

Although fans continue to pressure the club to sack him, Kean admits he is not worried. The reason is that he still gets support from the club owners.

“The club owners do not panic. They’re strong. They are here for a long term and continue to support me. We can certainly get through all of this,” he said optimistically.

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Jensen is leaving his position after just nine months working as an Kean’s assistant. The club did not mention the reason for Jensen’s departure. However, it is believed that this is because his relationship with the manager is no longer good.

“John Jensen left his position as assistant manager of Blackburn Rovers. The club would like to thank John for his efforts during the last nine months and wish the best for his future,” wrote the club’s official statement, according to the Mirror.

This means that Kean has to find the right replacement to fill the position of Jensen. In fact, the manager must prepare a heavy duty preparing his team to face Manchester City at Ewood on Saturday (1/10).

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The 28-year-old player landed in England with the status of a free transfers. He signed a three year contract after spending time with Brazilian club Gremio Barueri.

Ribeiro has previously spent time on trial at Rovers, following the pre-season from the beginning and going on tour to Austria. He is also a part of the Rovers squad’s victory agains Accrington Stanley 2-1 and also played in the 4-1 win against Kilmarnock.

The three-year was agreed with the option to extend it in every season. Ribeiro is prepared by Steve Kean, Rovers coach, for today’s game at Ewood Park against Wolves.

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The midfielder has signed a four-year deal at Ewood Park and signs for an undisclosed fee.

Manager Steve Kean is eager to bring in reinforcements before the close of the transfer window and Petrovic joins new signing David Goodwillie in the Rovers squad.

After losing star defender Phil Jones and speculation still surrounding the future of Christopher Samba, pressure is being placed on Kean to ensure that he puts together a squad strong enough to compete in the Premier League.

“We are delighted to bring Radosav to the club, as he is a player that I have admired for some time” Kean told the club’s official website

Petrovic brings both Champions League and international experience to the Rovers squad. The 6’4″ midfielder was a part of the Serbian squad at last year’s World Cup in South Africa, making one appearance.

He first came to prominence on the European scene in 2008 when he transferred to leading Serbian outfit Partizan and it was in this year when he first tasted Champions League football.

For the last two seasons, Petrovic has been named into the Serbian league team of the year and has secured 18 caps at international level, scoring one goal.

Kean added: “His record to date speaks for itself and he is exactly the type of player we have been looking to recruit.”

The player is expected to go straight into the side ahead of the club’s opening day fixture against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Ewood Park, once he has returned from international duty for a friendly against Russia in Moscow.

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According to Tribal Football, the new owners of Blackburn, the Venky group, still wants to bring a star player next summer and the latest report shows that the Blackburn management is wants Vucinic.

Currently Vucinic earn about £ 70 thousand per week in the Italian capital club, so Blackburn have to offer a salary that exceeds that number to attract the player from Montenegro, Vucinic’s contract with Roma still has two more years remaining.

The 27-year-old player also has attracts some big Premier League clubs like Manchester United and Chelsea.