Not a big day at Ewood Park for transfers - and when the window closed at 18:00 BST it was much more out than in ... Zurab Khizanishvili returns to Reading out on loan. He spent six months there last season, and is currently away on International duty for Georgia. and Notts County have snapped up youngster Alan Judge, on loan until January. The republic of Ireland under 21 only signed a new deal last summer to keep him at Ewood Park until 2011.
Also off on loan is striker Maceo Rigters. He's joined Netherlands Eredivisie side Willem II. Maceo joined Rovers on a four-year deal but has struggled to break into the first team.
Late news of another player out - as had been expected - and it's a full transfer. Lars Jacobsen has joined West Ham on a free, having arrived at Blackburn under the same conditions last Summer. The clubs official website says that the Dutch International made 16 Rovers appearances in his time at the club.

Things might be different in January - with the possibility of new funding if the proposed takeover goes through. But on that front there were reports today that seemed to cast a shadow over Ahsan Ali Syed's Bahrain-based firm 'Western Gulf Advisory'. A special report on BBC 5 Live said that the potential Blackburn owner had been told to wrap up his business "for violating the laws and regulations of Bahrain". However the Lancashire Telegraph carry a statement from Mr Syed saying “There is no hidden investor or any outside wealth involved in any way in the investment activities of Western Gulf Advisory. All our investments are based on our own financial resources and strength, and I am the sole shareholder of the company." There are links to the Telegraph story and a the full BBC report below (31st August 2010)

The draw for the third round of the Care ling Cup has awarded Blackburn with an away tie at Aston Villa - the ground where last season Rovers lost 7-4 on aggregate in a ten goal thriller! The lunchtime draw also provided the North West with a couple of great derby games, Burnley at home to Bolton, and Preston away at Wigan.
The full draw is:
Brentford v Everton - Portsmouth v Leicester City - Stoke City v Fulham - Chelsea v Newcastle United - Aston Villa v Blackburn Rovers - Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal
Millwall v Ipswich Town - Wolverhampton Wanderers v Notts County - Burnley v Bolton Wanderers - Birmingham City v MK Dons - Liverpool v Northampton Town
Scunthorpe United v Manchester United - West Bromwich Albion v Manchester City - Sunderland v West Ham United - Peterborough United v Swansea City
Wigan Athletic v Preston North End
The games to be played w/c 20th September 2010 (28th August 2010)

For Rovers first away game - it was Saturday at St. Andrews ... a place they've had little successover recent years. It was a Saturday afternoon away - and Big Sam has a poor record playing games away from Ewood on a Saturday! But the first half showed what Rovers could do - and they were certainly the better side - despite going in at the break 0-0. Ben Foster ready for anything that Blackburn created. The second half started with a perfect opportunity for Blackburn - Chris Samba adjudged to have been fouled in the box, and Morten Gamst Pedersen was on hand to put the ball on the spot. Sadly for Morton, Ben Foster again made a wonderful save to deny Rovers. But they didn't need to wait long for their second chance - and this time Pedersen tuned provider from the corner to the near post and Steven Nzonzi was on hand to head home. 0-1 and Rovers went top of the 'virtual' table - for three minutes! Craig Gardner restoring the balance with an equaliser for Birmingham as Paul Robinson was beaten for the first time this season. Niko Kalinic had a great chance blocked by the Birmingham keeper and then hit the woodwork! From distance Craig Gardner took a shot and claimed his second and what tuned out to be the Birmingham winner. Former Blckburn favourite Matt Derbyshire did come off the bench for his new side - as he started his one year loan deal. He was fouled by Ryan Nelsen who picked up a yellow for his trouble! Welcome back Matt. The Rovers manager will be at a loss to work out how his team came back pointless - but the final score of 2-1 says all you need to know. Big Sam told reporters that he was very happy with the over all performance and very disappointed with the result. He paid tribute to Ben Foster saying that the Birmingham keeper won them the game. (21st August 2010)

Ahasan Ali Syed has been talking to BBC Radio Lancashire about his hopes for a quick takeover of Blackburn Rovers, and he says there'll be money to spend. The Indian businessman has been given a month to check over the clubs books - but is keen to move much faster than that. He told Radio Lancashire "I am very keen to move very fast and buy this club at the earliest moment. I am aware that Big Sam has big ambitions for this transfer window and I would love to support his ambitions."
Following other overseas buy outs at othere clubs, Rovers fans might be concerned about the future of their club - but Syed says "I feel privileged, but I would not like to call myself as the owner of Blackburn, but as a fan of Blackburn, and I would love for all the fans to support me ... I would ask the fans to please adopt me as a local. I am not here to make money, I have enough investments outside of the sporting entities to make money, I am taking Blackburn as a passion and I would like them to support me in my passion. This is an investment to fuel my passion."
He's yet to meet Big Sam - but says that he wants to provide the Blackburn Manager with the funds to do some business before this transfer window closes. "He's done a fantastic job with limited resources, and I'm sure with my liquidity and support I think he can do wonders. I want to move quickly so that we can do well in the transfer window."
So it is possible that on the tenth anniversary of Jack Walkers death £300m could be made available to complete the takeover and take Rovers into a new age that Jack would be proud of. (16th August 2010)