Source: PA
Retail therapy needed for Samba
New Blackburn boss Steve Kean believes the promise of new faces in the January transfer window can convince want-away defender Christopher Samba to stay.
Kean stripped Samba of the club captaincy ahead of the Boxing Day defeat at Stoke but will bring him back for the trip to West Brom provided he passes a fitness test.
Kean jetted out to India to meet Rovers' new owners before Christmas and says the news he brought home to his squad has eased the fears of senior players.
He said: "When I told Chris the plans for the transfer window he was very positive so hopefully he can look at it in a different light now and hopefully he will stay.
"Since I came back and explained what is going to be happening they [senior players] have been reassured and I don't think there has been anything negative.
"We will be submitting a list to the owners and it is inevitable we will be bringing in at least a few bodies because we are thin on the ground a bit in key positions."
