Source: Eurosport
Chimbonda joins Rovers
Blackburn have completed the signing of Tottenham defender Pascal Chimbonda on a two-year contract. [LNB] The 30-year-old Frenchman has been brought in as a direct replacement for left-back Stephen Warnock, who has moved to Aston Villa for a fee believed to be around £7million. [LNB] Rovers manager Sam Allardyce said: "We've got the deal done. We've got an experienced player who is desperate to play football again, having missed it at Spurs."[LNB] He added: "The experience of the player, the adaptability of the player in a number of positions and his past record means we will have a good player on our hands and will not miss Warnock too much. [LNB] "We all know his favourite position is right-back. We are well covered there, but he can play centre-back and left-back.[LNB] "He was eager to get away from Tottenham, because he has not played enough games for them and he just wants to play football.[LNB] "When you meet someone who tells you they just want to play football it is a good thing from the start. [LNB] "When you see what he has achieved in his Wigan and Tottenham early days we want him to come and emulate that at Blackburn, whichever position we pick him in."