John Eustace’s first words on Blackburn Rovers future and Derby County links

Eustace will sit down with Blackburn Rovers’ board to discuss his future after an

approach from Derby County.

The Rams want to make Eustace, a former player, their next manager after sacking Paul Warne.

Despite Rovers sitting sixth and Derby 22nd, the early indications are that he could leave Ewood Park.

Eustace has family connections with the Midlands and has been left frustrated by Rovers’

activity in the transfer market. He did not deny the interest from Derby and

will sit down with Rovers to thrash out his future.

“I will have to see exactly what’s happened and talk to the owners,”

Eustace told The Lancashire Telegraph.

“At the moment, I will be in charge for West Brom.

I have come here to help rebuild it and help push up the league. I have been very happy here.

“It’s something where I now need to speak to the owners to see what they think as well.

(Do you feel supported here?) I do yes.

“I am away from my family a lot, I am working my socks off, as everyone is,

to make sure Blackburn are very competitive and stay in a healthy position.

“When I came here, we were on the way down. Now we’re on the way up.

We’ve had some disappointing results but it’s something I will have to discuss with the owners and

see what happens.

“I have been linked with jobs all season. That’s down to the efforts of the group. It’s part of the job.

“I have just come off the pitch and realised they have made an official approach.

I am sure Steve (Waggott) and Suhail (Pasha) will want to sit down and talk to me.

I’d be disappointed if they didn’t.”

“I think if a club makes an official approach,

my first conversation has to be with our owners to find out what the situation is.

Then we can take it from there. It is about reassurance too.

Eustace admitted he will look for assurances about the direction of travel at Blackburn.

He was asked about whether he’d want to speak to Derby and whether he felt supported in the

January window.

“I came in with the team in a difficult moment, a lot of disconnect between the fans and the club,” he said.

“I like to think I’ve helped with that and get it back. Most importantly, the players have with the fans.

The efforts they put in since I’ve been here has been amazing, week in, week out.

“We asked for some quality additions to help the group in January and the club managed to sign

two or three players. It’s about a process, building properly and I’m sure we’ll now sit down and speak about what’s going to happen.

“It’s about seeing this club get back to where they should be at the top of this league.

The group have worked their socks off for the last year and you can see they’re a very honest group of players.

The fans are fantastic. Everyone wants it to be successful.”