BLACKBURN Rovers have again been knocked back in their efforts to speak to former skipper Tim Sherwood about their vacant managerial position.

Sherwood is high on Rovers’ wish list as they attempt to appoint a new boss to replace the departed Steve Kean.

But the 43-year-old is currently working as Tottenham’s technical co-ordinator and the North London club have now refused another approach from Rovers to speak to Sherwood.

For more on this story, see tomorrow’s Lancashire Telegraph.