John Eustace wants permission from Blackburn to speak to Derby after the Rams triggered his £500,000 compensation clause. Derby have made an official approach to Blackburn and they have identified the former Rams defender as their top choice to succeed the sacked Paul Warne. Eustace, 45, is understood to be interested and wants to discuss their approach with Blackburn CEO Steve Waggott and COO Suhail Shaikh.
“I’ve come to the club to help rebuild it and help us push up the league and I’ve been very happy here,” said Eustace, who has turned Blackburn into promotion contenders since succeeding Jon Dahl Tomasson a year ago. Now we’re going to have a discussion with the owners to see what they think. “I’ve just come off the pitch and realised they’ve made an official approach so I’m sure Steve and Suhail will want to sit down with me. I’d be disappointed if they didn’t.” Former Birmingham manager Eustace is Midlands based and returning to Derby, where he ended his career in 2015, would be much closer to his home.
“I’m away from my family a lot,” he said. “When I came here, we were on the way down. Now we’re on the way up. It’s just something we’ll have to discuss with the owners and see what happens.”. Blackburn had a Dom Hyam header ruled out for a dubious offside call at 0-0 and Eustace felt that moment was key. “It’s definitely onside, I’ve seen it back,” he said. “We had a couple of good chances and it could have been a penalty as well so we feel hard done by.”.
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