Blackburn Rovers fuel speculation that Alan Shearer could be handed the manager's job

Blackburn managing director Derek Shaw has hinted that Alan Shearer will be considered as a possible candidate for the vacant manager's job at Ewood Park.

Former Manchester United duo Roy Keane and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer have also been linked with the job along with ex-Real Madrid boss Bernd Schuster and Shaw admits there has been plenty of interest. "There's been a lot of people enquiring about the job - some people in work, some people out of work," he said. "I would have thought (there has been) about 20 good, proper applications."