Kean targets right blend

Steve Kean is targeting the right blend in the Blackburn dressing room next term to bounce back straight away to the Premier League.

Blackburn boss plans to buy wisely to fire promotion push

Steve Kean is targeting the right blend in the Blackburn dressing room next term to bounce back straight away to the Premier League. Second-from-bottom Rovers end their 11-year stay in the top flight with a trip to Chelsea on Sunday and the Blackburn boss is already planning ahead. Rovers will receive £48million parachute payments over the next four years and Kean is looking to invest 'a good proportion' from the first £16m cheque wisely so they can bounce straight back. He told the Daily Star Sunday: "The key is making sure that the money which we get is spent wisely. I think you can be shrewd and really astute in getting the proper players in. "There must be a blend. We have had a very young side in the Premier League and we need to make sure that we have got the experience which can help us through. "Using that parachute money and other finance and investment will be the key to building the squad. I'm very confident we will get a good proportion of the money."

Fitness programmes

He has already given the squad fitness programmes to prepare for the hard-slog of winning promotion from the tough Championship. He added: "They've all got their start-back date for next season. They know what pre-season programme they are going to be doing. "The individual programmes they have been given by myself and the sports science team will help in this very physical league." Kean wants to beat a Chelsea side who are preparing to take on Bayern Munich in the UEFA Champions League final on May 19th. He said: "But first it's all about winning the last game and finishing on a high. "We are playing against a team which has got one eye on another competition. "We want to go out and acquit ourselves. We have been to other tough away grounds this season and I think there is always something to play for."