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Benjani Mwaruwari earns a one year contract extension at Blackburn Rovers
22 Jun 2011 at 13:51hrs | Views
Benjani has been offered a new one-year deal at Blackburn Rovers after insisting he has never considered looking for a fresh challenge elsewhere.
Benjani Mwaruwari's Rovers contract expired at the end of last campaign but, despite being included on the club's released list, he expects to be returning to Ewood Park.
Benjani told the Lancashire Telegraph yesterday he has been offered a new one-year deal by Rovers boss Steve Kean and, while there are still small details to be ironed out, he believes it will be finalised in the next few days.
Rovers boss Steve Kean was unavailable for comment although he did admit last month he had been significantly impressed by Benjani's end to last season to hand him an Ewood life line.
It would mark a dramatic turnaround in Benjani's Rovers fortunes having been written off by the club just a few months after joining Rovers last August as a free transfer.
Benjani's strong end to the season impressed Kean which looks like was enough to change his mind and Benjani now expects to be back in East Lancashire for another season at least.
Benjani scored three league goals for Rovers last season in 18 appearances having been released by Manchester City the previous summer.
Kean said last month: "Benjani has done really well for us.
Benjani Mwaruwari's Rovers contract expired at the end of last campaign but, despite being included on the club's released list, he expects to be returning to Ewood Park.
Benjani told the Lancashire Telegraph yesterday he has been offered a new one-year deal by Rovers boss Steve Kean and, while there are still small details to be ironed out, he believes it will be finalised in the next few days.
Rovers boss Steve Kean was unavailable for comment although he did admit last month he had been significantly impressed by Benjani's end to last season to hand him an Ewood life line.
It would mark a dramatic turnaround in Benjani's Rovers fortunes having been written off by the club just a few months after joining Rovers last August as a free transfer.
Benjani's strong end to the season impressed Kean which looks like was enough to change his mind and Benjani now expects to be back in East Lancashire for another season at least.
Benjani scored three league goals for Rovers last season in 18 appearances having been released by Manchester City the previous summer.
Kean said last month: "Benjani has done really well for us.
Source - lancashiretelegraph
