Could Venky's be selling Blackburn Rovers?

Just a year back the Venky's (Venkateshwara Hatcheries Group) from Pune bought English Premier League club Blacburn Rovers. Now rumours out of England are saying that the Rao family is considering to sell the club to Qatari Sheikh Tamim bin Hamed Al-Thani, who himself is scouting to buy an EPL club.

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamed Al-Thani has been trying to buy his favourite team Manchester United from the American Glazer family, but he has failed in the attempt and has now switched his focus on clubs he can buy. Interestingly Blackburn Rovers, under Indian ownership, and FC Everton, recently in talks with an Indian Group, are said to be his top targets.

For Venky's and the Rao family Blackburn Rovers has meant that they have come into the public attention after being a rather unknown Indian family owned company. But their management of the Rovers has often come under criticism due to lack of football knowledge and the wrong people said to advice them. But the amount of media coverage they have received especially in India is unparalleled.

Now Sheikh Tamim bin Hamed Al-Thani has shown interest in Blackburn Rovers, but the Rao family is said to be split about what to do. Turn down the offer or accept. While Balaji Rao is said to want to continue to manage Rovers, other family members are considering to sell if a serious offer does come in.

One will have to wait and see what happens...