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"At present, no further details have been revealed as to what the breach entails. Blackburn Rovers and Macron have been approached by Lancashire Telegraph for comment." https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/25808819.blackburn-rovers-legal-dispute-kit-supplier-macron/ Macron have registered a court filing against Blackburn Rovers for a breach of contract. The Italian Sportswear giant are the club's current kit manufacturer and have been since a five-year deal was struck in 2021. That deal expires this summer and Rovers are anticipated to change suppliers when their current agreement ends. On January 28, Macron filed a court application against Blackburn Rovers due to a 'breach of contract', as is listed by a document seen by Lancashire Telegraph. It has long been expected that the two parties will separate this summer. However, nothing has been officially confirmed by Rovers or Macron at this stage. At the most recent Fans' Forum (October 2025), Head of Commercial, Yasir Sufi, confirmed that a tender process beyond the end of their current kit deal has been completed but wouldn't discuss further due to the existing deal with Macron. Additional comments were made that fans' views on original designs and pricing had been taken into account with their decision. At present, no further details have been revealed as to what the breach entails. Blackburn Rovers and Macron have been approached by Lancashire Telegraph for comment. Rovers' recent anniversary kits have proven popular. The 2024/25 shirts, mark 30 years since their famous Premier League title triumph, surpassing all recent sales. Speaking to Lancashire Telegraph's Arte Et Labore podcast last April, Sufi said: "Retail-wise, we've nearly doubled sales in retail from three seasons ago across the board. "Obviously, the kits have been a massive reason for that, especially with, for example, the third kit. "So just on the third kit this year, and honestly, I still get astounded by the number of people wearing it. We sold around 2,400 of the yellow third kit that we had (2023/24), which was really good, but we've tripled sales of the third kit this season on its own. "We've got a fantastic team who care a lot about the football club and want to see it progressing. So commercially, we've been strong in that area."

Powell has joined Barrow in League 2 until the end of the seaosn

There were starts on Tuesday for Edmondson - lost 4-3 - replaced after 66 minutes with the score at 4-3 Wood - lost 3-0 - played the full game On the bench Barrett -lost 1-0 - remained on the bench throughout

lol 🙂 Also Powell is off on loan to Barrow Could we not have sent De Neve instead?

Not transfer related, but another stain on our name

Scored for the U21s on Monday Pretty sure he will either stay with the U21s or go out on loan for the rest of this season

I think Jorgensen would have needed an ESC slot, Baradji & Henriksson also take up one each (neither of those can be switched until the summer) If Jorgensen is an ESC player, they must have switched Toth to a GBE, Wilsden was also of the opinion that Kargbo could have been switched over by now too. Without doing the maths, I will take him at his word So we either have one left (if Kargbo has been switched), or none, if he hasn't

The other 2 were also not "aligned" to anywhere near the same extent as Ismael is He is far from our biggest issue, but he is at the very least complicit in the past years demolition of a squad that challenged for the play offs past year Maybe he would not be so aligned if he had other options? But his performance/the teams form since he joined has meant that he has no other options. If he stays quiet and doesn't kick up a stink after what we all know will be a damp squib of a transfer window, then I think he will be here until the end of his contract (barring a remarkable turnaround in form which will see hum suddenly gain a voice and shortly thereafter depart for greener pastures)

He did indeed, added a note to my previous post

We could also ask why/how Broughton managed to complete those purchase during this first summer without a hiccup, but then suddenly "forgot" how to do his job As an additional (and unrelated to the above) - Pretty sure that whenever he was allowed to spend more than £1M on a player, they were a success (those he bought for under a million were much more hit and miss) - He at least knew how to get contracts signed

Left footed, same age as Atcheson, JDT brought both (Davies & Atcheson) on a pre season training trip when both were 16, so he saw something in him Its mental just how many centre backs we bring through who look to have the makings of being at least Championship standard

The "multi million pound fee" will only be applicable if he triggers all of the add ons, probably including such fanciful notions as promotion to the Premier League The guaranteed fee is probably closer to £1.5M

that was also done on time, but someone messed up the "paperwork"

Updated list, following Jorgensen signing & Davies contract renewal Each player is linked to Rovers confirmation of their last contract signing, Options only noted where specifically mentioned by the club, although as we have seen in the past (eg Hyam) sometimes these are not disclosed. Expiring in 2026 - Tronstad, Forshaw, Hedges, Mullarkey-Matthews, Khan, Farkas, Stritch, Dlamini, Wood, Boggan, all current 2nd year scholars including Tyjon Expiring in 2026 but with an option - Honor, Pratt, Olson, Batty, Duru, Montgomery, O'Grady-Macken, Loan expiring in 2026 - Cashin Loan expiring in 2026 but with a purchase option - Baradji, Gardner-Hickman Expiring in 2027 - Toth,, Carter, Garrett, Cantwell, Kargbo, Edmondson, Doherty, all current first year scholars including Higgins Expiring in 2027 but with an option - Barrett, Goddard, Pickering, McLoughlin, Ribeiro, Ohashi, Litherland, Houghton, Powell, Pears (Gestede confirmed in the leaked phone call), Expiring in 2028 - O'Riordan, Tavares, Eze Expiring in 2028 but with an option - Atcheson, Miller, Alebiosu, De Neve, Gudjohnsen, Morishita, Wharton, Expiring in 2029 - - Expiring in 2029 but with an option - Henriksson, Michalski, Jorgensen, Davies,