Kean will not quit Blackburn after relegation

Kean’s Blackburn PL record * Games: 58 * Wins: 13 * Draws: 14 * Defeats: 31

Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Steve Kean.

Kean’s Blackburn PL record* Games: 58 * Wins: 13* Draws: 14* Defeats: 31LONDON – Blackburn boss Steve Kean wants to stay to help rebuild Rovers after they were relegated from the Premier League.Large sections of the Ewood Park crowd chanted "Kean out!” throughout Monday’s 1-0 defeat by Wigan which sent Rovers down after 11 years in the top flight.But afterwards Kean said: "I am not going to walk away. "I will sit down with the owners and discuss a plan on how to assemble a squad to help us bounce back up straight away.”There were numerous protests by Rovers fans against Kean and Blackburn’s owners during the game against the Latics, including a chicken being draped in a Blackburn flag and released on to the pitch in the first half, a reference to the Venky’s poultry business.Blackburn needed a win to have any chance of staying up, but lost out to Antolin Alcaraz’s 87th-minute header."We are devastated, the players are numb,” Kean added. "It is difficult to put into words what the atmosphere is like in the dressing room.Kean, who replaced Sam Allardyce as Blackburn boss in December 2010, has faced calls to be sacked all season but the 44-year-old wants to stay on at Ewood Park to try to make an immediate return to the Premier League."We will be back to fight another day,” Kean explained. "I’ve got to keep as many players as possible, a little like West Ham did, and add a little more experience and then we can bounce back.Bolton Wanderers or Queens Park Rangers will join Wolves and Blackburn in the championship next season.