BENNI McCarthy insists Rovers will enter 2009 without the worry factor after backing boss Sam Allardyce to inspire a Premier League great escape.

WOLVES boss Mick McCarthy has told the Premier League his players are not for sale

Benni McCarthy has warned team-mate Roque Santa Cruz that he risks harming his career should he decide to quit Blackburn Rovers in the January transfer window.

Benni McCarthy scored in the final minute of the first half as Blackburn Rovers piled the pressure on former manager Mark Hughes.

Benni McCarthy is ready to add to Sam Allardyce’s problems at Blackburn by demanding to follow Roque Santa Cruz out of Ewood Park in January.

Benni McCarthy is ready to add to Sam Allardyce’s problems at Blackburn by demanding to follow Roque Santa Cruz out of Ewood Park in January. The new Blackburn manager already accepts Santa Cruz will be sold to Manchester City if, as expected, they lodge a 20million bid next month.

BENNI McCarthy has warned the Premier League the old Blackburn Rovers are back after helping new boss Sam Allardyce end his 11-month exile in style.

Football often becomes a pantomime when Neil Warnock is in town but for once he was cast as neither villain nor jester as his Palace side took their unbeaten run to seven games.

Recalled Benni McCarthy nets twice.

New Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce proved he had the Midas touch as his side stunned Stoke at Ewood Park. Benni McCarthy scored twice after being recalled to the starting line-up in place of Roque Santa Cruz.