Blackburn Rovers boss Mark Hughes insists he's not interested in cashing in on David Bentley.

Liverpool and Tottenham are chasing the England international, but Hughes told the Lancashire Evening Telegraph: "I need to add to the quality here, not take quality away.

"Okay, I might be able to get a certain amount of money for any given player in the squad, but are you able to replace that quality with similar quality for the same price? It's difficult.

"I'd rather keep what I know, and keep the players that I've worked with, because they understand what I want and you don't have to start the process from a low point again, and build up to the point where you've had players with you for two or three years, which is where we are now.

"So it doesn't make sense to let players go, certainly when I don't have to."