Blackburn Rovers are expected to confirm the dismissal of Steve Kean this week.

The Mail on Sunday says Kean, the man said to be unsackable when appointed Blackburn's manager in January 2011, looks to have paid for Rovers' relegation from the Premier League, according to sources in Pune and at Ewood Park.

The club's Indian owners, the chicken conglomerate Venky's, have finally decided to remove him as manager, although he will stay at the club in a different role and on the same salary he was paid as he oversaw Blackburn's drop to the Championship.

The decision to get rid of Kean as manager will be greeted with mixed emotions by many supporters, who feel the Scot symbolises the problems of their club.

Some will be happy he is no longer at the helm, others troubled that he seems certain to remain at the club and apparently with some influence.