Blackburn Rovers manager Steve Kean is confident that the future of the club is in good hands provided they are still in the Premier League next term.
The 18th-placed Ewood Park outfit have fought back in the latter half of the campaign to give themselves every chance of avoiding the drop and Kean suggests that if they can achieve survival, then the young players who gained experience this term will only flourish for the good of the club.
"A lot of experience left the club if you think about Ryan Nelsen, Jason Roberts and Keith Andrews and Chris Samba and Brett Emerton to name but a few with a huge amount of Premier League experience.
"It has been a great progression for young players coming through, Junior Hoilett, Martin Olsson, Grant Hanley who's been exceptional and Jason Lowe all young players coming into the team.
"Football fans all over the world want to see their team winning, but I think they can see we are trying to build a new younger team. With an average age of 22 it's the youngest in the Premier League.
"If we can get through this season, I think we will because I believe we have enough ability, determination and togetherness in the squad to get us through these last remaining six games.
"If we get the points and get them early then I think it's a bright future, financially we are in a very stable position as a club and I think the assets in the team, the value of the younger players, will go sky high and if we can add quality and some Premier League experience next year I think we can build a really successful team for years to come.""It has been a real strange year for us," Kean told Sky Sports1HD ahead of tonight's home meeting with Liverpool. "What we have attempted to do is bring a lot of young players through and take the wage bill down.
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