Blackburn Rovers icon Tony Parkes has attacked the club's Trust over their current problems.

Parkes, who spent 35 years at Blackburn and occupied a variety of roles including player, coach, assistant manager, caretaker boss and scout, insists the club's slump is not down simply to beleaguered manager Steve Kean or Indian owners Venky's.

The Walker trust was set up by the late former owner Jack Walker to own the club and sold its 99.9 per cent holding to Venky's in November 2010 for £43million after a two-year search for buyers.

"There are three groups of people to blame for the situation the club are in, the manager, Venky's and the Walker trust," Parkes told the Daily Express.

"It has to be remembered the Walker trust were the people who brought them in. they wanted to get out and were taking anyone's money to do that. All three have a lot to answer for. Steve Kean will never turn the fans in his favour. That chance was gone a long time ago.

"The fans are the people who ultimately get managers the sack, so surely that has to happen with Steve Kean. It is all very well saying it is only a minority who are against him, but it isn't.

"As a Blackburn Rovers fan through and through it is very difficult to see the club in this situation."