Alan Shearer is set for detailed talks with Blackburn Rovers chairman John Williams about the manager's job at Ewood Park.

The People says Williams contacted the ex-Rovers striker, who is on BBC duty at the Euro 2008 finals, and the signs are that he is up for the chance to replace Mark Hughes in the Ewood Park hot-seat.

Shearer has been taking his coaching badges and revealed that he would like to be a manager in his own right after snubbing a move to be part of Kevin Keegan's coaching team at Newcastle.

And the former England captain - who scored 112 goals in four seasons at Ewood Park - will speak with Blackburn in detail about the vacancy to see if it is right for him as he feels his first managerial job has to be a good one.

Shearer already has a backroom team in waiting with Tommy Craig, the former Newcastle assistant who helped him get his coaching badges and old mate Mike Newell at the ready.