BLACKBURN Rovers debts have more than doubled to £54.5million, accounts filed this weekend showed.

The club has also recorded a loss of £36.5million in 2012/13, a major drop after posting profits of £4.3million last time round.

Turnover has dropped £27.3million to £26.9million since the club dropped out of the Premier League to the Championship.

The club also reported it was spending 136.1 per cent of that turnover on wages, which stood at £36.6million.

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