ALAN Shearer will be back in full training with Blackburn Rovers next Monday and is set to talk about the summer of transfer speculation with Ewood chairman Robert Coar at the weekend.

But Rovers stressed today that, as far as they were concerned, nothing had changed over Shearer.

Shearer and Mr Coar met briefly last Friday, before the England star continued his holiday - extended because of his involvement in Euro 96.

And the player said he was likely to return to Brockhall this Friday.

He said: "I will probably just loosen up on Friday before starting full training on Monday.

"I have kept myself fit on holiday.

"Since returning from holiday, I have been made aware of some of the newspaper stories and I will doubtless have talks with the chairman at the end of the week to find out the reality between the headlines."

Shearer was always expected to report back later than the other players, as he didn't finish with England until nearly the end of June. But he joked: "I have never been a great pre-season trainer so the idea of starting a bit later seems a good one to me!"

Mr Coar, who denied that a special summit had been set up between Shearer, himself and Jack Walker yesterday, said he hadn't expected to see the player last Friday.

But Shearer called in at Brockhall after returning from the Bahamas.

"He is keen to get back training again after his holiday but he's still got a few days away yet," said Mr Coar.

Rovers have two more weeks full training left before they start their pre-season friendly matches in the South East.

The first game is at Colchester on Saturday week, August 3.

A large party of young Rovers players left early this morning to compete in the prestigious Northern Ireland international youth tournament the Milk Cup.

The club have entered teams in the under-16 and under-14 sections.

Rovers have been drawn in the same group as Shimizu S-Pulse (Japan), County Londonderry and Charlton Athletic in the under-16 tournament.

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