ALAN Shearer has hit out at Venky’s following Blackburn Rovers’ relegation from the Premier League.

Shearer spearheaded Rovers’ march to the Premier League title in 1995 but points to the stark contrast between Jack Walker, the owner at the time, and Venky’s.

A number of Rovers fans invaded the pitch to express their anger at the Indian poultry giants and manager Steve Kean following relegation on Monday.

“While I cannot condone the pitch invasion, I can completely understand their dissatisfaction and fury,” Shearer said.

“When I think of the love Jack Walker had for Blackburn Rovers – a local man, who had made his millions and decided to plough plenty of them into his local club. It was not a plaything or a business for him. It was a real passion.

“He wanted his home town on that map, battling with the big boys and beating them. And how we did it.

“It was unrealistic to think such glory days were going to continue forever.

“But what Jack Walker had established for the future was a sustainable football club that could eat at the top table.

“This was no yo-yo club, like Wolves for example.

“How could the owners treat it with such contempt?

“How can they allow it gradually to crumble?

“All the time they have left Kean hanging out to dry, taking all the flak, while they sit in India.

“There is no way he can go on against the backdrop of such wrath from the fans against him.”