BLACKBURN Rovers owners Venky's have again denied the club is for sale.

Co owner Venkatesh Rao has also told an Indian news channel deputy chief executive Paul Hunt was sacked as a cost cutting measure - and not because of a leaked letter.

Rao told Times Now about the rumours of the club being up for sale: "It is a company of ours and there is nothing in it. These allegations are not correct.

He continued about Hunt's sacking: "It is not sacking because of that. We have to bring the budget down, it is nothing to do with it (the letter)."

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