Ince keen to keep star players
foxsports.com     24-Jun-2008            

Updated: June 24, 2008, 8:25 AM EST Comment Blackburn manager Paul Ince, newly installed at Ewood Park, is eager to hold on to star striker Roque Santa Cruz and midfielder David Bentley. Ince, who became the Premier League's first black English manager this week, said he wanted to keep the club's best players and make his backers proud in his first top flight stint as boss. It's official ... Paul Ince is announced as the new manager of Blackburn Rovers. (ANDREW YATES / Getty Images) The former Manchester United player said: "I'm looking forward to getting my teeth into it and I want to keep my best players, David Bentley and Santa Cruz among them. "We don't start (pre-season) until July 7 so I'll speak to those two players and to the rest of them and take it from there." He added: "I am happy to be a role model. I am proud of... [read full story]                    


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