Blackburn Rovers manager Tony Mowbray has said that the club had to make a tough decision over the futures of Charlie Mulgrew and Danny Graham. The duo have been a key part of the club’s plans over the past few years, but they have been released at the end of the current season with the club aiming to evolve with newer recruits.
Speaking after the final game of the campaign, he told: “It’s time to move and to create a new team that gets people talking about the team of 2020-21. That’s what football is. It’s not personal at all because I love these guys. Every time I don’t pick a [Charlie] Mulgrew, a Graham or a Smallwood, it hurts because we’ve been on a journey together and they’ve won amazing games. Charlie Mulgrew scored 30 goals across two seasons from centre half, and yet the club has to move on and the team has to evolve. When I sit them in the office and have a chat to them, we’re speaking as friends really, two guys.”
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