Kean’s appetite for the surreal has done little to help his cause with the Blackburn supporters, who memorably shipped a 'Kean Out’ banner to Pune before having it unfurled by local fans during the club’s friendly in India earlier this season. When Phil Jones left Blackburn for Manchester United last summer, Kean admitted, with a straight face, that the player ''wanted Champions League football and we’re not at that moment where we can offer him that yet’’. Who knows how long he would have waited for Venky’s and Kean to bring Champions League football back to Ewood Park?