Blackburn have ruled out attempting to lure Diego Maradona in as their new manager as Sven Goran Eriksson rejected taking over at Ewood Park.Anuradha Desai, the chairperson of Venky's Group, had suggested that Argentina hero Maradona was a prime target for the manager's post after Sam Allardyce was sacked on Monday.But she has now dismissed the idea of him taking the Rovers
Desai said: 'This is something that because we have offices everywhere somebody spoke about, but it is not true. There is no connection.'This is something from before we got into the EPL - he knows one of our friends, but nothing beyond that. He is not being considered, not now and forever for the future. I can assure you there is nothing we are having to do with Maradona.'Eriksson has been touted as one of the leading contenders to replace Allardyce but he insists he is staying at Championship side Leicester City.He told the Leicester Mercury: 'Everyone wants to get into the Premier League, but I think we can do that with Leicester.
