Today Blackburn Rovers Football Club owners Venky’s put out an open letter to fans of the club. The full text of the letter is as below. For comment and discussion, please see the topic on the BRFCS main messageboard forum.
Now that the season has ended, we would like to put on record our thanks to Gary Bowyer and the players for their hard work and dedication in what was a season of stability and one in which we could see real progress and promise for the future.
You the fans, too, have played a huge part in that and we want to say a special thank you for the support and commitment you have once again shown to Blackburn Rovers.
Many supporters have contacted us this season in recognition of the hard work and passion of the team and that has been welcomed.
Our family is fully aware of how difficult the past few years have been for everyone who has affection for our great club, we are deeply sorry we haven’t, so far, been able to bring the success we all desire for Rovers.
That said, our commitment has and will not waiver. We have learned some very valuable and costly lessons in our quest to make you, the fans, happy and proud of Rovers and the desire to achieve our mutual dream will benefit from that.
In Gary Bowyer, we have a manager who wants to build a strong, talented team, one to get us back to the Premier League as soon as is possible.
We also feel that off the field, the management and staff is a committed and dedicated workforce, which will complement and support Gary and the players.
We, like many clubs, face the challenge of the impending Financial Fair Play rules and we will do all that is necessary to comply with that, whilst continuing to assist Gary in his pursuit of success.
We are truly thankful of the support you give to the manager and the team and we want to repay that by our continued commitment in Blackburn Rovers.
The club will be working hard throughout the summer on a number of initiatives in readiness for next season in order to make Ewood Park an exciting place to be.
We look forward to next season with great anticipation and excitement; in the meantime we trust you will have a fantastic and enjoyable summer.
Thank you
Anuradha J. Desai, Jitendra Desai,
Venkatesh Rao, Balaji Rao.