The list of Jon Dahl Tomasson’s former team-mates reads like a Who’s Who of football but the Blackburn boss is aiming to outstrip them all as he makes rapid progress up the coaching ladder.
Tomasson played in six countries, winning eight trophies, including the Champions League with AC Milan in 2003, and is Denmark’s leading goalscorer with 52 in 112 games. In Italy he counted Paolo Maldini, Andriy Shevchenko, Andrea Pirlo, Cafu and Kaka as colleagues.
Now the Dane is adapting to life on the touchline impressively. In his first season in English football, Tomasson has Blackburn in the hunt for promotion to the Premier League against rivals with greater financial resources.