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Fans of former Premier League champions take their fight to India

Supporters of former Premier League champions Blackburn Rovers are planning to take protesting to a whole new level as they try to save their beleaguered club.

Fan groups say they will fly to India in January in a bid to force a meeting with controversial club owners Venky’s.

A protest during a one-day international cricket match between India and England has also been suggested, while the club’s leading all-time goalscorer is also lending his support to the fans’ efforts.

Venky’s ownership of Rovers has been a catalogue of disasters, with the club falling out of England’s top flight in 2012 and debts rising to over $130 million.