Where are they now: Blackburn Rovers Premier League title winning team

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Alan Shearer - Forward

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The second part of the infamous SAS partnership that remains the most formidable strike force to grace Premier League football. 34 goals in 42 games for Shearer during the season remains a Premier League record still untouched to this very day.

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The formidable striker recorded his best goals-to-games ratio during his time at Blackburn and is forever remembered as a Rovers hero and lived up to his £3.2million record transfer fee when he was signed from Southampton in 1992.

Rovers' hearts were broken in 1996 when Newcastle signed Shearer for £15million - then a world-record fee. Chairman Jack Walker was so desperate to keep Shearer in 1996, that the chairman offered the England captain the managerial role at the club - despite being only 25-years-old.

Shearer went on to become Newcastle's all-time record scorer and remained at the club for ten years before returning as manager in 2009. He resigned after the club's relegation from the Premier League, and despite the opportunity to manage Blackburn, Shearer has remained doing punditry work for the BBC where he earns a staggering £400,000 annual salary.

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