MANAGER Sam Allardyce insists striker Paul Gallagher could still have a bright future at the club.
The Scotland international spent most of last season on loan at Plymouth Argyle, but Big Sam is ready to give him a fresh chance to prove himself in pre-season.
The Rovers chief said: "It's down to Paul. He had one of the brightest futures of any young player at Blackburn Rovers many years ago under Graeme Souness.
"I remember him playing up front with Jon Stead and thinking 'Wow! What a partnership that is going to be for many years to come', but it hasn't materialised.
"There is only one person who can change that, and that is Paul himself.
"I hope he has looked in the mirror this summer and said to himself: 'Why am I not playing at Blackburn Rovers when I was playing in the Premier League, the top league in the world, three or four years ago when I was three or four years younger than I am now?'
"So if Paul wants to change his outlook on how he wants to develop his career, he'll be at a great place to do it with me because, if a player wants to get the maximum out of himself, I know how to give him the opportunity to do that, as I've done with many players before.
"The talent is not in question, the desire to be a Premier League player is what Paul needs to have. If he can show that then we have a terrific player at Blackburn Rovers.
"So I'm looking forward to working with him in pre-season, and I'm looking forward to seeing if I can see that determination, and that attitude to use the ability that he has got in the Premier League, because the ability he has is Premier League quality."
