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BEN BRERETON DIAZ
By Chris Dunlavy

BRBLACKBURN ROVERS STRIKER

SHARP-SHOOTER: Blackburn Rovers’ Ben Brereton Diaz fires home one of his three goals in the 5-1 win against Cardiff last month
PICTURE: Alamy

TONY Mowbray, the Blackburn Rovers manager, always insisted that the £7m outlay on Ben Brereton was a long-term investment.
“We’re not signing Ben for today,” he said in January 2019, when Brereton’s loan move from Nottingham Forest was upgraded to a permanent deal.
“We’re not signing him for tomorrow, next week or ...

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