Blackburn Rovers have announced the news that forward Farah Crompton has sustained an Anterior Cruicate Ligament (ACL) injury.

It has been reported that Crompton sustained her injury in a recent pre-season friendly fixture. The player is now likely to miss the 2023/2024 season as a result of her injury.

The player has spent the last two seasons with Blackburn Rovers. She has scored five goals in 42 appearances for the club in the Barclays Women’s Championship. Her four-goal return last season saw her end the campaign as the second-highest goalscorer in the Blackburn Rovers squad.

New Blackburn Rovers head coach Simon Parker will need to add to his squad before the start of the new Barclays Women’s Championship season later this month. The club parted ways with top scorer Saffron Jordan earlier this summer as she turned her focus to her career outside of the game and losing the services of Crompton is a further blow. Attacking reinforcements are almost certain to be made in the next three weeks.

Blackburn Rovers kick-off the 2023/2024 Barclays Women’s Championship season with a fixture against Birmingham City at Ewood Park on Saturday 26 August 2023.

Thomas Kaminski seals Luton Town transfer as Blackburn Rovers goalkeeper pens emotional farewell

The stopper has made the move to Kenilworth Road

Blackburn Rovers goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski has completed a permanent transfer to Premier League side Luton Town.

The 30-year-old makes the move to Kenilworth Road in a deal reported as undisclosed but understood to be worth around £2.5m. Rovers rejected an initial £2m offer from the promoted Hatters, who came back to the table and offered a sufficient fee to the Ewood Park side.

Kaminski had two years left on his Rovers contract, having made 118 appearances for the club since signing from KAA Gent in the summer of 2020 for around £450,000. Blackburn open their Championship campaign at home to West Brom on Saturday and Aynsley Pears – who signed a long-term deal at Rovers this summer – is set to start after finishing last season as number one.

On his departure from Rovers, Kaminski said: “I want to say a massive thank you to the club for giving me the opportunity to fulfil a childhood dream of mine to play in English football and it was an absolute pleasure to do it with such a big club with a big history as Blackburn Rovers.

“I also want to say a massive thank you to the fans for all the love and support they have shown me over the last three years and to all the backroom staff at Brockhall and Ewood who have helped me feel so at home at the club since the day I arrived.

“I must also give a special mention to Ben Benson for everything he has done for me both personally and professionally. I will be forever grateful.

“I have mixed emotions about leaving, because I genuinely love the club and the people in it, but the chance to play and test myself in the Premier League is just too good an opportunity to turn down.

“I have really enjoyed my time in Blackburn, it has been a special time in my career, and I wish the club the best of luck for the future.”