ROVERS defender Andre Ooijer looks set to leave Ewood Park this summer after admitting he is keen on ending his career in his Dutch homeland.
The Holland international’s Rovers contract expires at the end of this season and he has given his clearest indication yet he is eyeing a permanent return home.
PSV Eindhoven, Ajax, AZ Alkmaar and Feyenoord are all believed to be tracking the 34-year-old, while Rovers are understood to be keen to start talks on his future.
Ooijer told the Dutch FA’s official website: “My contract is due to expire next year and then I am a free agent at the end of the season.
“In principle, I am allowed to talk to other clubs from January. If it is up to me and my family, I will return to the Netherlands.”
The experienced stopper arrived at Blackburn in 2006 from PSV, but is unsure who he will join when his Rovers deal runs out.
He added: “I have read that there is a lot of interest in me, but I really have got no idea yet which club I will eventually move to.”
Meanwhile, Egyptian centre midfielder Ahmed Al-Muhammadi is understood to have already arrived in Lancashire for his trial with fellow countryman Hosny Abd-Rabbo expected in the next couple of days.
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