BLACKBURN Rovers were today facing up to the prospect of losing Rob Kelly to Leicester City.

As I understand it, the Foxes want Kelly as number two to their new manager Craig Levein.

The Coca-Cola Championship club are believed to have made a formal approach for Kelly yesterday afternoon.

And it looks as though Rovers' highly respected reserve team coach will join Leicester in the next few days if he's given permission to speak to them.

Kelly has a reputation for being one of the brightest young coaches in English football.

He made his name as the coach of Rovers' Youth team and led them to two separate Youth Cup finals during his time at the Academy.

At the beginning of the summer, he was promoted to the reserves, where he currently works alongside Tony Parkes.

But the lure of a first team job at the Walkers Stadium may prove impossible to resist.