LONDON: The sale of English Premier League side Blackburn Rovers to Indian poultry firm Venky's has been completed, the club announced in a statement on Friday.
The statement on Blackburn's official website said the club's holding company had sold its 99.9 percent shareholding in Rovers to Venky's London Limited, a newly-formed company owned by the Rao family of India.
Established in 1875, Blackburn were one of the founding members of the Football League.
They were also the last club from outside the established big four of Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool to win the Premier League, lifting the title in 1995.
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