Blackburn table Ronaldinho offer

Blackburn Rovers have reportedly made a bid for Ronaldinho, just hours after denying any such interest in the AC Milan star.

Rovers are believed to have tabled a 6.2-million-pound offer to lure the Brazilian playmaker to Ewood Park.

The bid is being reported as confirmed by Sky Sports News, though Blackburn have yet to make any further comment since denying on Monday they had approached the 30-year-old.

Venkatesh Rao, chairman of Blackburn’s owners Venky’s, said reports that Ronaldinho had been in talks with the Premier League club were inaccurate.

“That is not true. There is no interest at all, they are just rumours,” Rao told the Lancashire Telegraph.

Earlier, Ronaldinho’s brother and agent, Roberto de Assis, stoked the growing speculation by telling the Daily Mirror: “Blackburn have contacted us. There is also other interest in England but this is confidential.”

Ronaldinho is all but certain to depart the San Siro this month after leaving Milan’s training camp in Dubai to negotiate a new deal elsewhere.

Brazilian side Gremio are favourites to land their former youth player, who went on to play with Paris Saint-Germain and Spanish giants Barcelona before moving to Italy in 2008.

But Venky’s are keen to make an immediate impression on the club they purchased in November, and have offered manager Steve Kean a sizeable transfer kitty to boost Blackburn’s stocks.

“Money is not the criteria at all though, we do not mind about the money,” Rao said.

“It is about getting the right players for Blackburn Rovers and we have enough money to do that.”

“That is not a problem. We want to bring quality to Blackburn Rovers.”