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Jansen impresses Blackburn boss

Matt Jansen
Jansen says playing for Rovers again is his "ultimate ambition"

Blackburn boss Paul Ince has been impressed by Matt Jansen as the forward bids to earn a Rovers contract.

Jansen, 31, is training with the club after two-and-a-half years out of the game with injury problems.

Ince said: "If you have the chance to get someone like Matt fit and see if he can slot into our first-team set-up, it has to be worth it.

"He had a couple of sessions with the first team and hasn't looked out of place," he told the club website.

He added: "Matty has been out of the game for a while but he's kept himself fit and has come in here hitting the ground running. Each week he will get better and better."

Ince has set no deadline on making a decision about whether to sign Jansen, who could join outside of the transfer window as he does not have a club.

The former Bolton man, who only started 16 Premier League games following a motorcycle crash in 2002, has recently rediscovered the desire to play again after losing interest in the game.

He has been without a club since May 2006.

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