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Blackburn have signed former Leicester City midfielder Sidnei Tavares from Portuguese club Moreirense on a three-year contract.

The 23-year-old, who can also operate as a winger, came through the Foxes academy and featured twice in the club's Premier League campaign of 2020/21.

Tavares, who has represented Portugal at youth level, returned to his homeland with Porto the following summer.

He had a spell in Major League Soccer on loan at Colorado Rapids before joining Moreirense a year ago, scoring once in 29 Primeira Liga appearances.

Tavares becomes Rovers' second new arrival so far this summer, following Belgian winger Dion de Neve to Ewood Park.

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Blackburn Rovers have signed KV Kortrijk full-back Ryan Alebiosu for an undisclosed fee on a three-year deal.

The 23-year-old Englishman started his career with Arsenal and had loan spells with Crewe and Kilmarnock before joining the Belgian side in September 2023.

He spent the second half of last season on loan at Scottish Premiership side St Mirren.

Alebiosu is the second player to join Rovers, who finished seventh in the Championship last season, from Kortrijk this summer after winger Dion De Neve signed last month.

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Blackburn Rovers have signed Hull City defender Sean McLoughlin for an undisclosed fee.

The 28-year-old played 146 times for the Tigers over five seasons after joining them from League of Ireland side Cork City in 2019.

McLoughlin spent most of his first season at Hull on loan at St Mirren but has averaged over 30 league appearances a season in the last four years and signed a new three-year contract in 2023.

The former Republic of Ireland Under-21 international will join the Rovers squad which travels to Spain for pre-season training next week.

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Blackburn Rovers have signed Hull City defender Sean McLoughlin for an undisclosed fee.

The 28-year-old played 146 times for the Tigers over five seasons after joining them from League of Ireland side Cork City in 2019.

McLoughlin spent most of his first season at Hull on loan at St Mirren but has averaged over 30 league appearances a season in the last four years and signed a new three-year contract in 2023.

The former Republic of Ireland Under-21 international will join the Rovers squad which travels to Spain for pre-season training next week.

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Blackburn Rovers have signed Hibernian full-back Lewis Miller for an undisclosed fee on a three-year deal.

The 24-year-old Australia international made 39 appearances in all competitions for Hibs last season as they finished third in the Scottish Premiership.

He could make his Rovers debut in Saturday's season-opener at West Bromwich Albion.

Miller's arrival at Ewood Park comes after they sold full-back Callum Brittain to Championship rivals Middlesbrough earlier on Monday.

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GAIS for an undisclosed fee.

The 23-year-old has agreed a four-year contract, with a club option of an extra year.

He made 38 appearances and scored nine times in the Swedish top-flight for the Gothenburg-based club over the past two seasons.

Henriksson is the sixth player signed by Rovers this summer to join Valerien Ismael's first-team squad.

They begin their Championship campaign away to West Bromwich Albion on Saturday (15:00 BST).

Having missed out on the play-offs on the final day of last season, Ismael has rejigged things.

Henriksson follows defenders Lewis Miller, Ryan Alebiosu and Sean McLoughlin, winger Dion de Neve and midfielder Sidnei Tavares in switching to Ewood Park.

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Blackburn Rovers have signed Japan international Ryoya Morishita.

The versatile 28-year-old joins from Polish side Legia Warsaw for an undisclosed fee, having agreed a three-year contract with the option for a further year.

Morishita, who can operate out wide either in defence or attack, started his career in his homeland with Sagan Tosu.

After spending three years with Nagoya Grampus, he made the move to Legia Warsaw in January 2024.

Last season, he scored 14 goals and weighed in with as many assists with the highlight being a goal and two assists in the Polish Cup final victory over Pogon Szczecin.

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Blackburn Rovers have completed the signing of Iceland striker Andri Gudjohnsen for an undisclosed fee.

The 23-year-old son of former Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea and Barcelona star Eidur Gudjohnsen has signed a three-year deal at Ewood Park, with an option for a 12-month extension.

He spent last season at Gent in the Belgian Pro League, where he scored five goals in 32 league games after joining them from Swedish side Norrkoping.

Gudjohnsen also had a loan spell at Danish side Lyngby in 2023-24, having previously been part of the youth set-ups at both Barcelona and Real Madrid, playing 19 times for the latter's B side and scoring four goals.

He joins a Rovers sideb which has had a poor start to the season, losing three of their first four league games, including a 2-0 home defeat by Norwich City on Saturday.

He has scored nine goals in 34 international appearances for Iceland, and has now linked up with the national team for World Cup qualifiers against Azerbaijan and France.