Overview
- Blackburn announced Ismael’s exit by mutual consent with immediate effect in a club statement.
- He leaves after an eight-game winless run that has Rovers 22nd and three points from safety, a slide from last season’s seventh-place finish.
- Assistant head coach Dean Whitehead has also departed, and Blackburn say the appointment process is under way with no further comment until it is complete.
- Sky Sports reports no caretaker has been named for Tuesday’s game against Sheffield Wednesday, where a win would lift Rovers out of the bottom three.
- Media and bookmakers have linked Tony Mowbray, Slaven Bilic, David Wagner, Damien Duff and Gary Rowett to the vacancy, as fan unrest and a Macron legal claim add off-field strain.