Graeme Souness has ruled himself out of the running for the vacant manager's job at Blackburn.
The former Liverpool and Rangers manager has been strongly linked with a return to Ewood Park following the sacking of Paul Ince earlier this week.
However, Souness, who left Rovers in 2004 to manage Newcastle, said he is not surprised to be linked with job.
"I don't know anything and have had no contact at all from Blackburn Rovers," Souness told the Lancashire Telegraph.
"It doesn't surprise me to see my name in there but I'm not your man, I can definitely say that."
Souness' stance makes it even more likely that Sam Allardyce will be offered the job.
Allardyce, who has also been linked with the Sunderland job, is keen to get back into management and Blackburn chairman John Williams confirmed that he has one name at the top of his wish-list and hopes to make an announcement before the end of the week.
Williams said: "I do have an idea of who I want to come in and we will be working to try and make that happen over the next couple of days.
"Hopefully we will have someone in by the weekend but there are no guarantees, we have to make sure we get the right man now.
"You can't underestimate how much of a boost a physical presence could have on Saturday for what is an absolutely mammoth game.
"Everyone needs to know how big this game is as this is a time the club really has to come together."
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