Craig Bellamy played for Blackburn .
Vratislav Greško , Lorenzo Amoruso and £6.75 million signing Corrado Grabbi were all flops for Blackburn , whilst Steven Reid and Brett Emerton were also disappointing – although they both improved for Blackburn after Souness ' departure. Souness left Blackburn Rovers in 2004 to become manager of Newcastle United .
Graeme Souness