Alan Shearer season. Speculation of a transfer to Liverpool, who finished the season as FA Cup winners, also came to nothing. During the middle of 1992, Southampton's manager, Ian Branfoot, became "the most popular manager in English football", as he took telephone calls from clubs "trying to bargain with players they don't want plus cash". Although Branfoot accepted that a sale was inevitable, he claimed that "whatever happens, we are in the driving seat". In July 1992, Shearer was sold to Blackburn Rovers for a fee of £3.6 million, with David Speedie reluctantly moving to The Dell as part of the deal.
1994–95 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season the Month award once. This came in November when he guided Blackburn to four successive wins. The same month also saw Shearer and Sutton jointly win the Premier League Player of the Month award for "| scoring eight goals between them. Kenny Dalglish won the Premier League Manager of the Year award for leading Blackburn to title success, Alan Shearer won both the Golden Boot and the PFA Players' Player of the Year award as nominated by his fellow professionals. Graeme Le Saux, Colin Hendry, Tim Sherwood and Shearer all made it into the PFA Team of the Year. Blackburn