Blackburn Rovers braced for cutbacks as sell-off looms According to sources at Ewood, Venky's has begun to offer the club for sale in Asia and the Middle East while insisting in Europe that the club are not for sale. There are two consortiums who are prepared to take the club off the Venky's hands and invest but will not pay the Venky's for the club. No talks have been held. The internal warfare seizing Ewood has been laid bare with a leaked letter exposing a club in turmoil. Correspondence sent by deputy chief executive Paul Hunt to the club's Indian owner, Anuradha Desai, reveals the disarray at Ewood since the controversial Venky's takeover. In a letter written last December, Hunt fears financial catastrophe, recommends the immediate sacking of Kean because he lost the support of the players, and pleads for the authority to make an executive response to prevent an inevitable drop into the Championship. Hunt, effectively chief executive since the departure of the highly respected John Williams last season, portrays himself as powerless to take any major decisions, while the Indian owners are presented as inattentive in the face of impending doom. The 2,500-word letter, published by the Sporting Intelligence website, was written hours after a home loss to Bolton on Dec 21, 2011. Hunt implores Desai to "make some significant changes to save the club, perhaps from relegation but also perhaps from administration." The letter continues: "In 20 years of the Premier League there has been only one side that was bottom of the league at Christmas that has survived relegation at the end of the season." Hunt proposed a "10-point plan" to halt Rovers" slide. Among his recommendations were for the owners to plough £10 million into the club to "protect their investment" and to reassure their bankers, Barclays, who were "losing patience." Hunt suggests without this immediate investment he could not be certain financial commitments such as players" wages could be met. Rovers later sold defender Christopher Samba to Russia's Anzhi Makhachkala for £12 million and ended their relationship with Barclays. Hunt does not hide his view on the position of the manager. "Publicly I have been asked to support the manager and I always have as I personally like Steve," he says. He has lost the crowd and has lost the dressing room as well - the players no longer want to play for him. Perhaps most disturbing is the image of Blackburn as a club utterly devoid of leadership. "We are losing fans at an alarming rate," says Hunt. Research shows that only five per cent of ex-season ticket holders will return. It is all reparable of course, but we must start to act now by building bridges with fans and the media as above. The club were contacted over the letter but made no comment.