Blackburn Rovers confirm departure of CEO Paul Hunt Rovers, in statement on their website on Thursday, gave no reason for Hunt's departure, saying only: "Blackburn Rovers Football Club can confirm that deputy chief executive Paul Hunt has left the club." Hunt's letter, written following a home defeat by local rivals Bolton in December, also revealed concerns about Rovers' financial position and the growing mood of supporter unrest at Ewood Park following Venky's takeover in November 2010. Sporting Intelligence editor Nick Harris took the unusual step on Wednesday of insisting Hunt was not the source of the leak. "Normally journalists don't reveal their sources but on this occasion I would like to say unequivocally that I didn't receive that letter from Paul Hunt," Harris said. If they sack him for leaking that letter to me, they have got the wrong man. An angry fan released a chicken wrapped in a Blackburn flag onto the pitch during the Wigan match with a one-word message for the owners: "Out."