Blackburn Rovers academy chief Phil Cannon is aiming to produce a first teamer every year for manager Sam Allardyce.

Cannon was with the successful academy at Everton before moving to Ewood Park.

He told the Lancashire Telegraph: "We need to produce from our 9s to 16s programme. In the past we have taken a lot of boys from other clubs or other countries at 16. Does that count as coming through your academy? Half.

"I would like to be able to produce players from the 9s to 16s, so you identify them and work with them and see them come through.

"At Everton we had one player come through in the first team every year for 15 years. If we could do that here, don't tell the gaffer because he will want more than one, but if you get one a year you have achieved your aim.

"These lads at the academy only have between 12 and 15 months to show us what they can do, so the pressure is on all the time.

"It is just like being a professional and getting a one-year contract extension - the pressure is on."