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One member of the Ewood Park club's Premier League title winning side was a major bargain

After the club's promotion from the second tier just in time for the formation of the Premier League in the summer of 1992, Blackburn Rovers' owner Jack Walker did not hold back.

A boyhood fan of the club, Walker was determined to see his side lift the Premier League title for the first time since the 1930s, and he certainly showed that with his investment in the club.

In the wake of that return to the top-flight, Blackburn broke the British transfer record with the signing of Alan Shearer from Southampton in July 1992, for a reported £3.2million.

Others who would go on to play key roles for the club in the years to come, such as Stuart Ripley and Kevin Gallacher, would also join for fees over the value of £1million.

However, some signings would not reach that seven-figure mark, although that did not stop some of those from becoming vital figures in the success the club would go on to enjoy in that period.

Graeme Le Saux was a comparatively cheap signing

In March 1993, the latest name added to the list of players making the move to join Kenny Dalglish's side at Ewood Park was Graeme Le Saux.

The left-back joined Blackburn from Chelsea, having previously spent his whole senior career with the London club.

In that time, he had made 120 appearances in all competitions for the Blues, as they too had become an established Premier League side after promotion in 1989.

Blackburn paid £700,000 for the signing of Le Saux, a relatively small fee compared to those spent on the likes of Shearer, Gallacher, Ripley - and later Tim Flowers, David Batty, Paul Warhurst, and Chris Sutton - among others.

Nevertheless, the investment they did make in bringing the left-back to Lancashire from Stamford Bridge, proved to be a very smart one indeed.

Blackburn Rovers got a key title-winning component from Chelsea

Having completed his move to Ewood Park, Le Saux quickly became a regular on the left-hand side of defence for Rovers.

In his first full campaign for the club, the left-back missed just one league game for Blackburn, as they finished second in the Premier League in the 1993/94 season.

Of course, the following campaign would see the club memorably go one better, lifting the Premier League title at the end of a dramatic 1994/95 campaign.

Again, Le Saux's consistency would prove to be vital in the success that Blackburn enjoyed, which will forever remain one of the standout moments in the club's history.

The left-back featured in all but three league matches across the course of that season, with his defensive contributions vital to that run to the title.

With three goals and five assists in the league that season, Le Saux played his part in securing the championship when getting forward in attack as well.

Having helped Blackburn break their long top-flight title drought, the left-back remained at Ewood Park for two more years.

During that time he suffered a horrendous ankle injury and infamously got into an on-pitch fight with teammate David Batty in the club's ill-fated 1995/96 Champions League campaign.

Even so, when he did leave in August 1997, Le Saux returned to Chelsea, with the Blues reportedly paying £5 million to make him the world's most expensive defender at the time.

In doing so, they ensured that the left-back had not only been a key part of Rovers' biggest success in decades - if not ever - but also that the Ewood Park club got a big profit on him, by the standards of the era.

With that in mind, in an era where Jack Walker completed many outstanding pieces of business for Blackburn Rovers, Le Saux surely has to go down as one of the very best.