The Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce wants to bring Real Madrid striker Ruud van Nistelrooy back to the English Premier football League.
Allardyce is looking for a new forward after the departures of Matt Derbyshire and Roque Santa Cruz this month.
And, after persuading Nicolas Anelka to join him at Bolton in 2006, Allardyce believes the 33-year-old former Manchester United forward can be tempted by Rovers.
Van Nistelrooy spent five seasons at Old Trafford, scoring 150 goals in fewer than 200 games over five seasons.
The Dutch striker moved to Real in the summer of 2006, but he has fallen down the pecking order at the Bernabeu following the Spanish side's signings of Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo in recent weeks.
The New Zealander Ryan Nelsen captain's Blackburn.
