Hughes looking for Frannie of oldBlackburn manager Mark Hughes is looking to get former Everton and Arsenal starlet Francis Jeffers back to his best at Ewood Park.
"I remember Frannie from a few years ago when I played alongside him (At Everton)," said Hughes
"At that time, he was one of the top young players in the country and we're only talking two or three years at the most ago.
"I think Frannie has the opportunity here to get his career back on track.
"It's obviously stalled in the last couple of seasons for whatever reason. But he comes here with a clean slate, he's got an opportunity with the way we work and the type of work that he'll get will improve him.
"That's what players who come here respond to on a day-to-day basis and I think Frannie will embrace that and get back to the level we know he can be.
"It's been a difficult couple of seasons for him but the talent is still there.
"He's still very much a young man at 25 years of age so I don't see it as a risk at all.
"I was always impressed by the quality of his movement in and around the box. His work off the shoulder of defenders and the timing of his runs was very impressive.
"He was always on the move and he reminded me very much of an ex-Welsh striker of mine with the angles of his runs. So I think that ability and knowledge in his game will always stay with him.
"Okay, he's lost a bit of form and a bit of confidence but we can build that and make that return, we hope,"
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