How is ex-Blackburn Rovers player Morten Gamst Pedersen getting on these days?

Although he enjoyed success with Norwegian top-division side Tromso, the most successful period of Morten Gamst Pedersen’s career came in the Premier League as he enjoyed a nine-year spell at Blackburn Rovers.

First arriving at Ewood Park in 2004 for a fee thought to be in the region of £1.5m, this was a reasonably small investment for a side competing in the top tier of English football and it’s a purchase that proved to pay dividends for the Lancashire outfit.

He may have only made 19 league appearances during his first season at the club, but when he was available, he was one of the first names on the teamsheet and this continued to be the case throughout the vast majority of his spell in England.

This led the Norwegian to make 348 competitive appearances for Rovers, scoring 47 goals and recording 66 assists in the process as he enjoyed a fruitful spell in the top tier before dropping down to the Championship for a season prior to his departure.

He finally left the club in 2013 but endured an unproductive spell at next club Karabukspor in the Turkish top tier, making 10 league appearances and failing to record a single goalscoring contribution during his season there before returning to his home nation.

The 40-year-old hasn’t left Norway since, enjoying spells with Rosenborg, Tromso for the second time, Alta and current side Asane.

Although he has continued to be a threat going forward throughout the years, he enjoyed a particularly successful campaign with Alta last term as he registered 12 goals and one assist in the third tier of Norwegian football.

This form earned him a move up to the second tier with Asane, though their league season doesn’t start until April so it remains to be seen how he fares at a higher