“If they haven’t felt that comfortable with him from the first few games, then they shouldn’t have employed him," said Le Saux, who made close to 150 appearances for Rovers, winning the Premier League title in 1995.
“It’s an easy option for the club to say it’s not going to work for the rest of the season. It’s a lot braver to sort of stick with it, but they’ve invested in him and he’s not been there long and he deserves an opportunity.
“You need young English managers coming through.”
Le Saux, who became Britain's most expensive defender when he rejoined Chelsea from Rovers for £7m in 1997, suggested the Blackburn job may have come too soon for the self-proclaimed ‘Guv’nor’.
“He’s had a quick rise from Macclesfield, then MK Dons,” he said. “To then go to a club like Blackburn – and you can’t blame him for taking that job – it’s obviously a dream job for someone of his experience.
“But the thing I felt when he took the job was that was there another job that he should have taken first? It’s easy to say that in hindsight, but another stepping stone along that way would have been a good experience for him.”
The Lancashire club have lost five league games on the bounce, and haven’t won in the league since their 2-1 defeat of Newcastle United in September, with Rovers’ relegation form leaving Ince as the bookies' favourite in the Premier League sack race.
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