Blackburn Rovers
In August 2002 Blackburn Rovers signed Thompson for £1.5 million. His rise in division as well as form gave him international recognition, as Sven-Göran Eriksson named him in the England squads against Slovakia and Macedonia.
Thompson became prone to injury, a cartilage problem and further surgery in 2003-04 led him to suffer a breakdown in form. His recovery was aided by visits to the Bayern Munich doctor Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt.
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