Kean's side travel to White Hart Lane to face Tottenham on Sunday, knowing that even a win might not be enough to get them out of the relegation zone.

The Rovers' boss dismissed suggestions that their survival is dependent on other teams' results, insisting that three wins will see them survive, despite having to face an in-form Wigan as well as both Spurs and Chelsea away.

Speaking to The Lancashire Telegraph he said: "I can understand people saying it is out of our hands to a certain extent but if we get three wins we’ll be safe.

"So I think we can look at the table and think if we beat Tottenham and Wigan and then the last game we would definitely be safe and maybe even safe before that.

"We need to take each game by game but we need to try and win at least two games.

"If we get three wins we'll be safe and we might even need even less than that. We can't look at the Tottenham game and think it does not matter. We need to get points and try and win.

"It's massive. We're in a situation where we know where we are. We're running out of games and teams around us are picking up points. We need to take something from every game."

Blackburn are favourites to join Wolves in the Championship next season, largely due to their tough-looking remaining fixtures.

However, Kean refuses to talk about what relegation would mean for the club, instead mentioning last week's win over Norwich, and Spurs' recent poor form as a reason for Rovers' fans to stay positive.

"We don’t say to the players anything about people losing their jobs. We just talk about the next thing we can affect which is Tottenham," he said.

"We'll try and get three wins out of three. If you try in that manner and go unbeaten until the end of the season I'm convinced that would be enough.

"It's not a case where form comes into it, we won our last game and kept a clean sheet. They have had a tough period but we know how good a squad they have even if they have four or five out.

"You're as well not looking at the league and not focusing on anything else apart from your own three games."