29-year-old Finnish international Kuqi is set to be a fringe player at Blackburn in the upcoming Premiership season and has a good record at Championship level from his days with Ipswich Town.
Malcolm Christie has been plagued by injuries over the past couple of seasons and faces a fight to break into the Middlesbrough first-team with Mark Viduka and Yakubu ahead of him in the pecking order despite his return to full fitness.