Source: PA
Rovers reject transfer policy rumour
Blackburn's new owners have insisted the sacking of former manager Sam Allardyce had nothing to do with transfer policy.
Allardyce was surprisingly dismissed as Rovers boss on Monday with his team 13th in the Barclays Premier League.
Allardyce had reportedly objected to the prospect of having new signings forced upon him in the January transfer window by Venky's, the Indian firm who recently bought the club. But Anuradha Desai, Venky's chairperson, claims the decision to axe the 56-year-old was based on long-term footballing reasons.
Desai told BBC Radio Five Live: "We have a long-term vision.
"We want to take the club up to higher heights in terms of position, in terms of overall betterment of the club, in terms of development of younger players - the future. In that, Sam definitely didn't fit in.
"We don't want to be, all the time, in danger of being relegated - three points away, five points away. I don't think this team deserves that. This team has a lot of potential and we can see that."
