Source: Team_Talk
Sam not expecting summer spending spree
lackburn are not expecting the sale of the club to be completed before the end of the transfer window, manager Sam Allardyce has confirmed.[LNB] Rovers are in discussions with Indian businessman Ahsan Ali Syed over a proposed £300million takeover and yesterday released a statement confirming they had held "a cordial and productive meeting" with representatives of the Bahrain-based lawyer's investment firm Western Gulf Advisory.[LNB]Despite Syed's wish to complete the buyout before the transfer deadline on August 31 - so as to allow some of the initial £80-100million he has pledged for new players to be spent - Allardyce said today that having spoken with Blackburn chairman John Williams, he does not see a deal being finalised that soon.[LNB]The manager acknowledges that exciting times could lay ahead for the Lancashire outfit, but is not letting himself get carried away - and insists he will remain grounded even if he suddenly finds himself with a lot of money to spend.[LNB]"I have to persuade the new owners - if it happens - that we have got to do it relatively slowly, not 'bang, bang, bang, bang'," Allardyce said[LNB]"That is a little too quick to turn a football club round to being successful. You try and do it as quick as you possibly can, but you want to do it by making sure you sign the quality of player at the right price.[LNB]"Even though we might have millions and millions to spend, we still have to negotiate the right price and not over-spend for a player that is not worth the money.[LNB]"If he goes and plays at Ewood Park, we have paid £10million or £20million for him and the fans see him on the pitch and say that he is not worth it, then straight away you are going to have a negative response to the money we have spent.[LNB]"That is the sort of thing you have got to try to avoid, but if we can avoid that, it could bring great success to Blackburn Rovers over the next few years."[LNB]Syed claims he does not want to buy the club for its business potential but to fuel his "passion" for football, something Allardyce hopes will become apparent if the deal goes through.[LNB]"It will be interesting to meet him," Allardyce said.[LNB]"It was interesting that someone with the apparent wealth that he has got wants to enjoy owning a football club.[LNB]"I think that is the key word - if he wants to enjoy it, then that is fantastic."[LNB]Allardyce - who is looking for a new striker to bolster his attacking options - said he had been informed by Williams that the takeover might not be complete until the end of September, and stressed that Blackburn's transfer policy would not be changing for the time being.[LNB]"If it becomes a reality, that would be obviously very, very exciting, but at the moment it is still in the process of negotiation," Allardyce said.[LNB]"While in that process, the speculation in the press by the prospective new owner is very exciting for us all, but until it actually goes through, then for myself, the players and every member of staff here, it is about focusing on what we have to do (in their next Premier League match) against Birmingham City, and what we can do in terms of perhaps securing a striker before the end of the window.[LNB]"The chairman says to me it would be almost impossible to think that any of that money might be available before the end of this window.[LNB]"So we continue down the same line as we have all summer, and bring in another frontman if we can find him."[LNB]Former Manchester City striker Benjani Mwaruwari has been training with Rovers with a view to securing a contract, someone Allardyce feels could be a "good signing" for the club if he can prove his fitness.[LNB]Meanwhile, David Dunn - who limped out of the 1-0 victory over Everton last weekend with a groin problem - is likely to miss Saturday's trip to Birmingham, but Allardyce hopes to have both him and fellow midfielder Vince Grella back for next week's Carling Cup encounter with Norwich.[LNB]
