Big Sam expects departures

Sam Allardyce accepts that he will have to make a number of changes to his Blackburn squad during the summer. Rovers are set to avoid relegation from the Premier League after a difficult campaign, as they currently stand six points clear of the drop zone. But Allardyce realises that several players could still leave Ewood Park when the transfer window reopens and he will have to bring in reinforcements. "Football today means players stay less now than ever before and you have to accept that," he told the Lancashire Telegraph. "As a manager, a big part of your business is doing far too much business that you don't want to do really. "We are in a position where we always have to change more players than we really want to and that brings a lot of instability and makes your job so much harder than it should be, because players come and go almost at the drop of the hat. "When you are sitting in Sir Alex's (Ferguson's) spot or Arsenal's spot or Chelsea or Liverpool, it is so much easier because it is only ever one or two changes. "But when you are where we are it is four or five." Allardyce had to fight to keep hold of Roque Santa Cruz in the winter transfer window, while Dutchman Andre Ooijer has already stated his desire to return to his homeland. The futures of Aaron Mokoena, Matt Derbyshire and on-loan trio Carlos Villanueva, Danny Simpson and Gael Givet also remain unclear.

Source: SKY_Sports