Allardyce not expecting funds this summer

Blackburn are not expecting the sale of the club to be complete before the end of the transfer window, manager Sam Allardyce has confirmed. Rovers are in discussions with Indian businessman Ahsan Ali Syed over a proposed £300million takeover at Ewood Park and released a statement saying they had held "a cordial and productive meeting" with representatives of the Bahrain-based lawyer's investment firm, Western Gulf Advisory. Syed wants to complete a buyout of the club within two weeks so as to allow some of the initial £80-100million he has pledged for new players to be spent before the transfer deadline on August 31. However, Allardyce said that having spoken with Blackburn chairman John Williams, he does not see a deal being finalised that soon. "John tells me we can't get the deal done any sooner than maybe even as far as the end of September," Allardyce said. "This transfer window will be well and truly shut at the end of August, so that will not allow us to do anything between now and then."

Source: PA