Source: Daily_Mail
HATCHET MAN: Big Sam will have his work cut out to keep Santa Cruz on board
Sam Allardyce's man-management skills will face an extreme test to get Roque Santa Cruz contributing anything much to Blackburn's Premier League survival bid. After Rovers managed to rebuff Manchester City's transfer window interest in the striker, he faces an uncertain future. Temperamental: Roque Santa Cruz More from Hatchet Man. HATCHET MAN: Talk of being able to live without Champions League riches could backfire on Gunners04/02/09 HATCHET MAN: Ronaldo blew us away last season but he's all hot air this time around04/02/09 HATCHET MAN: Moyes has a cheek to moan about refs when his Toffees keep sticking the boot in04/02/09 HATCHET MAN: Do me a favour! O'Neill won't be flavour of the month for long if he keeps begging Capello to wrap his stars in cotton wool04/02/09 HATCHET MAN: Barry may have a short memory but we have not forgotten your act of betrayal03/02/09 HATCHET MAN: Quaresma was too flamboyant for Jose, so he should lift the gloom at Chelsea03/02/09 HATCHET MAN: Liverpool offloading Keane during the title run-in is pure madness03/02/09 HATCHET MAN: Faubert to Real Madrid can't be a very Wise move for the Spanish giants02/02/09 VIEW FULL ARCHIVE Whether Mark Hughes' super-rich employers will be willing to pay £15 million and upwards for Santa Cruz in the summer remains to be seen. They have suggested they will have bigger fish to fry when the window opens again. And that could leave the sulk-prone striker half-hearted when Allardyce needs every one of his squad working overtime to get them out of trouble. Santa Cruz has only scored three League goals for Rovers so far this season and if he gets into double figures the manager will have done very well.