Allardyce wants wise investment

(GSM) – Blackburn Rovers manager Sam Allardyce plans on spending wisely to improve his squad following the club’s takeover by Venkey’s.

Although the takeover is set to provide Allardyce with funds to strengthen the squad in January, the Blackburn boss insists he wants the spending to be moderate.

“You’ve got to keep to the reality,” said Allardyce. “People will go off mentioning we’re after Torres or Drogba, but in terms of investment, rather than huge sums of money, it will be relatively moderate.

“We will improve the squad, but we will have to be diligent in our research to get the right player and spend the money wisely.

“We all know we have been short of a bit of investment in the last few years.

“Since the trust has tried to sell the club they haven’t been willing to fund the sort of transfers needed to keep the club improving.

“That’s put it in danger of maybe being in the throes of selling your best players and threatened with relegation.”