[Archived] Potential Summer Transfers (2010)

[bluebruce]

It may be worth considering that Samba has not only just started playing football - so for Rovers / supporters to expect a big fee if sold maybe a pipe dream. After all why did not other scouts of other clubs see Samba's potential.

Sorry, I really don't mean to be rude but uh, what are you talking about? First of all you say Samba has NOT only just started playing football (I think Hughesy missed that word...), and then say this means we can't expect a big fee. How does your premise (although true) support your conclusion? If we follow that line of logic, we can expect big fees for anyone who has just started playing football. My girlfriend has just started having kick-abouts with me on the field near where she lives, so I'll make sure to offer her around the Premiership for about £200 million. Know what I'm saying? Please rephrase, because I honestly can't tell what point you're making.

Also, Samba has had three and a half outstanding seasons for us - a few fairly brief blips excepted - scoring ten goals, and is probably our key player (N'zonzi rightly won player of the year largely for the shock value of his adaptation to the Prem, and Dunn is injury-prone). I don't think it is unrealistic to ask for a big fee for him. Furthermore, I think it is a bit late into Samba's career to be questioning why scouts of other clubs didn't see his potential, he's been a rock for us for two and a half years! The fact that other clubs missed the boat does not mean he isn't very very good, we can all see he is by now!!

Your post seems like it has time-warped its way here from the summer of 2007. Is the board broken?

Edit- and for those talking about replacing Samba with a 10-15 or 15-20 goal striker, please don't forget that Big Chris has scored 4 for us this season, never less than 3 in a full season, and has always threatened to grab more. His huge presence has also caused untold chaos in opponent boxes causing pressure for goals. Whilst Jones is solid at the back, he hasn't demonstrated this impact at the other end yet, nor has Hanley. If we lose around 4 goals a season from Samba and another centre half doesn't step to the plate, our need for that 15-20 extra from a striker becomes a need for 19-24 from a striker, and when you consider that striker would be replacing another (let's say our strikers, playing in that one role, only grab 5 through the season at present), we are talking a 24-29 goal striker if we wanted to get an extra 15-20 goals. And that is utterly impossible for us.

[roversnick]

Re the grella galatasary link, isn't tugay at gala now? Maybe he is doing us a favour!

[Veevs]

Sell Samba, probably team capt next season, arguably our best player AGAIN... and replace him as we have replaced all our best players over the last 5 years.. you guys must be having a laugh. We still don't have a dedicated left back, we have only just after quiet a few years got ourselves a decent def midfield, our strike force is lacking pace, our strike force is lacking an out and out scorer and we no longer have the same creative and crossing ability.

I don't even need to put names to the players above.. you all know which players I am talking about.

But building again from the back (and Samba is the heart of that) we have had a very decent season, we are only just starting to put our team together, so selling core members (no matter how well the understudies are doing) is a truly daft move in my opinion.

[Veevs]

From what I hear Lewandowski is now OFF the radar...more details to follow.

I presume no further leads on new target then, fingers crossed old Sam has been given a bigger purse this pre-season or stumbled on someone nice and shiny.

[Steve Moss]

Sam allegedly has a 3.5 million summer budget. Which personally doesn't seem much, considering the Benni money, improved position, TV and semi-final money, saved wages, etc.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/2967529/Sam-Allardyce-has-35million-to-spend-on-his-Blackburn-squad.html

Dindane is for the Wolves, allegedly, which means he isn't for us.

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Transfer-news-Wolves-planning-4million-raid-for-Portsmouth-star-article421825.html

Beattie vs. Pulis has heated up again, which makes me nervous that Rovers will get him.

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Stoke-boss-Pulis-savages-selfish-Beattie-and-Kitson-article422029.html

[bluebruce]

I think when he plays he is one of our better midfielders, OK yes injury prone, but so is Dunny, if we could get an adequate replacement, maybe, but we need continuity, he is familiar to the way we play, a new guy would have to learn the system.

We havew hit tenth this year and we dont need to tinker with the squad too much!!

Dunn has played six more league games, scoring 9 goals in the process. I like Grella, he is dependable, but please God don't try to compare him to Dunny. We can't carry a whole fleet of injury-prone mids, and Dunn is obviously the one we are better off keeping.

[Iceman]

Sam allegedly has a 3.5 million summer budget. Which personally doesn't seem much, considering the Benni money, improved position, TV and semi-final money, saved wages, etc.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/2967529/Sam-Allardyce-has-35million-to-spend-on-his-Blackburn-squad.html

Dindane is for the Wolves, allegedly, which means he isn't for us.

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Transfer-news-Wolves-planning-4million-raid-for-Portsmouth-star-article421825.html

Beattie vs. Pulis has heated up again, which makes me nervous that Rovers will get him.

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Stoke-boss-Pulis-savages-selfish-Beattie-and-Kitson-article422029.html

if that is really the case, then im absolutely disgusted. 3.5mill for a top quality striker? I know we got Benni and RSC on the cheap, but I just cant see that happening again. 2.5mill for Benni, plus we have obviously achieved more than was expected by finishing 10th, and also a bit of Tv money, and all the board can come up with is 3.5mill? Im assuming 3.5mill before any sales, if its after any sales then ill personally feel let down. I know the board and JW are doing well, balancing the books and paying debt etc, but I think given our form over the last month or so, next season looks promising.

[alexanders]

Iceman. Do you follow the Egyptian league? What do you know of that Ghanaian striker Eric Bekoe who are being linked with? He plays for petrojet in Egypt.

[Kelbo]

Dunn has played six more league games, scoring 9 goals in the process. I like Grella, he is dependable, but please God don't try to compare him to Dunny. We can't carry a whole fleet of injury-prone mids, and Dunn is obviously the one we are better off keeping.

Read the post again, not comparing as players, comparing injury records over the past two seasons, two totally different type of players and Dunn is a matchwinner, a midfield with Dunn NZonzi and Grella looks the strongest we have at the moment.

[Brfcrule1]

That surely is a wind-up the sun are usually unreliable so would not surprise me if that was wrong. We obviously have 2.5M from the Benni sale,the extra 2.25M from gaining an extra 4 places,and from what's been said we don't have to sell as we were told selling Warnock & RSC we had paid of the debt. So there must be more than that. Also the sales of Lars & Chimbo we will have that money. We will also have the increased tv revenue money. I'm sure the budget must be more close to 10M. If that is the case then it is appalling and I would not blame Sam if he wanted to walk as that is ridiculous.

[deryck guyler's spoon]

According to Rovers correspondent Andy Cryer in last week's Lancashire Telegraph podcast Allardyce will have NO money to spend this summer unless we come in over our budgeted league position. Obviously, this has now happened, but the extra £3m or so will apparently be Sam's lot. The McCarthy cash has gone on Salgardo's wages.

[vintageadidas]

Very excited about the prospect of Eric Bekoe joining us. Looks a very promising player.

Some further information on some very decent players in the Egyptian league who wouldn't cost a bomb here.

[American]

I happen to be in Jersey right now on honeymoon. Anyone know the address of the Trust so I can tell them to spend more cash? . Sad to see no real rumours or anything to get excited about.

Forget being on the board on your honeymoon, I'm more gobsmacked that you found a woman to marry you!!

Congrats!

[Hughesy]

Sam allegedly has a 3.5 million summer budget. Which personally doesn't seem much, considering the Benni money, improved position, TV and semi-final money, saved wages, etc.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/2967529/Sam-Allardyce-has-35million-to-spend-on-his-Blackburn-squad.html

if that is really the case, then im absolutely disgusted. 3.5mill for a top quality striker? I know we got Benni and RSC on the cheap, but I just cant see that happening again. 2.5mill for Benni, plus we have obviously achieved more than was expected by finishing 10th, and also a bit of Tv money, and all the board can come up with is 3.5mill? Im assuming 3.5mill before any sales, if its after any sales then ill personally feel let down. I know the board and JW are doing well, balancing the books and paying debt etc, but I think given our form over the last month or so, next season looks promising.

A 4 line article with no quotes or sources..... Calm down lads!

We all know Sam has the extra Money + Benni money minimum - that alone is £5m!

The McCarthy cash has gone on Salgardo's wages.

Do me a favour - he singed in August - we didnt sell Benni until January.

Since Salgado signed - we lost Benni, sent several youngsters out on loan & also Reid & Zurab.

[deryck guyler's spoon]

Do me a favour - he singed in August - we didnt sell Benni until January.

Since Salgado signed - we lost Benni, sent several youngsters out on loan & also Reid & Zurab.

Well you seem to know all that there is to know, more so than Andy Cryer apparently.

[Iceman]

A 4 line article with no quotes or sources..... Calm down lads!

We all know Sam has the extra Money + Benni money minimum - that alone is £5m!

Do me a favour - he singed in August - we didnt sell Benni until January.

Since Salgado signed - we lost Benni, sent several youngsters out on loan & also Reid & Zurab.

Chris you do know, that we also had to reduce the wage bill which obviously did not happen with the signing of Salgado. It could also mean, that beacause of the Salgado signing that the Benni money might have gone to cover that.

[Hughesy]

Well you seem to know all that there is to know, more so than Andy Cryer apparently.

How can a player signed in August be paid by the money of a player who left in Jan?? Please do explain....as the board obviously agreed to his wages some 5 months earlier

[Tom]

I find it hard to believe that bennis wages plus his transfer fee went to paying salgado but there is a black hole at rovers. Same old story of keeping our powder dry in January the come summer someone has snorted all the powder or something and it disappears.

If the £3.5 million figure is true then you have to fear he worst, Sam is looking like he could take the club forward but with that amount of backing for any manager in this league there is only one eventual outcome in my opinion.

Having said that let's hope it's just a line for the papers so we can quietly do or business.

[deryck guyler's spoon]

How can a player signed in August be paid by the money of a player who left in Jan?? Please do explain....as the board obviously agreed to his wages some 5 months earlier

Oh, ok then. Should have known that you would know more about the goings on at Ewood than anyone else including the local journo.

Give it a rest ffs.

[Hughesy]

Oh, ok then. Should have known that you would know more about the goings on at Ewood than anyone else including the local journo.

Give it a rest ffs.

If you honestly believe that the Benni money paid for Salgado's wages - then im glad you dont work for the club.

Lets sign a player - pay him massive wages & hope we can sell a player in 5 months time?!

I give up!

We have been told many times since Jan that Sam has the Benni money to spend....we have also been told many times that he would get any extra cash if we finished above the budgetted position...But if you prefer to ignore that and choose the words of the local journo - then fair enough!

[Kelbo]

A 4 line article with no quotes or sources..... Calm down lads!

We all know Sam has the extra Money + Benni money minimum - that alone is £5m!

Do me a favour - he singed in August - we didnt sell Benni until January.

Since Salgado signed - we lost Benni, sent several youngsters out on loan & also Reid & Zurab.

And sold Gallagher!!

[joey_big_nose]

I find it hard to believe that bennis wages plus his transfer fee went to paying salgado but there is a black hole at rovers. Same old story of keeping our powder dry in January the come summer someone has snorted all the powder or something and it disappears.

If the £3.5 million figure is true then you have to fear he worst, Sam is looking like he could take the club forward but with that amount of backing for any manager in this league there is only one eventual outcome in my opinion.

Having said that let's hope it's just a line for the papers so we can quietly do or business.

I am a bit confused as well how the figure could be so low. It should be at least five million as far as I can see.

That said every summer I say this and every summer I am amazed by how little we have to spend. I mean last year we came out with a 16 million pound surplus....

At any rate we need to sell Chimbonda and Grella to free up wages.

[Hughesy]

Oh, ok then. Should have known that you would know more about the goings on at Ewood than anyone else including the local journo.

Give it a rest ffs.

Here we go with the local journo on just the 28th of April.....saying we still have the benni money to spend, aswell as the potential £3m on offer for extra places in the league

Here is the Journo that clearly knows his own story

[Guest Kamy100]

How can a player signed in August be paid by the money of a player who left in Jan?? Please do explain....as the board obviously agreed to his wages some 5 months earlier

It could be that Sam got the board to agree that he could have an advance from 09/10 TV money to fund the Salgado deal, very much like the Andy Cole signing, Souness was allowed to use the transfer budget for the following season in December to sign Cole.

I personally think that Sam does have a bit more than £3 million to spend this summer.

[deryck guyler's spoon]

im glad you dont work for the club.

We have been told many times since Jan that Sam has the Benni money to spend....

If you can provide a link then I'll bow your superior knowledge to that of a professional journalist who puts bread on his table by knowing what is going on at Rovers. If you cant I'll consider your latest bluster as more wind and p*** from yourself and that being the case suggest that you stick to club shop and away kit gossip.