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Sam Allardyce happy his Blackburn Rovers squad has enough firepower
Big Sam insists side can cope with loss of striker McCarthy...
5 Feb 2010 15:08:00
By Niall McGlone
Blackburn Rovers boss Sam Allardyce has insisted he wasn’t in a panic to try and bring in further striking options after the departure of Benni McCarthy to West Ham United.
Rovers appeared to be on the brink of signing RC Lens forward Aruna Dindane, who has been on loan at Portsmouth this season, but the move broke down at the last minute.
Manchester City striker Benjani was also a target for Allardyce but that potential transfer also failed to materialise.
“You never want to be in a panic situation because it is then you make the worst selections and the worst choices. We were not in a panic,” said Allardyce.
“I am very comfortable with the squad, we are improving, we have put ourselves in a reasonable position in the league but we have to go further than that and continue to pick the points up.
“If no other player came our way, I was very content with the squad we have got.”
Nikola Kalinic, Jason Roberts and Franco Di Santo are all striking options for the Rovers boss who added Turkish international Yildiray Basturk and Algerian midfielder Amine Linganzi to his squad in the transfer window.
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Rovers appeared to be on the brink of signing RC Lens forward Aruna Dindane, who has been on loan at Portsmouth this season, but the move broke down at the last minute.
Manchester City striker Benjani was also a target for Allardyce but that potential transfer also failed to materialise.
“You never want to be in a panic situation because it is then you make the worst selections and the worst choices. We were not in a panic,” said Allardyce.
“I am very comfortable with the squad, we are improving, we have put ourselves in a reasonable position in the league but we have to go further than that and continue to pick the points up.
“If no other player came our way, I was very content with the squad we have got.”
Nikola Kalinic, Jason Roberts and Franco Di Santo are all striking options for the Rovers boss who added Turkish international Yildiray Basturk and Algerian midfielder Amine Linganzi to his squad in the transfer window.
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