Blackburn Rovers to make a record 10 million pound bid for Peter Crouch.Byline: ANI London, Jan. 30 (ANI): Blackburn Rovers boss Sam Allardyce <noinclude></noinclude> Samuel "Sam" Allardyce (born October 19 1954 in Dudley, West Midlands) is an English former professional football player and current football manager. He is currently the manager of Newcastle United of the English Premier League. wants Portsmouth and England striker Peter Crouch to fill in the boots of Roque Santa Cruz Roque Luis Santa Cruz (born 16 August 1981 in Asunción) is a Paraguayan football striker, who currently plays for Blackburn Rovers. Career Club Olimpia Asunción- and is ready to make a record 10 million pound offer.Allardyce has chased Crouch for years, but has finally been given the chance to make a proper move for him as Tottenham and Manchester City push up the bidding for Santa Cruz to 20 million pounds, the Daily Mirror reports. The Rovers chief has already made initial soundings about Crouch and is looking at ways of landing him from cash-conscious Portsmouth and paying his king-size wages. Crouch joined Portsmouth from Liverpool for nine million pounds but that was before owner Sacha Gayadamak decided to look for a new buyer and started selling players. Allardyce had been bidding for European strikers at around five to six million pounds, based on a lower budget. But the extra money from Santa Cruz's sale puts him into the hunt for Crouch. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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