June 27, 2009

Sam Allardyce: You Cannot be Serious


After losing his best striker to Manchester City earlier this week, Sam Allardyce went public to announce his bid to try and sign Ruud van Nistelrooy at Blackburn.

Did I just read that correctly? Ruud van Nistelrooy, formerly of PSV and Manchester United before signing with Real Madrid...to Blackburn? He may be 32 years old, but according to Wikipedia (always a reliable source for sports at least), he has scored 45 goals in 67 league appearances in Madrid. He's still got it, clearly.

I can understand why Big Sam would try and go after him. Real Madrid's spending spree does not seem to be ending anytime soon, and he will more than likely get pushed out to the fringe of the team.

But Blackburn? They finished 15th last year in the EPL, hardly a league powerhouse. Could they even afford his wages? And who would want to live in Blackburn, anyway?

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