Blackburn bid too late says Allardyce

BLACKBURN Rovers manager Sam Allardyce has dismissed any chance of a takeover being completed in time to help him in the current transfer window.

Indian businessman Ahasan Ali Syed is the latest to express an interest in the Ewood Park outfit.

"The new investment is not going to arrive before the transfer window is shut," Allardyce said. "We are working to the budgets we have already got in place."