Allardyce hits out at 'astronomical' wage demands

Big Sam: Has slammed 'astronomical wage demands'

Blackburn boss Sam Allardyce claims that players wage demands have soared so high that he can barely even afford to sign players available on free transfers. Even though Blackburn on on the verge of a takeover by Indian poultry conglomerate, Venky's, Allardyce doesn't expect to have any more than £5 million to spend on players.
And he admits that even players who are available for nothing are becoming a struggle to afford!
"I think that there's a big factor that's sneaked in that's made it that much more difficult - and it's not transfer fees it's wages.
"They are astronomically high and have now made it very difficult to even take a very talented free transfer today which is what the norm would be for Blackburn in the past, or a small fee with good wages.
"Now astronomical wages are making it very difficult to take somebody who might not even have a transfer fee attached to them, because of the net value that they want and the net value that they're worth.
"And they know if you don't give it to them somebody else will."