Premier League - Roque resigned to Rovers stay

Eurosport - Thu, 18 Jun 12:01:00 2009

Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz has intimated he would see out his contract at Ewood Park if no club matches the multi-million pound buy-out clause attached to him.

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The Paraguay international was the subject of a number of bids from Manchester City in January but Rovers, at the time involved in a relegation battle, stood firm.

Manager Sam Allardyce could definitely use the money from any transfer of the 27-year-old to strengthen his squad this summer, but unless the buy-out clause - believed to be around £20million - is met he is likely to hold on to his most saleable asset.

Santa Cruz, who missed the end of the season with a knee injury and has made no secret of his desire to leave, reluctantly accepts the opportunity to move on may not arise.

"A signed document stipulates that there is a lot of money to pay to take me away from Blackburn," Santa Cruz told Radio 970 AM in Paraguay.

"If they don't want to sell me, then I must complete my contract and continue with them. I am under contract until 2012."

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  1. im a burn fan and id very happily swap benjani and 10­ mill for santa cruz. hold onto him sam. some mug will­ pay the money for this injury prone over rated lump

    From craig, on Sat 20 Jun 4:42PM

  2. stop hating on santa cruz
    he is a great player in my­ opinion
    city shuld lose some of its useless strikers­ such as benjani ( he rarely plays) am not saying hi­ sgud but his wasting their money

    From mark o, on Fri 19 Jun 6:41PM

  3. That's pretty cruel of Rovers, if he wants to go,­ let him go for a price that a club would accept!­ He's just going to sit on the bench, Rovers dont­ want him, and there goes his career.

    From Jad, on Thu 18 Jun 9:19PM

  4. NOT MUCH OF A HIGH PROFILE STRIKER.SO I BET HE IS­ BETTER OFF WHERE HE IS

    From efozia, on Thu 18 Jun 8:18PM

  5. i think for a city fan,we need a tall striker who can­ hold the ball up for our shorter stikers,looking at­ last season,the times the ball was crossed high into­ the oponents box there was no one tall enough to head­ the ball.Santa Cruz,Peter Crouch,Henry &­ Carew,ideal but have we seen the best of them,more and­ more injuries being picked up..... I would love to see­ our defence strenghened,ideally Lescott,but dont see­ the Toffees letting him go.Henzie would be up for a­ rematch against man utd.What about the Toure­ brothers,need more purchasings sooner rather then­ later,so the team can bond before the new season

    From Steve, on Thu 18 Jun 6:05PM

  6. good man! thats what we want to see in football, a­ player who if he cant get sold will just get on with­ things...

    From dodger, on Thu 18 Jun 4:43PM

  7. I think he starts to worry about his future...
    Big Sam­ doesn't wanna use player who thinks about moving to­ another club, but there's no club that wanna buy­ him for that price ^^

    From mikharenta, on Thu 18 Jun 4:26PM

  8. Not particularly a fan of Roque but i think these buy­ out clauses should be looked into by powers that be in­ football. This is what Mr. Blatter should call slavery­ and not CR7 on a weekly salary of 130,000 pounds in­ United.

    From Gabriel, on Thu 18 Jun 2:29PM

  9. The last thing City need is another striker who is­ going to spend half the season warming the treatment­ table. Fat Sam shouldn't be so greedy though.­ Nobody is going to pay £20 million for a striker they­ won't be able to sell on for anything.

    From steve c, on Thu 18 Jun 1:26PM

  10. I would prefer he didn't come to City....and that­ MH invests the saved monies buying every Football­ Tactics book he can find.

    From Andy, on Thu 18 Jun 12:24PM

  11. How many strikers do City want? With the likes of­ Robinho, Bellamy, Vassell, Benjani, Caicedo, Bojinov,­ Sturridge and Evans already at the club, do they need­ to go shelling out big money for another striker? They­ should sign some quality defenders. Dunne and Richards­ are OK, but if City want to break into the top 4 they­ will have to get better.

    From mark_09081984, on Thu 18 Jun 12:10PM

  12. He is not a city type player we need someone with pace­ and power and he has not got that.

    From davidhammerton, on Thu 18 Jun 11:35AM

  13. He wants to go to City, we should pay no more than­ 15million, sorry but he's not worth more than that.

    From Chris W, on Thu 18 Jun 11:26AM
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