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Still no bids for Blackburn's Santa Cruz

Blackburn Rovers boss Sam Allardyce has revealed that despite attracting plenty of interest there have been no official moves for striker Roque Santa Cruz.

Allardyce is adamant he wants to keep the Paraguayan star although there are claims the player himself wants out.

"There have been no bids whatsoever for Roque Santa Cruz," Allardyce said.

"At the moment I'm more focused on getting him fit because I haven't seen him play since I've been here.

"I'm looking to getting him fit and producing the form that he produced last year to get us out of trouble. I'm also more focused on getting players in rather than players out.

"Certainly my focus over the last two days has been speaking to the chairman about that. We're both going to go out and try and improve our squad as quickly as possible."

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