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1. Neuschwanstein Says:
   August 23rd, 2011 at 3:40 am

   MICHEL Salgado has called for an end to all the uncertainty after admitting the summer speculation has threatened Rovers’ Premier League focus.

   Blackburn Rovers’ Spanish right back admits the transfer window can’t slam shut quickly enough as he looks for some much needed stability to be restored around Ewood Park.

   Saturday’s 3-1 defeat at Aston Villa leaves Rovers rock bottom of the Premier League after two straight losses and Salgado admits it has been a tough few weeks.

   Having seen 11 players leave Ewood this summer and just three brought in so far, Kean’s squad has been left woefully short of experience.

   Rovers’ cause hasn’t been helped either by constant rumours about potential signings and the futures of Chris Samba and Gael Givet – leaving Salgado desperate to get this season’s squad sorted once and for all.

   He said: “Now we need to stick together, we need to know the players that are committed to the team, who are committed to the club. We need to know the squad for the whole season.

   “We are talking a lot about new signings and we need to focus on the games because the Premier League is too demanding, too tight.

   “So the best thing for us is the 31st of this month, the sooner the window closes the better.

   “I think we need to know the players who are going to train with us and who are going to play with us all season.

   “We don’t know if new signings are coming, if players are leaving, so it is very difficult. We need to know as soon as possible as it is especially difficult for the manager to work like that.

   “We didn’t have a lot of time to work in the pre season with the new faces and it is not easy. We have been working in pre season with 14 players in the senior team.”

   Rovers’ disappointing start to the campaign combined with the relative lack of activity in the transfer market has seen the Ewood faithful growing increasingly concerned.

   But, with home games against Sheffield Wednesday and Everton in the next seven days, Salgado is adamant they can win the fans back.

   “The fans frustration is normal,” said Salgado. “We need to win games to get them back. I can understand they are really disappointed, we are as well.

   “The problem is we are talking about a lot of new faces, new signings and they are frustrated. The team spirit is really good and I think we will get the results they are expecting and, with hard work, we can get them back.

   “We have to play with the bit in the mouth. We can turn things around if we stay focused and if we know who is going to play with us.”

   Venky’s’ and Steve Kean’s predictions of Champions League football in the next three to four years are beginning to come back to haunt them – with Salgado admitting realism is needed.

   Salgado said: “I think they were talking about the Champions League in three years. Not now. The main thing in football, as well as in life, is being realistic.

   “Realistic is the best thing. So I can understand you saying they are putting pressure on the team and maybe they are a little bit.

   “But sometimes when the owners come in, talk about new signings and new era sometimes it is a boost.

   “It is good they say they are going to splash some money because that hasn’t happened for the last five years and I look forward to that happening in the future.

   “But now we have to be realistic.”

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