Blackburn boss Steve Kean is ready to make a club record £12million raid for Senegal striker Papiss Cisse at the start of a major spending
spree.
Kean hopes to agree a fee with German club Freiburg today and talk the powerful 26-year-old into coming to Rovers as their biggest signing in years.
Cisse is one of the most respected forwards in the Bundesliga and has scored 28 goals in 48 games since joining them from Metz and maturing into a powerful force.
Kean wants to spend big on a striker and the Indian owners have given him the cash to back up his ambitions.
Cisse has emerged as Blackburn’s first choice after a surprise move for Roma’s Montenegro international forward Mirko Vucinic proved to be too expensive and complicated.
Meanwhile Chris Samba said he was sick of fighting relegation battles at Ewood Park, with Steve Kean’s side only securing their Premier League status on the final day of last season. He dropped a bombshell on Blackburn last night by asking them to let him leave for Arsenal.
Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is ready to pay £12million for the Congo defender, who joined from Hertha Berlin on a free in 2007 and captained Rovers last season.
The 27-year-old is under contract until 2015, but he called on Blackburn owners Venky’s to let him “step up a level”.
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