Blackburn: Blackburn's temporary coach is confident he can fulfill the seemingly impossible demands of the club's new owners by guiding the team into the top five of the English Premier League while spending only 5 million pounds ($7.8 million) in the January transfer window.
"If we have a full squad and 5 million pounds, I am confident we could finish above 10th," Steve Kean said. "But we need to sit down and see how the 5 million breaks down. I do not know if it is just 5 million on salaries and fees or just fees. First and foremost, we need to know what the budget is for January.
"Can we finish in the top five only spending 5 million? It is fair comment if everyone is fit."
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson was among those to praise Sam Allardyce's work as Blackburn manager, but Asian poultry giant Venky's fired him last week — less than a month after buying the northwest England club for 46 million pounds ($73 million).
Ferguson highlighted the work Allardyce did on a limited budget at Blackburn — which has been mostly mediocre since winning the 1995 Premier League — but Venky's instead promoted Kean from his role as Allardyce's assistant.
Blackburn was 13th in the 20-team Premier League, six points above the relegation zone.
Kean said his experience of working with the first-team squad will help him improve that position.
"Hopefully I can give input because I've been working with them very closely and we know the academy group under that," Kean said. "I know everybody at the club."
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