Sam Flattered By Figo Link

Last updated : 23 June 2005 By Mark Heys
Sam Allardyce has admitted that he is flattered at the club being banded around as possible suitors for former World Player of the Year Luis Figo - but has stressed that the Portuguese wizard is out of the clubs budget.

Figo is being tipped for a move to England or the Far-East after being told that he can leave Real Madrid, and given Allardyce's successes in bringing in the likes of Youri Djorkaeff, Jay-Jay Okocha, Ivan Campo and Fernando Hierro it was understandable that Bolton should be linked to the former Barcelona player.

But Allardyce told the official website that a deal isn't affordable as far as the Trotters are concerned:

"It's flattering to be linked with one of the world's greatest players. In all honesty, it would be very difficult to afford a player of Figo's calibre."