BLACKBURN Rovers may consider letting more players leave to raise funds - but only after they have a new striker on board.

Rovers boss Sam Allardyce does not expect any more transfers, either in or out of Ewood, until he has secured the goalscorer that he needs to replace the departed Roque Santa Cruz.

Rovers have already brought in four players this summer as well as allowing Matt Derbyshire to leave, but have previously denied reports linking the likes of Stephen Warnock, Benni McCarthy, Chris Samba and Keith Andrews with moves away from the club.

Allardyce is now concentrating his entire budget on bolstering his strike force and will assess how much money he has left once he has done that.

But Big Sam has suggested that he may consider selling at that point to raise money for further additions to the squad - with midfield thought to be one area he may try to strengthen.

"We don't need to sell anybody else now,” said Allardyce, who is taking his squad to Austria for a training camp today.

“We've put the financial side right and I've got some funds to spend.

"I won't be able to sign as much as I can get, though. It will stop somewhere along the line.

"But for me I will never stop asking for football players, even though the club or John (Williams) might say that's it.

"If a better player comes along, I will try to persuade the club to get him in.

"Sometimes you can do your business and all of a sudden something appears that you never expected to appear.

"Then I've got to try to convince the club that it's the right thing to do, even if it means going above what they expected or wanted to do, because this player would be so good for Blackburn.

"If that means trading again, I would have to look at that option.”

Allardyce is definitely in the market for one striker but may decide to sign two - with young Chelsea forward Franco di Santo the favourite to be the second signing on a season-long loan deal.