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GALATASARAY look set to offer Vince Grella a route out of his Premier League nightmare as they home in on the signing of Blackburn Rovers’ injury-haunted midfielder.

Rovers boss Sam Allardyce is an admirer of Grella’s talents but, with his poor injury record taken into account, is likely to be willing to cut his losses on the midfielder.

By Andy Cryer
Blackburn Rovers reporter

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his injury record is a bit of a joke, but a fully fit Grella would be one of the first names on the team sheet.

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Its a shame that we didnt see him fit for a sustained period as i beleive he would have been a very good player had he not been struck down with constant injuries.

I think it will be best all round that he leaves. Allardyce would prefere to keep a fit Andrews than a injury prone Grella. There is no question that the guy can play and is one of our best midfielders but he will be well paid at Ewood and we could potentially bring in 1 or 2 players for his wage.

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Grella injury woe
Posted on: Wed 23 Dec 2009
Rovers will be without Vince Grella for the festive period as injury has struck the Australian once again.

The midfielder, who put in a man-of-the-match display last weekened against Tottenham picked up a thigh injury in the final moments of the Ewood match and is expected to be out for two to three weeks.

"Vince will be missing over this period because unfortunately he did a thigh muscle tear right at the end of the Tottenham game," admitted Allardyce.

"He's had a few injuries, but when he has played he has looked very good, probably played the best since he's been here."

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Jul 21, 2009 2:26:16 AM

Blackburn Rovers boss Sam Allardyce believes the hamstring injury that has ruled Vince Grella out of his club’s last two friendly matches is not significant, whilst there is good news on the recovery of fellow Australia international Brett Emerton.

It is welcome news for Grella in particular, whose introduction to English football last season was hampered by injuries.