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Rivaldo deal 'dead', says Allardyce
Updated: 2004-05-08 10:22
Bolton Wanderers manager Sam Allardyce says his attempt to sign Brazil's
World Cup winner Rivaldo is now 'dead in the water'.
Celtic have made an
audacious bid to snatch Rivaldo from under the noses of English
Premiership side Bolton - with the lure of Champions League football the
bait offered to lure the Brazilian to Parkhead.
[AFP] | Allardyce has not given up all hope of
still pulling off a deal but has grown increasingly frustrated waiting for a
decision from the 32-year-old player over a contract offer.
The former AC Milan and Barcelona forward, a free agent, returned home to
Brazil after talks with the premier league club last month.
'We've had no word from him and I think it's dead in the water at the
moment,' Allardyce told the premier league club's website on Friday.
'It's not 100 percent finished but looks very, very doubtful from our point
of view.'
Rivaldo quit Cruzeiro at the end of February after less than two months at
the Brazilian club when coach Wanderley Luxemburgo, who signed him, was sacked.
He can sign for Bolton immediately if terms are agreed.
Scottish champions Celtic have also expressed an interest in signing a player
whose star has been on the wane since he left Barcelona in June, 2002.
'Like anything else we'd prefer to keep these things quiet - we have been
linked with so many players,' O'Neill told the BBC.
'But the truth is when somebody like Rivaldo becomes available you have got
to be interested.'
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