Allardyce talks of frustrationNewcastle United manager Sam Allardyce has admitted that he is feeling frustrated after failing to lure any new signings in the last couple of weeks.
"It has been an incredibly frustrating two weeks," Allardyce said.
"It takes up a vast amount of my time because it is the most important thing for me to strengthen the squad we have at the moment, and particularly the defensive area."
"Unfortunately everything this week progressed to a certain level and has fallen on stony ground,"
"I haven't been able to pursue something to the full conclusion of actually bringing him in for a medical to try to finish off a transfer.
"I can delegate to my backroom staff to carry on with the players the huge amount of training and conditioning they need to get ready for the start of the season, and be with them when I can.
"But really the main focus is to strengthen the squad as early as possible and hopefully by August 11th we will have done that by three or four players."
Allardyce has already signed Mark Viduka, Joey Barton, David Rozehnal and Geremi this summer.
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