Hughes salutes bargain buy Samba

Blackburn boss Mark Hughes is convinced he has snapped up one of the best bargains of the Barclays Premiership season after yet another towering performance from 6ft 5ins defender Chris Samba.

Hughes salutes bargain buy Samba
Thu, 01 Mar, 2007 - 15:42
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Blackburn boss Mark Hughes is convinced he has snapped up one of the best bargains of the Barclays Premiership season after yet another towering performance from 6ft 5ins defender Chris Samba.

The Congo defender earned rave reviews for the way in which he snuffed out Arsenal’s attacking threat and smoothed Rovers’ passage into the FA Cup quarter-finals last night.

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