Allardyce says ‘up Stelios bid’

BOLTON boss Sam Allardyce has said the Blues must up their offer if they want to capture Greek international Stelios Giannakopoulos.

Man City boss Stuart Pearce seems keen to capture the signature of the midfielder and believes he could fill the space left by Shaun Wright Phillips.

Pearce offered £1m for the 31-year-old on Saturday and he is out of contract next summer and earlier this year was linked to a move to Liverpool.

After seeing the game against West Brom I thought we needed a bit of guile to unlock a team that was happy to sit back and soak up the pressure.

Not sure Stelios is the man for that.