Steve Kean's team are bottom of the Premier League, five points from the safety zone with 20 games left in the season. With the club's owners Venky's insisting cash will be available regardless of whether they suffer relegation, McGrath, who played 312 times for Rovers between 1954 and 1966, said: "They need experienced players who can come in and play straight away. "You're talking £5million each in today's game so that's probably about £20million. The owners need to spend money or sell it to new investors who will. The club can't afford to go down. I'd hate to think of the consequences if they did. "You look at other clubs who have gone out of the Premier League, clubs like Leeds who went down and down, and I think it could be a number of years before Blackburn got back." The ex-Irish international, who was a highly respected member of the Rovers side that reached the 1960 FA Cup final, said he felt that top-flight survival was "the toss of a coin", adding "they might struggle but I hope they survive".
