Reports tonight suggest that Scott Parker has agreed personal terms with Manchester City and will sign within the next 48 hours. However, Sky Sports News says that the two clubs have yet to agree a fee. I hope we do not accept anything less than £10 million.
Devo you put my mind at ease!!! just dont know what to believe anymore!
still not sure about Tomkins thou,sorry.
Pleased for dyer,well pleased,fingers crossed.
Sometimes my posts are negative,because I dont want us to throw it all away,when we are on the verge of something big,Europe etc…….
Yeah, Sky Sports have had to retract their bullish statements of yesterday! It’s not good enough really is it! But it is a lesson to us to maintain a critical distance from all the media hype and actually wait to see what transpires. Otherwise we will be all end up driving ourself crazy!
West Ham might be chancing their arm in the hope that Man City come in with a really desperate bid for Parker, i.e. £15m plus. Time will tell, but all clubs know that they are in trouble and will try and squeeze every million out of them that they can. And who can blame them.
The defining feature of this January window is that most clubs do not have transfer funds and that includes the likes of Chelsea. They are having to sell to buy, but not at any price. It is a sellers market and the likes of Man City and Spurs are being quoted silly prices, but what choice do they have?
Developments would seem to prove that the Hammers are not in financial crisis and talk of ‘fire sales’ is nonsense. Shock-horror, even the Sportsmail has had to admit today that this might be the case. But the Mirror Sports has not caught on yet. Apparently star columist Stan Collymore reckons we are in danger of becoming the new Leeds Utd, what he bases that on god knows! Still he does reckon that the bottom half of the 20 team PL consists of 11 clubs, so he obviously has a good grasp of reality! lol.
GoatyGav, I have just seen your question to me about the Hansa deadline in March and I have replied on the appropriate blog paper. It is just my understanding of the Hansa situation. I hope that it helps?
Bellamy will be next. Zola said he would quit if they went and if you ask me he has already sanctioned the Parker deal and will probably sanction the Bellamy deal so BG got his ‘yes’ man alright.
News from the Independent, City bid, 20m for Bellamy and Parker…I am afraid that is a bid they will consider. But will we see that money going into new player purchase or paying of old pub bills??
If we lose Parker then that could be our downfall, He has a position in the team which is instrumental to us getting the results, There is no real replacement for him, Mullins can hold the position but he cannot change the fortunes of a match like Parker does!!
If true then Duxbury has done the dirty on us again and I do hope we all boo him out of the club to our hearts consent!! But I will hold out and see what happens first!!
Anther thing, I just knew Sky Sports would have their Rant over the proceedings, But apparently we told that bunch that he is not leaving and indispesible to West Ham!!
Read this then, Ref Behrami apparently his agent stated he will be leaving for a top club in the Summer, Not sure how true taht is but here is the link, Mention of a Chelsea bid was stated also!!
http://www.fansfc.com/westhamfootballclub/
it’a all a load of crock. its about time we all took it as it comes and stop listening to the press and TV media.
If we do start selling our best players then I for one will not be renewing my season ticket next year.
So far, I like what Zola and Steve Clarke have done but selling our first team would be taking the piss. I cant see it happening without replacements in line.
I wonder what happened to the cash generated by sales in the summer? The management are talking ambitious, it’s about time the started to act the same way.
I for one am not surprised by this story(if it’s true?)as Scott has alway’s been a traveller and rarely settles or stays for long.
He went to Chelsea thinking he was a cert for the first team and that didn’t work out. He went to Newcastle and that little affair didn’t last long either,and now he is off to City? As I said,no surprise and IF it is true then all I can say is MONEY GRABBING BAST_ _ _ .
Whats a matter with the mirror/Whats its problem with us!
P–s!!!! off!!!!!
Papers worse than the sun!!!!
I am surprised that everyone is getting so heated up, its not long ago that we were the team with the money and being linked with every single player at every club from here to Katmandhu if thats how u spell it…
If players move on there is not much we can do, at the moment they are ours and the club has reportedly said that Parker is not for sale so lets assume the best. The papers are mercenerary and really they should be the people we vent our fury’s too, by not buying them !
Daily mail has had a long vendetta against us and seemingly any cheap targets across any walk of life, they are like the kid who shouts loudest but you can never see his face because he doesn’t want to get involved in anything close to real action.
Mirror is nearly as bad, the Star is the paper equivalent of Tribal Football website.
Just ignore them and hopefully their owners will suffer the misery they have been inflicting on others for the last few decades of shameless scandalising.
Not one West Ham player has publically said he wants to leave and in fact nearly all of them have stated their commitment to West Ham so lets get behind our players and not feed the media frenzy.
COYI
I’m only taking notice once the deals are confirmed. 98% of transfer gossip is rubbish.
Spot on WHU Kim. If the papers all said we’re going to win the league we wouldn’t believe them would we (even the championship) Lets not get too angry or depressed until it happens. Look on the bright side, even Cole’s scoring!!!!!
The Independent have stated that the Hammers are holding out for £15m for Parker. No £15m, no transfer it’s as straightforward as that! However, the report confirmed that the Hammers are concentrating upon raising funds via Faubert and the fringe players.
Another report is saying Faubert’s wage demands are an obstale to a transfer back to a French club. He cannot expect PL money in the French league, but I would take that one with a pinch of salt myself!
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Time will tell, but the Hammers do not look a desperate club. The press make the common mistake of confusing the owners recent financial losses with the financial stability of West Ham Utd PLC. They are not necessarily the same thing. There may not be any transfer funds in January, and a need to sell to buy, but that applies to three quarters of the PL clubs. If the Man Citys and Arsenals expected West Ham to be a so-caled crisis club, offering it’s best players at knock down prices, they are going to be sorely disappointed.
Keep an eye on what is going on at Chelsea, there appears to be massive cut backs going on internally at that club. Yet no media speculation on their owner’s financial losses and need to cut costs is there! Funny that.
Your right Kim, no point stressin’ bout who will and wont be goin’, would be sad to see Parker leave if it happens, he’s been our second best player behind Upson this season.
hes not going anywhere.
According to the Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/jan/02/west-ham-gudmundsson
Gudmundsson has until March to sell West Ham or else the holding company, Hansa, will be declared insolvent. If this is the case WH will suffer a damaging immediate points deduction near the end of the season. With the close bunching of clubs at the mid-bottom part of the table at this stage this deduction would mean….. ( no need to fininsh the sentence).
My question, if there are any “experts” out there to comment, is whether the analysis below has any factual merit?
1. BG needs to sell WHUFC for as much as possible as he is up sh*t creek with his finances.
2. He has until March, so is still holding out for a good deal…
3. ….but will have to accept a lower offer soon or later, else the last “jewel in his portfolio” would go t*ts up and he would get “nothing” (i.e. much less) from the club.
4. If he sells any of the top players now, without makng any genuinely suitable replacements, the value of WHUFC will be less especially of the club is threatened with relegation and so the possibility of option 3 (above) will rapidly recede.
So, maybe it my death or glory attitude, I reckon he cant afford to seel any of our “best” players now (but reckon we could accept an MCFC offer 25 mill for Luis Boa Morte).
I think 25 mill is a little conservative for LBM … otherwise your argument stacks up. Or at least I’d like it to.
For someone who has made a lot of money through the years he must have outstanding business knowledge and a shrewd judgement. From what we hear he has suffered quite a financial hit. Given his wealth in the first place you would think that he knows exactly what he’s doing. I am not saying that the crunch has not hurt him but you get the feeling he is still very wealthy and has enough experience and expertise to see him through this climate. Saying that he brought the club without sounding out the Tevez deal, or did he?
The question is how much of what we hear is accurate?
Upson bid from Villa (reported 11mill) turned down.
Palermo chief over here today in talks with Nani - is this our first buy?
Of course, these are only reports.
Cheers for shedding some new light on the Icelandic court & Hansa/West Ham Utd FC structure SJ. I hope the courts have no jurisdiction over our beloved club at all and that we don’t go anywhere near being put in to administration.
This Press Association article http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5iKbP6TYKP_2EU8A74w5×8J-8hz8A open to interpretation.
It’s all just about as clear as mud.
Ok I know some of you will not agree but I feel Mullins is very under rated. He is solid if unspectular. Any deserves more game time.
Noble is still lacking in experience but hopefully he will learn (felt the game was for the taking against man city if he hadn’t of been sent off).
Parker is skillful and hard working but if someone is willing to pay £10m the club would be better taking it.
I really like Collison, feel he has been impressive high work rate, decent passer and seems to make time for himself on the ball.
As for the defence if Neill does go I don’t think we could afford Glen Johnson. I think the right back slot would be for Behrami/Dyer (perhaps interchanging).
Up front Di Michele started off superbly but has faded. Wouldn’t mind seeing Triistan a bit more. But hopefully Bellamy and Cole have more confidence now.