The Sun reported this morning that Chelsea have bid a massive £21 million for Enner Valencia. That would represent a £9 million profit on a player we bought in August for £12 million. It’s a hell of a lot of money to turn down for a player who, although at times has looked the real deal, hasn’t yet managed to pull up many daisies. But selling him would reinforce the view that West Ham will always be a second tier club who will always sell their best players to their main competitors. Having lost Lampard, Cole and Johnson to Chelsea, it really would stick in the throat to now lose Valencia too.
Darren Fletcher is apparently having a medical at West Ham this afternoon. I’m am rather at a loss to see why we need a player like Fletcher. I’m not saying he’s a bad player, but we’re very well served in midfield and hardly lack players who can perform well there. And I include Diego Poyet in that. Our first choice midfield, when fit, surely has to be Noble, Song and Kouyate. I can’t see Darren Fletcher displacing any of them. Can you?
And meanwhile, Winston Reid continues to play silly buggers and refuses to sign a new contract.
UPDATE: Hamilton Academicals have announced? that West Ham have signed left back Stephen Hendrie for a fee of £1 million. He will stay in Scotland until the start of next season. I guess that signals the end of the road for Dan Potts, which is a crying shame. I really thought he would make it.