Who do we believe?
It was only 2 weeks ago that Alan Curbishley said in a statement that Anton was part of his plans for the future of West Ham.
Today Duxbury announces in a statement on the WHUFC website that Bellamy is going nowhere and that the club only wants to keep players that the manager finds useful to to the club and part of its long term future.
Duxbury is quoted as saying:
“If a player refuses to sign a new contract or is not crucial to the manager’s plans then we will look at offers on a case by case basis. It is the only sensible way to build for the future”
Anton was basically on the same wages as a Championship player, surely if he was essential to Curbs plans, a slight pay rise was in order, and to prove his quality West Ham have accepted a quite considerable offer of £8m for him.
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August 26th, 2008 at 1:04 PM
Anton was part of Curbishley’s plans, but i think he must have wanted his wages in line with Neill, so maybe they had no choice but to sell him, but you are right john, it is getting harder to understand who is control of the players.
August 26th, 2008 at 2:14 PM
As I understand it (admittedly from newspaper reports) Ferdinand turned down an offer to double his wages. A bit better than a ’slight pay rise’ wouldn’t you think? If he wants out badly enough to go and live in Sunderland (Sunderland FFS!) there’s not much you can do about that.
So, I see no confusion here. Like Duxbury says ‘if he refuses to sign a new contract……..’ They got decent money for a player that didn’t want to be here, well done to Duxbury and all involved, and good riddance to Ferdinand I reckon.
August 26th, 2008 at 4:55 PM
Generally you don’t hear from the officail website on any speculation. What is posted there tends to be solid info so I’m inclined to believe it. It’s extremely worrying, however, that they hung Curbs out to dry with Anton Ferdinand. At the least there seems to be a problem with communication. At worst the club’s management are on the verge of a serious falling out with each other.