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So, this parent at my school (Liverpool fan) comes up to me today and says “so, what do you think about the Rob Green thing then?”. Incredulous, but trying to look cool, I reply to him “Rob Green, what about him”. At this point he starts banging on about Green’s alleged reluctance to sign an extension to his contract being a sign that he is clearly unhappy at West Ham and is looking for an out. I dismiss this as yet more of the idol crap that sells newspapers, which indeed abounds at this time of the year.
Then, I rush home to my PC and scour the internet to see if there is any shred of truth in this latest scaremongering in the direction of WHUFC. None that I can find.
This is just the way it is for the next 12 weeks, so we all need to develop tough skins, eh?
God, I love these windows - NOOOTTT!

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An interesting story in a Tanzanian Paper regarding a new African star invited by West Ham United for trials in April. read the article below :-

Young Africans ace Mrisho Ngassa has received an invitation to join English premiership club West Ham United for trials.

Ngassa, who has been constantly hunted by European teams, will fly to England early next month for the two-week trials.

A letter signed by West Ham United secretary P.R. Barnes says Ngassa is supposed to join the team from April 13.

It said the club was ready to incur all expenses for the players stay in England till the end of the trial.

“We are ready to pay for his transport, meals and accommodation during his stay in the country. We wish him good luck,”

said Barnes in the letter.
He said they have contacted Bakhressa, the agent recognised by FIFA, to organise the players trip to London.

Ngassa would be under the technical bench led by Coach Gianfranco Zola. The bench would assess his stamina, speed and attitude.

Young Africans secretary general Lucas Kisasa confirmed the good news, saying they have accepted the request through Bakhressa.

Kisasa urged Ngassa to train hard before departing for London in order to meet qualities required.

The move would benefit his club, as it is responsible for his transfer, should he pass the trials.

“We are happy with the invitation. It is a good opportunity for the player to show his prowess; it is also a golden opportunity for him, Young Africans and his country at large,”

said Kisasa.

This is the second time Ngassa gets a request for trials from European teams. Lov-Ham of Norway was the first team to seek his services.

However, the teenager’s earlier move hit a snag after the Norwegian club messed up with transfer procedures for not involving his club in the process.

We do not know much about this youngster but if anybody does, then leave us some info in the comments below.

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I am probably in a minority of people that are quite happy the way Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson is running our club, he seems to have the ability to maintain the club as a profitable business with a good team of people working in management, considering he has been through hell and back with his other businesses.

A very interesting story came up this morning regarding Hansa and West Ham United in the telegraph, read the story here:

Potential investors queue up as West Ham fight to stave off insolvency

Let me hear your view and who you may think this Asain Investor could be?

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It would be very easy to retaliate against the latest news that Spurs fans are taking the piss out of West Ham United due to our past selling of some great football stars, according to the Daily Mail in this article, but i find it better to help them through what is a dismal season for them.

The West Ham ban on selling players to Spurs is fantastic news, we are all happy Hammers. The ban and our ethical & educated way of bringing class players to our club is proving so far to be very successful under Gianluca Nani, Zola, Duxbury and Clarke and makes excellent business sense.

So Tottenham stop gloating on our past and learn from our present, you may actually learn a thing or two, my advice is make to drastic changes in the way you bring players to your club and get Martin Jol back ASAP.

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West Ham clash against Fulham in their Premier League game today hoping to cash in on their recent good form and collect all three points.

The Hammers have had some good outings and have picked up seven out of the nine available points in their last three games. Last week, they drew 2-2 against Newcastle United despite taking the lead. However manager Gianfranco Zola will take these results especially as it looks that he might have to part with his star player Craig Bellamy in the transfer window, Zola said that the club is bigger than any player and that West Ham would prove stronger over the next few seasons and hopefully start competing amongst the top 5.

Fulham had an off last week after their game against Blackburn was called off due to a frozen pitch. Manager Roy Hodgson will be delighted with his team’s form so far and will hope they can finish up as high as possible on the league table.

Jimmy Bullard will miss the London derby as he is still struggling with a hip injury, but his proposed move to Bolton appears to be off for the moment.

Live Premier League

West Ham v Fulham

Upton Park, kick off 1330 hrs

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Kaka - AC Milan to Manchester City - Discussions to continue on Monday. Kaka is expected to play for Milan against Fiorentina at the San Siro tonight

Shay Given - Newcastle United to Manchester City - £8m bid submitted

Wilson Palacios - Wigan Athletic to Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City, Manchester United and Arsenal - Spurs and City have made bids

Craig Bellamy - West Ham United to Tottenham Hotspur, Man City - Player is reported to have demanded talks with both clubs about a move.

Nigel de Jong - Hamburg to Manchester City - £13m bid on the table, move could depend on Palacios joining City or not

Javier Saviola - Real Madrid to Portsmouth - Talks ongoing

Robbie Fowler - Unattached to North Queensland Fury - Talks ongoing

According to Wigan manager Steve Bruce, Tottenham and Wigan have all but agreed a fee for Wilson Palacios, and a £14m deal should be done soon. (Daily Mail)

Analysis: Don’t count out Manchester United making a late move for him, but they may well just sit on their hands here.

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TRANSFER RUMOURS

Marco Materazzi - Inter Milan to Manchester City

Juan Pablo Sorin - Cruzeiro to Newcastle United - Loan

Kieran Agard - Everton to Partick Thistle - Loan

Edmilson - Villareal to Portsmouth - Loan

Daniele De Rossi - Roma to Manchester City

John Terry - Chelsea to Manchester City

Jonjo Shelvey - Charlton Athletic to Middlesbrough - £2m

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There is a strong rumour that if and when Chelsea decide to get rid of Scolari then they could be after Gianfranco Zola and Steve Clarke.

It seems that Chelsea are impressed with what Zola and Clarke have accomplished at West Ham so far this season and especially since Clarke came to Upton Park, and to be honest i cannot see Zola turning a job down at his beloved Chelsea but i am not sure if Clarke would follow after he was treated so badly when he asked if he could leave to join Zola and then West ham forced to pay a fee for his services.

Since Clarke’s arrival at Upton Park the players have improved dramatically on fitness and are not conceding so many goals, but since his departure from Chelsea, the Chelsea players are not happy with their fitness regime and to the point where Lampard and Terry have complained to Scolari.

It would be interesting to see how the Chelsea and West Ham fans feel about this rumour, personally i would hate the guys to leave, they have a great future here at West ham, win or lose.

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Hammers technical director Gianluca Nani hopes to finalise a double-deal for Brescia pair Salomon Bartosz and Savio Nsereko this month, with the highly-rated teenage pair likely to be loaned back to the Italian club until the summer.

And here’s some footage of Nsereko in action for the German youth side:

“Gianluca Nani knows very well the qualities of Savio,”

Nsereko’s agent Patrick Bastianelli said this week.

“We talked about Savio no more than a week ago. In those talks Gianluca confirmed his will, and that of Zola’s, to bring the player to West Ham.

Meanwhile Steve Clarke has confessed that players Quashie, Bowyer and Boa Morte could be sold off before the end of the transfer window, in order to cut West Ham’s outfield players down to 20 with 3 goalkeepers, he said:

“Ideally you want 20 outfield players and three goalkeepers and at the moment we are operating with 26 and three keepers, which is a little bit too much,”

“You can’t have an 11 v 11 match in training - it doesn’t work in terms of organising - so it is better to have smaller numbers. You can work better with your team that way.”

Selling Bowyer, Boa Morte and Quashie would bring funds needed to buy the 2 Brescia young duo.

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Im back after a few days break expecting half the West Ham team to be sold off in what the media have called the West Ham fire sale, but it seems we have only have Widdowson out on loan to Grimsby, not quite what the red tops promised us.

Its early days yet and a few players will obviously be found new homes, but it will only be our fringe players. The rumour about Parker being offered £100k a week by Man City is interesting and a new offer for him around £12m could actually see him go, if its true.

The daily Mail have this amazing ability to see through walls and hear what is going on in every Premier League boardroom about who’s being sold, we all love the Daily Mail.

I cant see Zola letting any of his best players go unless the player wanted to go and an amazing silly amount of money was offered to the Hammers for him.

English Premier League Transfers

All English Premier League transfers are listed on this page.

If you find a transfer not listed here let us know and we’ll add it.

Last Updated: 6 January 2009

Arsenal

In:

Out:

Jay Simpson (loan, West Brom)

Aston Villa

In:

Out:

Blackburn Rovers

In:

Out:

Eddie Nolan (undisclosed, Preston),

Sergio Peter (undisclosed, Sparta Prague)

Bolton Wanderers

In:

Out:

Heidar Helguson (undisclosed, QPR)

Chelsea

In:

Michael Mancienne (loan return, Wolves)

Out:

Jack Cork (loan, Watford),

Wayne Bridge (undisclosed, Manchester City),

Ben Sahar (loan, De Graafschap)

Everton

In:

Out:

Lee Molyneux (free, Southampton)

Fulham

In:

Out:

T.J. Moncur (free, Wycombe)

Hull City

In:

Out:

Liverpool

In:

Out:

Manchester City

In:

Wayne Bridge (undisclosed, Chelsea)

Out:

Sam Williamson (loan, Wrexham)

Manchester United

In:

Zoran Tosic (undisclosed, Partizan Belgrade),

Adem Ljajic (undisclosed, Partizan Belgrade)

Out:

David Gray (loan, Plymouth),

Adem Ljajic (loan, Partizan Belgrade)

Middlesbrough

In:

Out:

Newcastle United

In:

Out:

Portsmouth

In:

Nadir Belhadj (£4.4m, Lens)

Out:

Lassana Diarra (£20m, Real Madrid),

Jermain Defoe (£15.75m, Tottenham)

Stoke City

In:

Out:

Sunderland

In:

Out:

Tottenham

In:

Jermain Defoe (£15.75m, Portsmouth)

Out:

Paul Staltieri (free, Borussia Monchengladbach)

West Brom

In:

Jay Simpson (loan, Arsenal)

Out:

Joss Labadie (loan, Shrewsbury)

West Ham - Fire Sale latest

In:

Out:

Joe Widdowson (loan, Grimsby)

Wigan

In:

Out:

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Gianfranco Zola at an interview with sportinglife, again insisted that Bellamy is staying at Upton Park after the January transfer window closes.
The media have had a field day with West Ham speculating about our best players, and some even to the fact that the whole team will be sold, which is pathetic, the rumours that Man City and Spurs will be bidding for Bellamy could be true and if he was to be sold then West Ham are supposed to be looking for around £12m for him.

Zola said to Sportinglife:

“It’s a pity he is suspended because he’s going through a very good spell,” he said. “When he plays the way he’s playing he’s very important for us.

“Me, (technical director) Gianluca Nani and (chief executive) Scott Duxbury have a total understanding and are working together as a team.

“There’s so much speculation but as far as I’m concerned he’s our player. It’s as simple as that.

“Now we have a match on Sunday and we have to focus on winning because if we don’t it will cancel out what we did against Portsmouth.”

This season is very different from other seasons at both the top and bottom of the Premier league, where 1 game lost or won can put you up or down 4 places, which means its a very open contest and no team is safe (except for the top 6 of course).

Zola also spoke about Ashton and how much he needs him back as soon as possible, but it seems we may have to wait until the season 09/10 before we see him play again.

Zola said about Ashton:

“This is the season so far,” said Zola. “I’ve lost him, probably the best finisher in the team.

“I can’t say whether he will be back in March, April, February… it depends how he progresses.

“I don’t think we will have him back in January or February, but I hope soon.

“He had something causing problems with the cartilage in his ankle but because of his previous injuries it couldn’t be a quick thing because they don’t want to do any more damage.”

Lets be honest, Carlton was at the right place at the right time on Friday when he scored but i am sure it would have given him a little bit more confidence, which is what he needs, as a striker, i think he has great potential and could even be as good as Anelka (Don’t laugh) but his finishing is still that of a 12 year old girl.

Even without Bellars on Sunday i can see the Hammers having a great game and lets hope another thumping for Stoke.
My Prediction is 3-1 to the Hammers.

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