Appiah: West Ham deal a Possibility
Nov 17, 2008 Middlesborough, Newcastle, Portsmouth, Stephen Appiah, Talks, Transfer Rumours, West Ham News
Ghana captain Stephen Appiah has mentioned in the past that if he was to move to a club in England then it would most definitely have to be a club in London.
Appiah now a free agent after Fenerbahce had earlier disputed the ruling and even warned clubs that, they will have to pay dearly if they want to sign him. But the world governing body insisted on its ruling in a press statement last week declaring the Ghana captain a free agent.
There are 3 clubs that are showing an interest in Appiah, West Ham United, Newcastle, and Boro and these clubs are reported to be sending a scout out to watch how the former Fenerbahce ace plays against Tunisia on Wednesday, a game that can be watched live on Wednesday evening from links on soccer-pages.com.
Appiah is not only a strong central midfielder and defender but can also score goals and was once wanted by Harry Redknapp for Portsmouth but the asking price was £7m a fee that Harry did not want to pay.
All 3 clubs that will view him on Wednesday will more than likely make an offer to the player after the match with West Ham more than likely and hopefully being the successful club for 2 reasons, West Ham are a London club that play the style of attacking football that Appiah loves, and also Appiah has many friends in London which includes his close friend from Chelsea and Ghanian team mate, Michael Essien.
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Here we go Again! The Magic Roundabout
Oct 19, 2008 Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson, Featured Article, Hull City, Scott Parker, Transfer Rumours, Transfers, West Ham News, finance
West Ham are on the verge of playing their 8th game and could be in 4th place by 5pm today.
Etherington plays his 150th game for the Hammers, and Mullins Plays his 200th game.
Some great headlines for the Red Tops to use for this weekend, but what headlines do they use?
HAMMERS RESCUE HITS TROUBLE - News of the World. Evidently West Ham have no idea who their owner is and maybe it is now the British government, The Sub Header reads:
A £125MILLION rescue of stricken West Ham is in danger of collapse because no one knows who now controls the teetering Upton Park club.
And this Headline.
£2.5m SPUR FOR PARKER - The People. Now this is the funniest, West Ham are so desperate for money that we will bend over backwards to accept an amazing sum of £2.5m from Spurs for Parker, The sub Header reads:
Tottenham are ready to take advantage of a West Ham ‘fire sale’ with a £2.5m bid for Scott Parker.
Believe me, even the Spurs fans will be laughing at that story.
Some facts for the Red Tops,
(1) West Ham are owned by WH Holdings, which is based in Britain and 100% a British company, this is a British Company and not Icelandic.
(2) West Ham have no intentions of selling players that are necessary to take the club to European status, Bonuses and awards for finishing in the top 6 far out weighs the measly sums made up for players transfers by the media.
Troubled we are? YES. Desperate we are? NO
At 5pm today you will definitely have a better story.
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Nani rejects Argentinian links with West Ham United
Oct 16, 2008 Transfer Rumours, Transfers, West Ham News, gianluca nani
Rumours saying that West Ham United are interested in the Argentinian Pablo Daniel Osvaldo have been rejected by Gianluca Nani, He told Italian Media:
“We do not want a team that is too ‘Italian’. Our plan is to build players at home, taking them when they are still young.
“Osvaldo is a great striker, but is already an important player and falls outside the type of player we are looking for, because we are covered in that position.”
The 22 year old Argentinian has admitted being unhappy playing for Fiorentina because of lack of 1st team games.
Pablo’s Agent Dario Decoud told Tuttomercatoweb:
“At the moment I can’t say what Osvaldo’s future is because it depends on whether Fiorentina decide to keep him, sell him or send him out on loan.
“If La Viola were to sell Adrian Mutu, Osvaldo could have more space, but we will have to see what happens in January when the transfer window reopens.
“Palermo, Torino and Lazio called me before the season started, while Bologna spoke directly to Fiorentina and an English team got in touch recently.”
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Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson: I would rather sell my other assets then sell West Ham United
Oct 13, 2008 Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson, Featured Article, Sheffield Utd, Transfer Rumours, Transfers, West Ham News, finance
After speculation that Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson is looking to sell West Ham United and that the club would be going into administration, news has arrived that Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson wants to reassure the fans that he has no intentions of selling his club and that administration is far from being true.
According to the Independent Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson is furious with rumours that West Ham United have supposedly asked the firm Seymour Pierce to find a new owner for the club, he also wanted the fans to know that he would rather sell any of his other assets than sell West Ham United.
This is great news from the big man whom has suffered great losses in his Icelandic empire and that his country Iceland are begging him to sell his European assets in aid of helping the Icelandic economy.
All premier league clubs have massive debts and West Ham’s debts are around £60m in various loans, this amount is nothing compared to what is called the big 4 clubs which in total is estimated at around £1.2bn.
The threat of having to pay Sheffield Utd up to £50m is a big worry for the club, but with the talent of the squad and at least 6-8 players rumoured to be sold in january the club will be ready for its destiny.
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FA to investigate Sheffield United over Kabba Clause?
Oct 11, 2008 Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson, Featured Article, Sheffield Utd, Transfers, West Ham News
West Ham agreeably broke the rules of football and paid a massive sum of £5.2m a record fine for any club, and are still suffering to this day.
The FA should now hold inquiries into every club in all leagues regarding transfers and rules that have been broken, and especially rule U18.
Sheffield Utd without doubt broke this rule and influenced the outcome of the game between Watford and Sheffield Utd a clause was inserted into the transfer contract that Steve Kabba could not play for Watford in the game against Sheffield Utd.
The U18 rules says: “No club shall enter into a contract which enables any other party to that contract to acquire the ability materially to influence its policies or the performance of its teams in league matches or in any (other) competitions.”
So rule U18 was breached under this contract, McCabe has stated recently that Kabba not playing for Watford in that game was only a gentlemen’s agreement.
Both clubs Websites Sheffield Utd and Watford at the time had stated that Kabba was not playing in that game and the page has since been removed from Sheffield’s Website it did state:
Meanwhile, in the Watford camp, striker Steven Kabba is ineligible to play in this weekend’s fixture due to a clause in his £500,000 move from Bramall Lane in January.
Sheffield United went on to win the game 1-0 and in the view of the FA Kabba not being involved in the game was a direct influence on the win.
Rule U18 was breached and investigations should commence by the FA into not only Sheffield Utd but also every club that made an agreement and clause that influences the outcome of a game by not fielding an important player after a transfer.
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West Ham: Zola Wants The Elegant Killer (Video)
Sep 22, 2008 Gianfranco Zola, Transfer Rumours, Transfers, West Ham News
Its good to see the relationship between Gianfranco Zola and Gianluca Nani is proving to be a success, we all knew that Curbs was never going to be the best of friends with Nani or even agree to Nani’s plans on making the club a success, different cultures and different ideas on new players is why Curbs went, Di Michelle is a proving factor in this debate that makes Nani right and Curbs who admitted he never heard of Di Michelle and didn’t want the player along with Illunga, Curbs was more interested in buying Thatcher.
According to the People, Zola has asked Nani if he can buy Riccardo Montolivo in January, even though the midfielder has 4 years left on his contract with Fiorentina, the signature could cost West Ham something in the region of £12m, without any hesitation Nani has supposedly given the green light to Zola.
Zola has great knowledge of Riccardo Montolivo from when he was an Italian under 21 player coached by Pierluigi Casiraghi and assisted by Zola.
Montolivo has an incredible ability in midfield with all the style of Ronaldo and pace of Theo walcott and makes Modric look pretty lame.
There will be problems in buying Montolivo, his coach Prandelli finds that £12m is a poor price to pay for a player of such quality.
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Thank You Chelsea!
Sep 9, 2008 Gianfranco Zola, New Manager, Talks, West Ham News
When West Ham United’s players report for training Thursday, they will have a new mentor. Their previous coach, Alan Curbishley, quit last week, claiming the club’s Icelandic owners and Italian sporting director kept him out of the loop when buying and selling players.
Curbishley is a local man reared on the traditions of West Ham in London’s dockland. The Hammers’ kindergarten shaped fine young professionals - Curbishley himself, and before him Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst, and subsequently Trevor Brooking and Frank Lampard. The club’s ethos was the closest London gets to Brazil. The ball is played on the turf, and moved with a sense of artistry, not merely clubbed into the air the way an English football used to be.
If West Ham’s new coach is the man we all expect to be announced Thursday, some of that romance has a chance of being revived. Gianfranco Zola is back in town. He is in contention for the coaching role at West Ham, although the club had been sifting through 30 applicants and narrowing down the search to such candidates as Slaven Bilic, currently the Croatian national coach, Roberto Donadoni, recently fired by Italy, and Michael Laudrup, the Dane who is heading for Moscow as the new Spartak coach.
Why would Zola, once a fabulous player but with no practical experience in club team management, head that list?
Because West Ham’s decision makers have talked to him, twice. And because once you are in Zola’s company, you feel a zest for life, for his beloved sport, for the challenge of taking size and stature out of the equation.
Of all the players who came to England over the past decade, Zola, at 1.66 meters, a shade over 5-foot-5, would be the smallest. Of all the foreigners who influenced the English, who inspired a fresh passion for the craft, I would place Zola at the top. He gave work ethic a good name. I struggle to recall one match in which he played for Chelsea and did not leave a mark on the performance, a smile on the face of the game.
Born in Sardinia in July 1966, the month Bobby Moore led England to World Cup triumph, Zola is a product of his own personality and his unremitting desire to make physical force irrelevant. He learned tricks as an apprentice to Diego Maradona down in Naples; he was ushered out of Italy by the intransigence of Carlo Ancelotti when, as coach to Parma, that Italian had a rigid team structure that considered Zola too small, too unpredictable, too free-spirited. Ancelotti has since learned to relax the reins sufficiently for many triumphs at AC Milan.
Zola was chosen, at 30, by Chelsea’s manager then, Ruud Gullit. The giant Gullit and the manikin Zola opened the door for floods of overseas players by the way they showed the English that there are so many ways to the end product.
Yes, they won matches, and trophies. None sticks in my memory more than the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1998, when Chelsea beat VfB Stuttgart in Stockholm. Zola probably should not have played. He had a two-centimeter tear in an abdominal muscle, but begged to sit on the bench in case he was needed. He was, and barely 22 seconds after being summoned to leave his seat, he darted as quick as a lizard between the Stuttgart defenders.
Zola tricked men with his subtle imagination, then scored with real venom. “It wasn’t planned,” he told us afterward.
“In the moment, I used my positive strength and I got a reward for passion, also for the work that not only I but the masseur Mimmo Pezza did together in Rimini,”
where he trained to make the final.
“I thank this man for a beautiful moment which will be in my heart for as long as I can remember,”
he said.
No one can be sure Zola’s rare qualities will translate from playing to management. But it promises to be an engaging experiment.
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West Ham beat Arsenal Portsmouth & Newcastle to win 2 HOT Signings but makes Chelsea Fans Excited!
Sep 8, 2008 Featured Article, Gianfranco Zola, New Manager, Stephen Appiah, Talks, West Ham News
Zola
By Thursday West Ham will announce the signings of its new Manager Gianfranco Zola and the sensational signing of the Stephen Appiah (The Tornado)
Gianfranco Zola has been hinted by Kia Joorabchian to be the choice that the West Ham board have made , Kia Joorabchian who is acting as an official advisor to the Upton Park board in the hunt for a new manager, He said to the Media:
“Zola has got a lot of experience in the Premier League as a player and he has built a big reputation in Italy with the U21s,” It is also well known that Zola is Nani and Duxbury’s favourite to succeed Curbishley
Appiah
Stephen Appiah the Black Stars captain flew to London after the Ghana game and told KickOffGhana.com that,
“by the close of the week, I will see where I am going to play my club football.”
and the only club known to have had any talks and medical with Appiah is West Ham, Arsenal manager Wenger has and will not show interest in Appiah according to Gooner Talk because of 3rd party ownership of the player.
Appiah has made it quite clear that his dream is to play in the Premier League and in London.
West Ham are sitting in 5th place and only 1 point behind the leaders Chelsea, the next 5 games will be the big test for West Ham and its new manager and by the end of October we might even see West Ham above Chelsea, how ironic would that be for Zola.
Chelsea fans are excited about West Ham signing Zola but only because they believe if he succeeds in getting West Ham to Europe by at least a 5th place finish, then they will be wanting Zola for manager in the near future, and who can blame them, we have the same passion for Bilic.
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The 4 Candidate Facts - You Decide - Poll
Sep 7, 2008 Featured Article, New Manager, Talks, West Ham News
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Mike Lee O.B.E. (Director of WHUFC) is presumably the man holding the interviews.
Mike Lee’s Background:
When West Ham was 1st thought of as a club to purchase by Bjorg, he put the proposition to Eggert, who sent a 2 teams out to investigate West Ham’s financial status and to finalise a deal, 1 of the teams was Vero Communications LTD which is owned by Mike Lee OBE.
Mike Lee OBE of Vero Communications Ltd is now a director at West Ham and is also an Advisor in the world of communications and sport (UEFA -Premier League - and Olympics 2012) with his experience and contacts Mike will be a key figure that will help to develop the club to its next stage.
Candidates
Gianfranco Zola:
Zola is one of the Chelsea’s and the Premier Leagues greatest football stars, unbelievable skills and a fantastic tactician.
Zola decided to leave the players game, just a week before he turned 39. He is currently an Italian football pundit, though he also comments on European competitions. He has also been named joint coach of the Italian Under-21 side with ex Chelsea player Pierluigi Casiraghi.
Experienced Managerial Skills 6/10
C’Mon Yu Irons! view on Zola as manager for West Ham United:-
We are surprised that Zola made it to a top 4 choice, although he is a legend in football will he have the right experience to take West Ham forward as Manager.
Slaven Bilic
Bilic is a big hero to West Ham as Zola is to Chelsea but with a lot more experience as a Manager.
Head coach of Croatia, Bilic put an end to Englands chances of reaching the Euro 2008 finals, his flamboyant style of managing his team has taken the world by surprise and has taken Croatia to new heights in the Fifa ranking league.
Experienced Managerial Skills 7/10
C’Mon Yu Irons! view on Bilic as Manager for West Ham United:-
The chance of West Ham signing Bilic up as manager of West Ham is slim, Bilic and his family are heroes of Croatia and for him to leave the job as Croatian coach will definitely cause him to be hated by his own country in his pursuit of his dream job with West Ham, maybe after the World Cup in 2010 we might see Bilic as Manager of West Ham, but for now we must look elsewhere.
Roberto Donadoni
As a Club manager Donadoni has never really accomplished any success, In 2005, he returned to head Livorno in mid-season. After leading them to a surprising ninth-place finish and having the club in sixth place midway through the 2005–06 season, Donadoni resigned over criticism from his club chairman.
As the Italian National coach Donadoni succeeding Marcello Lippi who resigned after having won the 2006 FIFA World Cup. In the 2008 European Championship campaign, with Donadoni as coach, Italy reached the quarter finals of the tournament, losing against Spain. On June 26, 2008 Donadoni was subsequently dismissed despite having signed a contract extension prior to the beginning of Euro 2008, using a clause in the contract which allowed termination if Italy does not reach the semi-final. He was replaced by Marcello Lippi who returned as national team manager.
Experienced Managerial Skills 7/10
C’Mon Yu Irons! view on Donadoni as Manager for West Ham United:-
Fantastic player but as a manager of a club he has very little in the way of European experience and will he be able to hold his temper when the board get on his back, will Bjorg have to be careful what he says to him, and will Donadoni stay with West Ham if he achieves success with the club or will he be tempted to manage a bigger club next season.
Too hot headed or just a passionate guy, well whatever he is we at West Ham like this kind of Di Canio guy.
Michael Laudrup
After ending his playing career, Laudrup took up coaching, and became assistant manager of the Danish national team. He got his first manager job at former club Brøndby IF in 2002, whom he guided to the 2005 Danish Superliga championship. He chose not to extend his contract with Brøndby IF in May 2006. In 2007 Brøndby IF decided to name a new lounge at the stadium “The Michael Laudrup Lounge”, with Laudrup’s approval. He subsequently took over as coach of Getafe, Madrid’s third club, and continued his coaching career with notable success there. He brought the club comparative success in the Copa del Rey and UEFA Cup, and the team’s attacking style brought plaudits.
Experienced Managerial Skills 7/10
C’Mon Yu Irons! view on Laudrup as Manager for West Ham United:-
Not one of favourites, Laudrup is a great tactician and great with working with players, clubs have always acheieved some success under his influence but i cant see the West Ham fans being over enthusiastic with his style.
C’Mon Yu Irons! choice from these 4 is obviously Bilic but would take Donadoni if Bilic is unavailable.
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Mancini interested in West Ham Vacancy
Sep 6, 2008 New Manager, Talks, West Ham News
Mancio
The agent of Roberto Mancini has hinted that Mancini is interested in the vacant job at West Ham.
Giorgio De Giorgis said:
“Roberto will not talk to any other club before he sorts out his contract situation with Inter”
Mancini was sacked by Inter at the end of last season but is yet to legally resolve his contract with the club.
Giorgio then said
“Mancini would relish the chance to ply his trade in the Premier League and really likes England and London in particular - that is something that he has never denied”
Mancini at present is on vacation on his Yatch and it is rumoured he will be flying to London in the next few days to talk to West Ham.
An overwheming majority of West Ham fans are urging the board to employ Mancini and preferably with Di Canio as Assistant Manager.
Newcastle are also showing an interest in Mancini.
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