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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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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Tags: Arsenal, Black Stars, Chelsea Fans, Club Football, Deliberations, Duxbury, First Choice, Formal Announcement, ghana, Hot Signings, Kia, Kia Joorabchian, London West, nani, Newcastle, Poll Id, Portsmouth, premier league, Reputation, Roberto Donadoni, S Board, Stephen Appiah, striker, Tornado, upton park, Wenger, west bromwich albion, West Ham, West Ham United, Zola
The 4 Candidate Facts - You Decide - Poll
Sep 7, 2008 Featured Article, New Manager, Talks, West Ham News
Apologies to anybody trying to access this post or any other post from this site earlier. We have upgraded to a larger and faster server due to the increase in readers, my thanks go out to all who read the posts on this blog.
Joe J
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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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Tags: Apologies, Array, Chelsea Player, Communications Ltd, Euro 2008, European Competitions, Flamboyant Style, Football Stars, Head Coach, Heroes, irons, Italian Football, Managerial Skills, Obe, Olympics, Olympics 2012, Pierluigi, Players Game, premier league, Pundit, Tactician, uefa, West Ham United, whufc
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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Tags: Contract Situation, De Giorgis, di canio, England London, Few Days, Hot Seat, Inter, Job De, Newcastle, premier league, roberto mancini, Sorts, Vacancy, Vacant Job, West Ham, West Ham Fans, Yatch
Donadoni a Clear Winner
Sep 6, 2008 New Manager, Talks, West Ham News
Firstly i couldn’t stop laughing and nearly wetting myself laughing when i read the Daily Mail EXCLUSIVE article about Donadoni being at West Ham, it was hardly exclusive it was published 2 hours after it was published on here at 2:31pm. ah well that’s the Daily Mail for you, absolute crap.
It hasn’t taken long for a clear favourite to emerge in the race to become the new manager of West Ham. It looks as if all bets are off are the bookies have shortened former Italian national coach Roberto Donadoni to just 1/2 fav It seems the Italian influence behind the scenes at Upton Park are about to dispense with tradition and appoint the club’s first non-British manager. If it’s not Donadoni then it appears certain the next boss will at least be Italian with 4 of the top 5 candidates the netting hailing from Italy. Next in line behind Donadoni are Roberto Mancini (4/1, Slaven Bilic (8/1, Gianfranco Zola (10/1 and Paulo Di Canio (16/1. The leading English contender is Sam Allardyce at 16/1.
I expect we will hear soem news about the new manager in the next xouple of days.
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Tags: Absolute Crap, Bets, Bookies, Boss, Contender, Daily Mail, Gianfranco Zola, Italian Influence, Italy, National Coach, Paulo Di Canio, Read Mail, roberto mancini, Sam Allardyce, Tradition, upton park, West Ham
ALAN CURBISHLEY LEAVES WEST HAM - LIVE CHAT-
Sep 3, 2008 Columbus Crew, Talks, West Ham News
UPDATE
Curbishley has resigned from West Ham. Why would he do this? constant criticism from fans and players, he has constantly stood his ground and said he will carry on to make the club a success, but after the end of the summer transfer window and the fact he had no control over his team, he decided to call it a day.
Original Post
No Room at West Ham for Traitors
Most West Ham fans could never ever think of betraying the club we love and be jealous of any other club.
Man City, New owners with money coming from bottomless pockets, buying players at incredible amounts of money and with promises from their owners there is more big signings to come, now stop and think! you cant buy success, it has to be earned by hard work and players who wear the badge with pride and not thinking of the pay cheque for £150,000 at the end of the month.
Many West Ham fans showing anger and jealousy that we did not do the same as Man City some even going to the extent of saying they are losing their love for the club, a football club is a business and any business that has suffered as much as West Ham have needs to be run with strict rules and management.
Myself and i dare say thousands of other Hammers fans could never even think about losing our feelings for West Ham, the true fans would be tested to the limit with anger and frustration but still bleed claret and blue, our children and our children’s children will carry on where we leave off and will still show the same passion for a club that never fails to disappoint and makes grown men cry.
My son in law is a Liverpool fan, but are his children Liverpool fans? the answer is quite obvious, they are West Ham fans with passion.
Don’t be jealous of Man City, Chelsea or these clubs, look at Real Madrid and how much they spent and ask, ” When did they last win some silverware?”
Be proud to be a Hammers supporter through thick and thin and if your not then support another club because there is no room here at West Ham for you!
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Transfer Talks: New Sigings to be announced
Aug 29, 2008 Talks, Transfers, West Ham News
News that West Ham will announce the signing of Stephen Appiah from Fenerbahce as rumoured by C’Mon Yu Irons! on Wednesday.
Other signings to be announced on Monday could be what Gianluca Nani has set up on year long loans, the signings will be an attacker and a defender with the leading candidates including Henrik Larsson and Pegguy Luyindula, Larsson is also associated with Everton, the other candidate is Walter Pandiani, who is hoping to move back to the Premier League.
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Tags: Attacker, Fenerbahce, Henrik Larsson, irons, Loans, nani, premier league, Stephen Appiah, Walter Pandiani, West Ham
BG you Money Grabbing little Banker
Aug 27, 2008 Featured Article, Talks, Transfers, West Ham News
OK so the first thing I have to do on behalf of my blog is apologise to Curbs
The truth is finally coming out about our new owner BG and his board, Anton was happy with what was offered for him with a new contract at West Ham until Sunderland came up with an offer of £8m and then the offer from West Ham was withdrawn and Ferdinand sold.
what is worrying is that who is next? The rumours about Bellamy are actually beginning to sound realistic, and what is worse is that the poor guy (Curbs) that this blog has been slating has really no control over his players future.
A post that was published by us here at COYI (Read Here) stated who do we believe was because Curbishley admitted that Anton was a part of the future for West Ham and then Duxbury more or less said otherwise.
How can we expect Curbs to deliver if he has such a problem with the board and I dare say Nani too, no manager would put up with what he must be putting up with now even though a majority of the fans blame him for bad performances.
BG, we at West Ham hate Terence Brown, if you sell our home bred players to line your pockets we will definintley hate you too, and thanks to Anton for speaking the truth behind the scenes.
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Tags: 8m, BG, blog, curbs, fans, Money, New Contract, Pockets, rumours, Speaking The Truth, Sunderland, West Ham
Ex Juventus star arrives this Friday
Aug 27, 2008 Featured Article, Talks, Transfers, West Ham News
The West Ham board have agreed a fee of £5m for ex Juventus Midfielder Stephen Appiah and have sent staff out to Turin to finalise the deal.
Stephen Appiah should be at Upton Park for a medical on Friday and all going well he will be training with the squad during the weekend.
The sale of Ferdinand for £8m has obviously given Curbs a little spending power hence why all of a sudden after weeks of negotiations this deal is at its latter stages.
Appiah did have a long spell from training and competing in matches due to injuries, but now is 100% fit and ready to join the Hammers and to give Curbs some relief in an area that is lacking talent.
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Tags: 5m, 8m, curbs, hammers, Juve, Juventus, Latter Stages, Midfielder, Negotiations, Spending Power, Stephen Appiah, Turin, upton park, West Ham
