Posts Tagged ‘Portsmouth’

It is reported that Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson is looking in the region of £230-£250m for West Ham in the coming months, a slightly exaggerated price considering the club initially cost him somewhere in the region of £100m inc Eggy’s shares.

So what would happen if we sold Craig Bellamy and Mathew Upson? disaster thats what would happen, BG has to take into consideration that the sale of these 2 players could mean relegation problems which could result in losing around £40m in TV rights as a premiership club, and also the clubs for sale banner would drop to a bargain basement price of around £60m, partly because the few good players we do have will jump ship as they have done in the past.

Bellamy is considered to be worth around £7m and Upson i would guess around the same price, so even if it is true and we are a financially struggling club it would be suicide to sell these players, it is these players that are just keeping our heads above water at the moment.

BG, Nani and Duxbury have to keep these players at all costs, we still need 23+ points to believe we are safe from relegation, lets not make the mistake that Portsmouth are making by selling Diarra and what Wigan will be making if they sell Heskey.

Its better to be safe then sorry.

ALL FIGURES ARE ESTIMATED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES AND ARE NOT THOSE STATED BY WHUFC

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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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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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West Ham stopped their losing streak with their first clean sheet of the season and a point, but they could easily have had all three.

Portsmouth’s three best first-half chances fell to Jermain Defoe but despite the visitors dominating Robert Green was hardly really tested.

Craig Bellamy’s second-half free-kick against the bar for West Ham was the best chance for either side so far.

This inspired them to go on the attack but a goal proved just beyond them.

Highlights

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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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Stephen Appiah

Stephen Appiah has spoken about his dream to play in the English Premier League but has no pointers into the team that he would be playing for.

According to speculation, Appiah is being tracked by 3 clubs, West Ham, Arsenal, and Portsmouth, but the only club in any talks with him is West Ham.

Appiah Said:

“There are contacts, there are talks - I can’t say anything yet,”

he said to skysports.com.

“I am not going to put people off, my agents are talking so I have nothing else to say.

“My dream is to play in the Premier League and with the help of God, I will realise that dream.”

WHUFC have confirmed that negotiations are ongoing to which a move to West Ham seems to be the only firm option that is on the table for the Ghanian.

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The chairman of the European Clubs Association, Karl Heinz Rummenigge, has revealed that the UEFA Cup could be set for a rebranding; to ‘refresh’ the appeal of a tournament that has failed to live up to the expectations of 10 to 15 years ago.

Rummenigge said:

“The hope is that a refreshment of the name and brand can help achieve better results than we’ve seen in the Uefa Cup in the past.

“There has been a general impression that it has become a second-class competition and that we should get back to how it was ten or 15 years ago.”

Article From Back Pages

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It seems almost inevitable now that Gudjohnsen will be joining the Hammers.

C’Mon Yu Irons! was the very first with the news about Gudjohnsen’s interest in joining the hammers when he leaves Barcelona, and now his father whom is also his agent has told the media that his his son will be coming back to the Premiership.

Quote from the East London Advertiser today:

Gudjohnsen told the radio station that his close friendship with West Ham’s Icelandic owner Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson and his desire to move back to London made a move to West Ham more attractive.

Portsmouth have now shown an interest in Gudjohnsen, harry is even bragging that his son Jamie and Eidur are very close friends.
Newcastle also showed an interest, bur Gudjohnsen has stated he has Read more Gudjohnsen to Join West Ham, Portsmouth or not so Likely Newcastle?

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