Thursday, August 31, 2006

 

Confirmed: Malbranque to Spurs

C+P from BBC.

TOTTENHAM: Spurs have won the race to sign Steed Malbranque (1306) from Fulham. With £18m burning a hole in his pocket, Martin Jol could be one of the big movers and shakers of the day. Real Madrid's Brazilian Julio Baptista has apparently been targeted while Spurs have been pursuing Middlesbrough's Stewart Downing and Pascal Chimbonda. Plus, could Jermain Defoe be leaving?

 

Young Keeper signs!

From the official site....

West Ham United have this morning completed the signing of Czech Republic under-17 international goalkeeper Marek Stech.

The Hammers have signed the highly-rated 16-year-old from Sparta Prague for an undisclosed fee.

The youngster is tipped by many as the greatest goalkeeping prospect in the Czech Republic since Petr Cech.

More details, plus exclusive reaction from Ludek Miklosko will follow shortly...

 

Hmmm Takeover Imminent?

So if this signing of the Argies comes off and their current contracts are owned by MSI are we gonna be bought out by Kia Joorabchian in the near future. He was strongly linked with a bid for West Ham a year or two ago which never materialised and now all of a sudden he loans us two of football's hotest properties - seems a little sussed to me. Watch this space!

 

OH MY FUCKING GOD!!!!!!!!

C&P Skysports:

West Ham United are set to pull off a major coup by the signing Argentine stars Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano.

Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United were all thought to be competing for the duo, along with some of the continents elite including Bayern Munich and Milan.

However, The Hammers have struck a deal with Media Sports Investments (MSI) - who own the rights to the Corinthians pair.

South American sources claim Portsmouth were also in line to broker a move, but it seems MSI have decided that a move to West Ham will best serve their prize assets.

The deal is believed to be initially for a season-long loan for the duo - but it could become permanent if all parties are happy, although it remains to be seen whether West Ham could affor them with both players carrying price tags of over £15 million.

The pair are both currently already in England ahead of this weekend's Brazil versus Argentina clash at Arsenal's brand new Emirates Stadium and this has aided the move.

A statement on Tevez's website states a move to Upton Park for himself and Mascherano has been sealed.

"Carlitos Tevez along with his former Corinthians team-mate, Javier Mascherano, has signed a contract to play with West Ham United of England," read the statement.

 

Pants Down!

John Pa(i)ntsil has damaged his knee ligaments in our clash against Liverpool and is a serious doubt for the Palermo Uefa Cup game. This is a huge blow to West Ham as he has been a pleasant suprise since joining this summer as he hit the ground running in his first 3 games for the club. I have a few doubts about Tyronne Mears who will surely now step in but he now has his oppotunity to show what he can do. We seem to be struggling with injuries at the moment so maybe we do need a couple of new faces before the window shuts.

Wednesday, August 30, 2006

 

Who are we Gonna Sign?

Anybody? Probably not is my guess.

Rumours are suggesting that Steed Malbranque is on his way to Spurs with Danny Murphy going the other way meaning we miss out on the player we've been tracking all summer. Am I bothered? Well on one hand he would've added some quality to our right side of midfield but on the other do we really need some mercenary frog who's in for a big pay day? I think that's more Redknapp's forte than Pardew's. It may well be paying off for Harry right now but if things start going wrong then they have a nasty pay structure to lump when the shit hits the fan! We can vouch for that.

It would be nice to add some additional qulity into our squad but time is not on Alan's side. Unless he has some Irons (scuse the pun) in the fire we don't know about then I'd say we'll have to wait until January to get that big transfer that's been mooted all summer.

And I think we have a squad that can handle the demands and with Matty coming back for the next game we should have plenty of quality in midfield for the time being. Also when Deano recovers that in itself will be like a welcome new signing - especially if Marlon doesn't buck his game up soon.