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Zola Does Some Italian Window Shopping
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More indication that I will have to write these entries in Italian as it has been reported that Gianfranco Zola is window shopping again in Italy. This time two names have been touted in the Italian press. Sampdoria striker Antonio Cassano is apparently one of Zola’s choices for the “January Sales”. The former Roma and [...]
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Zola Chasing Livorno’s Candreva
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Gianfranco Zola looks like he has made his mind up and will be doing his best to poach Livorno midfielder Antonio Candreva when the transfer window opens again in January. Zola coached Candreva in the Italian U-21 team so it has been no surprise to Zola how well Candreva has played for Livorno this season. [...]
And Now, The End Is Near, And So I Face…
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From news reports this week, it is becoming clearer that Dean Ashton may be at the end of his playing career. The talk this week was of the Hammers cashing on the insurance policies and sending Deano out to pasture. The 25 year old has not made any recovery in the last year since his [...]
Hammers Pick Up Another Striker
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Looks like the Hammers have snatched up another striker, this time out-of-contract Guillermo Franco, most recently at the Spanish club, Villarreal. The 32 year old Argentinean, but plays for Mexico, has been a decent goalscorer, hitting 14 goals in 81 appearances with Villarreal and 6 goals in 19 international matches with the Mexican national team. [...]
Lucas Neill: Spain or Sunderland? Duh…
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Yesterday every news outlet was reporting that Lucas Neill, the out of contract Hammer, had joined Atlético Madrid for a £2 million payday, but today it’s all gone Pete Tong. British tabloids are reporting today that Lucas is now linked with Sunderland and could expect a cool £3 million contract.
Atlético needed cover for [...]
Bean Counters “Spill The Beans”
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The Guardian reported today that it has received a copy of the clubs accounts for the year ending 2008 and they are not happy bedtime reading. The bottom line is that at the end of 2008 the Hammers had net debt and contingent liabilities approaching £100m.
The problems were so bad that the club breached [...]
Bye Bye Jimmy C
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James Collins may be saying goodbye to the Claret and Blue of the Hammers, but he is saying hello to the Claret and Blue of Aston Villa. After dissing Stoke City earlier in August, Jimmy C obviously felt a lot more comfortable about the Villa. It seems like there is always a deal to be [...]
Last Minute Shopping
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As the transfer window slams shut for another three months, teams are studying their player and options like a game of Risk on steroids. The Hammers have been last minute shoppers before with the gifted and disastrous signing of Carlos Alberto Tévez (and the ‘always smiling’ Javier Mascherano) back on this day in 2006.
Today, [...]
Pick A Striker. Any Striker. Part Deux.
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Play the new online game. Name a half decent striker at a European club and we’ll have a rumor published in some scandalous tabloid by the time you’ve finished your lunch.
Today’s contestant number one is 26 years old; weighing in at 75 kilos, he’s from a town called Strumica in a country called Macedonia, [...]
Deano, Say It Ain’t So
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The British tabloids are reporting that Dean Ashton may be close to calling it quits on his playing career as he struggles with his comeback from ankle injury. This has kept Deano out of the side since turning his ankle in Gianfranco Zola’s first training session as manager. Ashton recently visited Dutch surgeon, Niek van [...]
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