THREE West Ham players I would be happy to see leave in January
As well as wishing for some new players to reinvigorate their season over the January transfer window, West Ham will be also be looking to offload some players to free up the funds to go on a splurge. The question is; who to offload? Currently lying 4 points adrift of safety, and looking more and more likely to spend Christmas Day bottom of the pile, West Ham will be looking to shake up their squad, and become only the second team in Premier League history to render being the basement club on the 25th December an irrelevance. So here are three players that West Ham would be happy to see the back of, and for some the feeling may well be mutual.
Carlton Cole
Divides opinion amongst the West Ham faithful, but is looking increasingly disgruntled in the claret-and-blue, especially since Gianfranco Zola left in the summer. He has recently criticised Avram Grant’s defensive tactics noting that they ‘starved’ him, in particular during the game at Anfield towards the back end of November. As Cole was purportedly going to leave West Ham in the summer for around £9m, there’s no reason to think that he wouldn’t fetch around that sum over January, and if he is unhappy at Upton Park, it would probably be best to get rid of him and get in someone who wants to pull their weight and try to get the Hammers out of the predicament they are currently in.
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Kieron Dyer
One of the highest earners at Upton Park, and according to the Daily Telegraph, the highest, Dyer has had an injury-filled career, and his time at West Ham has been no different. Reportedly told by David Gold and David Sullivan to do the decent thing and either prove his fitness or go into retirement like Dean Ashton over the summer, the Davids may well be looking to offload him in January, mainly to get rid of the fiscal burden of his wages if nothing else.
Radoslav Kovac
The former Czech international midfielder has made 38 league appearances for West Ham, and is an able deputy for Scott Parker when he is absent. But with the Hammers being linked with other midfielders in the shape of Jamie O’Hara and Joey Barton, Kovac may well be on his way to make some space for new arrivals.
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What makes you think a team will buy a player that finds it impossible to play more than 2 games on the trot without getting injured. It’s all very well want to sell a player – but nobody will buy him and certainly not on the wages he is on. As he is under contract there is no reason he would leave for less money.
If someone wants Cole however I’ll drive him there myself.
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Those that should go, who people might want (other than Blue Sq league) Upson,Dyer (free + susbsidise 50% of wages) and Cole
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What about Spector? has one good game against no opposition, did nothing before or since.
What about Ilunga? not been the same since he came back from injury.
What about Luis Boa Morte? always been a donkey at this club.
What about Behrami? he wants to go as his family haven’t settled here regardless of how good he is.
What about Upson? refuses to sign new contract and isn’t anywhere near good enough anyway lately.
not very good at this sort of thing are you James?
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