Showing posts with label Harry Redknapp. Show all posts
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Thursday, 11 July 2013
Hammers want Parker to be their loan star
By Alex Shilling, News Editor
West Ham are eyeing up a move to bring former talisman Scott Parker back to East London on loan, according to the Mirror.
The 32 year old has struggled with injuries since his £5m deadline day move to Tottenham after the Hammers' relegation in 2011, and even when fit, has been in and out of the Spurs team.
QPR boss Harry Redknapp is also keen on bringing the Lambeth-born dynamo to his club and was yesterday said to be readying a £2m bid for Parker.
Having splashed the cash on England striker Andy Carroll and having had a £6.7m bid for Colombia U20 star Duvan Zapata accepted by Argentine club Estudiantes, the Hammers can only stretch to a loan move for the former Charlton star but the idea of remaining in the top flight and returning to a ground where he played some of the best football of his career may appeal to Parker more than dropping down a division with the R's.
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Tuesday, 14 May 2013
Golden Bhoy Gary to swap Hoops for Hammers?
Rumour has it this morning that Celtic striker Gary Hooper is primed to make a summer switch to the Boleyn Ground.
The former Scunthorpe star turned out alongside Hammers stars Kevin Nolan, Andy Carroll and Matt Jarvis on the Cole XI in a memorial game for Irons academy graduate Mitchell Cole and now the powerful 25 year old is being strongly linked with a move to the Boleyn Ground, after a hugely prolific season in Scotland where the former Hereford loanee amassed 29 goals in all competitions.
West Ham's Premier League rivals Norwich made three unsuccessful bids to sign the well-travelled forward in January, and Tottenham have been linked with Hooper in the past. However, with Spurs boss Andre Villas-Boas turning his attention to Athletico Madrid's Falcao, the North London side look likely to drop out of the race to prise Hooper away from Celtic Park.
Should the Hammers want to bring the Celtic hitman to East London, their main competition would likely come from newly-relegated Queens Park Rangers, with R's boss Harry Redknapp ready to splash out £6m on the striker this summer, according to the Daily Mirror.
By Alex Shilling, News Editor
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The former Scunthorpe star turned out alongside Hammers stars Kevin Nolan, Andy Carroll and Matt Jarvis on the Cole XI in a memorial game for Irons academy graduate Mitchell Cole and now the powerful 25 year old is being strongly linked with a move to the Boleyn Ground, after a hugely prolific season in Scotland where the former Hereford loanee amassed 29 goals in all competitions.
Should the Hammers want to bring the Celtic hitman to East London, their main competition would likely come from newly-relegated Queens Park Rangers, with R's boss Harry Redknapp ready to splash out £6m on the striker this summer, according to the Daily Mirror.
By Alex Shilling, News Editor
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Wednesday, 8 May 2013
Cesar will leave this summe,r says Redknapp as Hammers circle Brazil keeper
Queens Park Rangers boss Harry Redknapp has told Sky Sports that he can't see goalkeeper Julio Cesar staying at Loftus Road beyond the end of the summer, amid reports that West Ham manager Sam Allardyce is considering a swoop for the Brazil international.
"I don't see him playing here next season," Redknapp said today.
"Julio is not a player for the Championship- he has a World Cup coming up [next summer] so he needs to be playing. I think he is a player for a top Italian team, a top Spanish team or a top Premier League team. He is good enough to be playing anywhere."
Arsenal are also said to be interested in the former Inter Milan stopper, while Hammers' sources were yesterday quick to deny goalkeeping speculation, with Villa keeper Brad Guzan also being linked with a move to the Boleyn Ground this summer.
Current West Ham number 1 Jussi Jaaskelainen has recently signed a new one year deal at the club, but at the age of 38, manager Allardyce knows he has to build for the future. Reserve goalkeeper Stephen Henderson, who signed from Portsmouth at the back end of last season, is not considered by the club to yet be ready to fill Jaaskelainen's boots and has spent most of this season on loan at Championship side Ipswich Town.
Hammers co-chairman David Gold stated last month the club's intentions to create a 'new look' side for next season, built around youth, rather than experience as it has been this season and so although the main focus for West Ham is strengthening their attack, there is a desire from within the club to bring what Gold describes as 'young, stronger players' into all areas of the team.
By Alex Shilling, News Editor
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"I don't see him playing here next season," Redknapp said today.
"Julio is not a player for the Championship- he has a World Cup coming up [next summer] so he needs to be playing. I think he is a player for a top Italian team, a top Spanish team or a top Premier League team. He is good enough to be playing anywhere."
Arsenal are also said to be interested in the former Inter Milan stopper, while Hammers' sources were yesterday quick to deny goalkeeping speculation, with Villa keeper Brad Guzan also being linked with a move to the Boleyn Ground this summer.
Current West Ham number 1 Jussi Jaaskelainen has recently signed a new one year deal at the club, but at the age of 38, manager Allardyce knows he has to build for the future. Reserve goalkeeper Stephen Henderson, who signed from Portsmouth at the back end of last season, is not considered by the club to yet be ready to fill Jaaskelainen's boots and has spent most of this season on loan at Championship side Ipswich Town.
Hammers co-chairman David Gold stated last month the club's intentions to create a 'new look' side for next season, built around youth, rather than experience as it has been this season and so although the main focus for West Ham is strengthening their attack, there is a desire from within the club to bring what Gold describes as 'young, stronger players' into all areas of the team.
By Alex Shilling, News Editor
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Tuesday, 7 May 2013
Jeepers keepers: QPR's Cesar in Allardyce's sights
In another goalkeeper-related story this morning, rumour has it that as well as plotting a move for Aston Villa stopper Brad Guzan, West Ham manager Sam Allardyce is keeping a close eye on QPR keeper Julio Cesar, who is also reportedly wanted by Arsenal.
R's boss Harry Redknapp told the Fulham Chronicle last week that he thought it was likely that the Brazil international had played his last game in a QPR shirt, with the club's relegation from the Premier League being confirmed last week, but that he would not be letting Cesar go on the cheap, saying: "he's a top Brazilian keeper and obviously he wants to play at the top- but you've got to get top value. He'll cost money."
The word is that Redknapp could be persuaded to part with Cesar for a fee in the region of £5m. The man himself, however, is said to be keen on a move on Italy and is feeling distinctly disenchanted with English football after a miserable campaign at Loftus Road.
By Alex Shilling, News Editor
@alexshilling
R's boss Harry Redknapp told the Fulham Chronicle last week that he thought it was likely that the Brazil international had played his last game in a QPR shirt, with the club's relegation from the Premier League being confirmed last week, but that he would not be letting Cesar go on the cheap, saying: "he's a top Brazilian keeper and obviously he wants to play at the top- but you've got to get top value. He'll cost money."
The word is that Redknapp could be persuaded to part with Cesar for a fee in the region of £5m. The man himself, however, is said to be keen on a move on Italy and is feeling distinctly disenchanted with English football after a miserable campaign at Loftus Road.
By Alex Shilling, News Editor
@alexshilling
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