In an attempt to secure the services of a 'marquee' player West Ham United are going to have to push the boat out, and the proposed move to sign James Rodriguez from Real Madrid is certainly a statement of intent, if indeed it transpires to be as real as it currently seems. Splashing out around £65 Million is a massive investment as well as being a humungous gamble, especially for a club like West Ham who have only recently managed to claw themselves out of a mountain of debt inherited by the two Davids, Sullivan & Gold. Should this deal, or one of the many others mooted, go ahead how can West Ham United afford it? Well there are lies and damn lies when it comes to the funding of football transfers, the payment structure can vary wildly depending on which country your club is doing business with. The legendary 'undisclosed' fee is generally used to disguise some form of higher purchase payment that has been mutually agreed, a structure that is set up to give maximum tax benefits to al those involved, and a structure that can effectively 'hide' where and when the payments for a player have been made. Any potential deal for James Rodriguez would most definitely be financed by JG Funding or one of their various offshore companies, a facility that West Ham United as well as Everton and Swansea and several other teams use to borrow money against potential TV revenue. Real Madrid are able to offer very convenient terms on outward player transfers because of their controversial state backed 'allowances' that mean they do not need all the payment up front, indeed payment plans of up to two and a half years are not unknown, but there would still be the need to make up any short fall by using JG Funding. We are of the opinion that while the offer for James Rodriguez is genuine, that there are even bigger fish to fry, and recent mutinous mutterings from Diafra Sakho and the potential move of Enner Valencia to Swansea or Lazio coupled with a 'slight discomfort' being flagged up by perennial injury statistic Andy Carroll means that there is definite need for reinforcements. Unfortunately new quality players do not come cheaply except in rare circumstances, and if Hammer are to progress they will have to put up or shut up, despite worrying when the 'Tally Man ' eventually calls. - Ed
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huge fees
never guarantee that the player will perform to the level you expect when paying out such a large sum....yes it will guarantee that you are getting a proven player at the highest level but until he takes to the pitch you just do not no if they can cut it....fans are quick to judge especially when a huge fee is involved and if theyare not onside after a few matches you have a problem....as for the mutinous mutterings you mention I feel that the club has to take the blame here....yes they want better players upfront but instead of announcing it to the world why not take sakho to one side and have a quiet word along the lines of look Diafra you will need to up your game with the calibre of players we intend to sign and if you do then we can look at your contract again....but they have not and we are in a mess where two strikers want to leave sicknotes at it again and we are looking toothless upfront and anyone who knows anything about football are aware of our need now becoming desperation of two maybe three quality strikers....so how if we signed Bacca(we wont imo)could we begin to afford someone like Rodriguez
Sakho ..
As far as I am concerned if he his fully fit and prepared to pull his weight .. I'm happy for him to stay .. Personally I would rather Carroll went {That's if anyone would want to Risk Buying him due to his Injury Record ? } and we bring in Benteke or Bony and forget about the Bacca and Rodriguez potential Pie in the Sky stuff which in my opinion are a potential High Money Risk anyway ?
dont disagree
with anything you have said there but I just think its gone to far with sakho now and we already know Bilic has an iron fist when it comes to keeping squad harmony and discipline...only going to be one winner in this battle i'm afraid