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Rodriguez To West Ham How Could It Possible?JG Funding HP?

Submitted by Neville Nixon on Mon, 18/07/2016 - 00:00

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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Closed Chinese Transfer Window Good For West Ham & Others

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Submitted by nevillenixon on Sun, 17/07/2016 - 19:45

Midnight on July 16th Central Chinese time marked the end of the Chinese Football federation's transfer window, and as such removes one major cash endowed player from the lunacy that is going on in the European transfer window! Quite how much the emerging Chinese super league is effecting the fees being commanded by players and their agents is difficult to quantise, but there has undoubtedley been a a seismic shift when it comes to football's economic power houses. Some argue that these developments are a good thing, whereas others can only see a financial bubble bursting (excuse bubble negative) League artificially propped up by corporations, where grounds are hardly full, and gaming and betting is of far more interest to the general public who of course still have saturated Barclays Premier League footage provided by a myriad of suppliers.
West Ham United, as well as just about every other leading club nestling below the super rich, will be breathing a sigh of relief that (a) none of their star players have been lured away by the promises of massive wages despite the obvious draw backs involved in relocating families etc, but (b) that now 'The Chinese' are out of the picture until the winter, clubs will be able to negotiate transfers without agents being able to play the Eastern trump card (not the conceited psychopathic american presidential hopeful type).
It seems that the old 'ball park' figure for players has gone completely out the window, and Hammers are no such exception when it comes to business, rumours of a plus £65 Million bid for James Rodriguez from spanish giants Real Madrid are not far off the mark, "you have to be in it to win it" being the current adage, West Ham United will need to invest massively just to stand still, their first opponents in the forthcoming league programme, Chelsea, are a case in point, they have already snapped up one Irons target and are sniffing after another. They along with Manchester United are exhibiting an unhealthy interest in Hammers starlet Reece Oxford, holding on to your future stars can be as important as any future acquisitions, it is a difficult balancing act but one that Slaven Billic and the Hammers hierarchy will have to manage! - Ed

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Bedding in

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Submitted by mcbikeman on Sun, 17/07/2016 - 14:22

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Surely this is the week we have to get our strikers? preseasons underway and new players need time to bed in get used to there new surroundings and team mates.....buying someone and chucking them in at the deep end once the seasons started IMO would be a disaster especially when its the man/men expected to score the goals to help us on to the next level.....its a pressurised job at the best of times and strikers thrive on confidence so hopefully this situation will not drag on for another week....11 days to go till the euro tie we need some semblance of an idea as who will be leading our frontline as sick notes at it again and cannot be relied on to string a run of matches together again.

Monday Night Football

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Submitted by Dartford Bhoy on Sun, 17/07/2016 - 09:14

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I dont know about you guys but I really cant stand Monday night football and I guess this season we will be playing a lot mainly due to the Thursday commitment (for as long as it lasts) in the Europa League. I have also bought a season ticket, the first time in over 30 years and getting to a Monday night game due to work comments will be virtually impossible. I just think a change, like they have in Germany, to Friday nights would be better as its practically the weekend.

Im so grumpy about it I have tried, and failing, to get 100 signitures on Change.org and really need you support. 100 is the magic number that then gets greater publicity on their site. details are below:

https://www.change.org/p/martin-glenn-no-more-monday-night-premier-leagu...?
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many thanks, COYI'S

FarehamHammer

Submitted by Ausiron on Sun, 17/07/2016 - 08:39

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Bumped into him on Twitter...hopefully he'll be posting again some time soon
"We are more than a football club...we're a way of life". His favourite quote...
#COYI

carroll injured

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Submitted by mcbikeman on Sun, 17/07/2016 - 05:38

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surprise surprise !! apparently he is feeling some discomfort in his groin(cheap jokes please)and he has been sent to hospital for checks....now we all no carroll doesn't do a short term injury and so we are now looking to possibly going into Europe in a couple of weeks time with two strikers who have made it clear they want to leave...ahhh its the wonderful world of west ham united.....still we have been linked with bats/lacazette/Gomez/anderssen/higuain/tevez/rodriguez now lol really you have to love the spin that our lot put out.....said it before and will say it again bring back cole and mccarthey with his burger van clause!

New marquee striker? Are we approaching this correctly?

Submitted by Red Neck Iron on Sat, 16/07/2016 - 12:12

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Well it's no secret we are after 2 strikers this season. We have lost emenike, sakho and Valencia both want to leave and Carroll is injured a lot with neither fletcher or the kids up to it yet. I'm not trying to dig the owners out but I can't help thinking their first striker in shouldn't be the real big one! If we get someone about the same standard as Carroll and sakho with a good injury record we won't need to panic. Then we can have a much more likely chance of picking up the big signing in the last 2 weeks of the window. When the dust settles and the big boys take their pick players are much less likely to waste our time or drag things out. Fact remains the quality players don't see us as viable yet. 2 weeks before the window shuts top quality players become available and then we should snap them up ruthlessly.

Europa League Draw

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Submitted by nevillenixon on Fri, 15/07/2016 - 13:04

West Ham United have been drawn against the winner of Shakhtyor Soligorsk of Belarus or Domžale of Slovalia for the next round of the Europa League Cup competition. The matches are due to be played on the 28th of July and the 4th of August, Hammers will be hoping that the home leg of the tie can be played on a date that suits their Olympic Stadium schedules. - Ed

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Bacca Signing To Trigger Striker Domino Effect

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Submitted by nevillenixon on Thu, 14/07/2016 - 10:44

As the signing of Colombian hit man Carlos Bacca from AC Milan draws to it's conclusion, there will inevitably be movement out of West Ham United for one or both of Diafra Sakho and Enner Valencia, with West Bromwich Albion and Lazio being the interested parties. Sakho, with his physical prowess (when not injured) is ideally suited to join up with Tony Pulis at the Hawthorns whereas Valencia, despite his obvious talent, has proved to be too light weight for the frantic hustle and bustle that is the Barclay's Premier League, his abilities being best suited to the less frenzied approach of Serie A football. The Hammers hierarchy have made it clear that they want to recoup as much of the £12 Million they paid for Valencia as possible and are unwilling to listen to loan offers, we also believe that there is a 10% sell on fee due to Mexican club Pachuca who he was signed from.
The situation with Diafra Sakho is entirely different to that of Valencia's, having endured a miserable season both emotionally and physically it was hoped that he would return for the new season full of vim and vigour, however the 'spat' which occurred towards the end of last season which saw Sakho and Song clash, resulting in Song being 'bounced out' of the club, doesn't seem to have been fully resolved. Having just returned from a lengthy lay off it was assumed that Sakho would make a major contribution towards the end of season Boleyn run in, instead there were just tantrums and demands, West Ham co-owner and majority share holder David Sullivan was the man responsible for bringing Sakho to the club and will be unwilling to see him depart, but if a decent fee of around £15 Million can be agreed then he won't feel too bad about £11.5 Million profit made on the deal!
Of course in an ideal world one or both players would be retained, but it is not an ideal world and footballers are currently able to make ludicrous demands which is all very well if they are delivering the goods, however each player has not and therefore their impending departure, whilst not totally desirable is understandable. - Ed

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