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Unless there is a 'cunning' plan afoot, West Ham United appear to have shut up shop early on transfer deadline day. No frenzied candle burning at the Boleyn, no mysterious fat over weight mercenaries waiting in a near by Hotel hoping for one more excessive pay day, and no hopes of fans to be dashed! Pretty boring in one way, but on the other hand the club's work was already done earlier in the year with a very successful recruitment of top players who have all proved their worth. Top deals are usually done in the summer, not that there won't be obscene amounts of money changing hands today, it is just that most of the money will be from clubs like Newcastle, Sunderland, Norwich, Bournemouth and Swansea, splashed out in a desperate frenzy to avoid the dreaded drop in to what could be a downward spiral. The riches on offer for next season will further drive a wedge between the footballing haves and have nots, the Championship has always been a hard ask to bounce straight back up from, West Ham United were very lucky! Who knows what might have been had Vaz Te's shot not gone in on that amazing play off final against Blackpool? Look what happened to them! The already completed transfer activity by West Ham also has the bonus of fans not having to watch the permatanned hyena's on Sky to sniff out any information. - Ed