Monday, January 19, 2009

Bellamy set for talks

Sky Sports sources understands West Ham have given Craig Bellamy permission to speak to Manchester City.

Bellamy's future at Upton Park has been the subject of intense speculation over the last few days after West Ham rejected bids from City and Tottenham for the Welsh striker.

The former Liverpool and Newcastle star had asked the club to allow him to talk to City and Spurs after turning down the offer of a new deal at Upton Park.

>>Sky Sports.

Credit to Sky Sports, who have generally been ahead of the game in breaking transfer news so far this January.

The possibility of us signing Bellamy was firmly back on the agenda this morning after plenty of false dawns over the past couple of weeks.

It is safe to say his West Ham career is over following his refusal to play this weekend (and he got a rough ride from fans during todays victory over Fulham), and although it appeared initially that he would be headed for Tottenham it would be a big surprise if he was not unveiled over the next couple of days, particularly given Harry Redknapp's pessimistic comments after todays draw against Portsmouth.

UPDATE: A couple of stories today firming up last nights Sky Sports story.

BBC Sport report a fee of £12 million (with £10 million up front) agreed, with Mark Bowen speaking highly of our impending signing:

"Of course we're interested in Craig Bellamy, he is a player we very much admire and we are hopeful we can bring him to Manchester City.

"We've known Craig for many years, and had him at Blackburn Rovers, and we know what he brings to any team he plays for.

"It does make me smile as I think he is one of those players who you either love or hate. But fans of teams that he has played for love him and know what he gave for their team."

Whilst The Mail has a report (and picture) from Bellamy's meeting with Paul Aldridge.

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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

West Ham have rejected a higher offer from Tottenham and accepted Manchester City's lower offer.

Our CEO doesn't want to deal with a club that does their business in the way Tottenham do i.e. tapping up

Good luck with him, shame he didn't want to stay here but we'll move on

Anonymous said...

I dislike bellemy with a passion, but if he's a blue, he'll have to do.

Anonymous said...

Bluemoon, That's how I've felt since he came to the Boleyn and I imagine several of his team mates have too, not sorry to see him go.

Anonymous said...

please west ham dont let him leave how can you do this to us stay strong convince him to stay please o please i really dont want bellamy in a city shirt if he does come he better score goals or i will personally start a protest to get hughes out on that 1 decision alone i cant believe u would pay that much for him ffs i hope he does business

Anonymous said...

I think this bloke says it all - lol http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2ItrE8DwZYs

Anonymous said...

I don;t like Bellamy. I thought it was a good move when he went to Liverpool, thought he might do well and he blew it.

But, that said, he's a blue. We need goals, and he's banging them in. Let's get behind the lad and see what difference he can make.