West Ham Put Entire Squad Up For Sale… Except Scott Parker
By Ollie Irish
Check out Scott Parker. What a teacher’s pet he is! Every single one of his West Ham team-mates has been put up for sale – in theory at least – by co-owner David Sullivan.
“Other than Scott Parker, there is not a player we wouldn’t sell if it was the right bid,” Sullivan said. “Scott will not be sold and we will be buying more than we are selling. There will be no fire-selling and we will enhance the squad, not diminish it.”
It’s a resounding endorsement for Parker – who is West Ham’s most valuable player – but how must his team-mates feel? Sullivan clearly doesn’t understand man-management or what it takes to motivate a bunch of professional players. Singling out a player in this way is plain stupid, if only because it may breed resentment towards West Ham’s best player – but coming from Sullivan, it hardly surprises me.
If you were to put up your team’s players for sale, which one would you make an exception for? As a Spurs fan, I’d keep hold of Luka Modric. Or Gareth Bale. I can’t decide.
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Lee Camp (but I’d shed a tear as I watched Wes Morgan and Chris Gunther walk off into the sunset).
Arsenal goalkeeping solution lie in the PL, heres why
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As an Everton fan i would have to keep
Mikel Arteta but would be gutted to see
any of them leave
Chelsea – I’d Keep Michael Essien or Frank Lampard.
As a Forest fan, I would have to keep big Wes. Although Lee Camp is a good shout
As a palace fan this question may not be all that hypothetical! For the record, I’d keep speroni first (not just a fantastic shot-stopper but also comes for crosses. How he hasn’t been bought yet is beyond me) and then darren ambrose (plays on either wing, scores lots of goals, takes a mean free-kick – yes, it’s the croyden ronaldo!)
[...] the news yesterday that the West Ham owners are prepared to listen to offers for all of their players (bar Scotty [...]
[...] Spur’s failed offer broke, Hammers co-owner David Sullivan was quick to reiterate that Parker is not for sale at any price, telling the club’s official [...]
best chance West Ham have is if they get rid of Sullivan and the other 2 “know fuck all about how to run a football club” ie.. Gold and Brady