KaKa Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 West Ham set to join high rollers with £13m offer for Johnson EXCLUSIVE By NEIL ASHTON Last updated at 22:55pm on 3rd June 2007 West Ham will enter the summer spending frenzy with a £13million offer for Andrew Johnson and the promise of £90,000-a-week wages. The deal, which would more than double Johnson’s earnings at Everton, would be worth £4.7m a year. The England striker is aware of the interest and although West Ham expect Everton to rebuff their opening bid, the London club are prepared to go as high as £18m, which could prove too good to turn down. West Ham are already set to complete a £7m deal for Newcastle midfielder Scott Parker, who has agreed a £72,000-a-week contract. Now Hammers chief Alan Curbishley, backed b y Icelandic billionaire Thor Bjorgolfsson, wants Johnson as the club target Champions League football within the next three seasons. Johnson, who scored 11 Premiership goals for Everton last season, would become the highest paid player in Hammers history if their bid is successful. Goodison Park manager David Moyes, who is planning for a UEFA Cup campaign next season, is forced to work with a limited budget and is struggling to raise the £6m required to buy Phil Jagielka from relegated Sheffield United. Curbishley, resigned to losing Carlos Tevez, will make Lucas Neill captain next season with skipper Nigel Reo-Coker set for Aston Villa after his outburst last week. There is also no future at the club for Paul Konchesky, Matt Etherington and Hayden Mullins. The Parker transfer, which is subject to a medical, clears the way for Newcastle to tie up a £5.5m move for Manchester City midfielder Joey Barton. In a tribute to St James’ Park boss Sam Allardyce, Barton said last night: "He’s a good manager, he showed that at Bolton. At Newcastle the sky’s the limit. If the club decide to do business it’s up to me to speak to them." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Poor mans Chelsea of 2 years ago it would seem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Tuther thread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 This cannot be good for the transfer market. If he goes for anything near£13 million then how much is Bent worth? Eggy is losing it man! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eyeball_tickler Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 in the papers this morning they were after johnson and arteta for £30 million. it would be lovely if all these players signed then they got relegated for the tevez thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Tuther thread. eh? *Aaaah I got ya ... my bad! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1878 Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 in the papers this morning they were after johnson and arteta for £30 million. it would be lovely if all these players signed then they got relegated for the tevez thing. That story was complete bollocks lifted from a forum. This one seems silly as well but if they really do want to pay £15-18m for Johnson then more fool them. I'd snap their hands off. He's good but certainly not great. We could get Fernandes and Nugent or a good foreign striker for that money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest optimistic nit Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 god i hope this ends badly. 72grand a week for parker. were paying him over the odds for fucks sake. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leazes1986 Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 If they buy these standard of players they will build a good team, but they are only ever gonna be top 8. Not really good enough when your spending that kind of money. They are gonna be spending top class money on just canny/good players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest optimistic nit Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 parker and AJ are top 8. fuck knows what egghead thinks he's going to achieve spending 25million and 150K a week for them and finding out that they'll be lucky to qualify for the euro vase once in a few seasons. their already giving lucas neil (good, but no more) a fortune. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gggg Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 The next Leeds tbh The revenue they make from finishing top 6 wont pay for the champions league wages. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieDazzler Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 in the papers this morning they were after johnson and arteta for £30 million. it would be lovely if all these players signed then they got relegated for the tevez thing. That story was complete bollocks lifted from a forum. This one seems silly as well but if they really do want to pay £15-18m for Johnson then more fool them. I'd snap their hands off. He's good but certainly not great. We could get Fernandes and Nugent or a good foreign striker for that money. 1878, how do rate Fernandes? Is he worth the quoted £12m? He seems like a player that nufc should be targeting when the takeover goes through. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 Going to be alot of players in and out at West Ham for the next few years by the looks of things. Going to be hard to get a settled team that will go places. Looks like they are improving the team in stages, but will always mean players coming and leaving. Not really that great for football in general if this is the way things are going to go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooneyToonArmy Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 West Ham are looking to tempt Everton striker Andy Johnson away from Goodison in an £13m deal plus the promise of £90,000-a-week wages. (Daily Mail) ridiculous! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Spectrum Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 West Ham are looking to tempt Everton striker Andy Johnson away from Goodison in an £13m deal plus the promise of £90,000-a-week wages. (Daily Mail) ridiculous! I'd be embarrased if I was a West Ham fan. Couldn't deal with watching a team where it was so blatant that most of them are only there for the money. They shouldn't have to stoop so low either, I know they're no Barcelona but they're not exactly Wigan either. They should be able to get some players in - especially players of the calibre Curbs seem to be going after (ie, average) without offering them silly money. If I were a WH fan I'd prefer it if they would sign someone who actually wanted to play for the club rather than the moneys. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
papo Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 this is more interesting than that Sunderland want an iraqian player... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Magpiecn Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 Good luck West Ham!!!You will become another Chel$ea or Leeds. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest graemeh72 Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 Couldn't deal with watching a team where it was so blatant that most of them are only there for the money. errrr.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 Can't see this being pretty for the Hammers. They are ruining what little ounce of team spirit they had left by signing over-priced over-payed players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
beardsleymagic Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 With all this intrest in other strikers from WHU, does anyone else think now would be a good time to put a bid in for Ashton? Just the type of player Owen needs beside him in my opinion. Test the water with an 7 million bid and see how we go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 With all this intrest in other strikers from WHU, does anyone else think now would be a good time to put a bid in for Ashton? Just the type of player Owen needs beside him in my opinion. Test the water with an 7 million bid and see how we go. Or get Viduka for nowt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 We should've kept Bramble and then sold him for 5 millions. A.J might be worth something like 7, 8m but 13 is just too much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
beardsleymagic Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 With all this intrest in other strikers from WHU, does anyone else think now would be a good time to put a bid in for Ashton? Just the type of player Owen needs beside him in my opinion. Test the water with an 7 million bid and see how we go. Or get Viduka for nowt. True.... I was just thinking about the future a bit, what with Ashton being younger. Also if he stays a WHU this season and as I suspect, knocks some goals in and generally puts some good performances in, his value with go up by the end of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 With all this intrest in other strikers from WHU, does anyone else think now would be a good time to put a bid in for Ashton? Just the type of player Owen needs beside him in my opinion. Test the water with an 7 million bid and see how we go. Or get Viduka for nowt. True.... I was just thinking about the future a bit, what with Ashton being younger. Also if he stays a WHU this season and as I suspect, knocks some goals in and generally puts some good performances in, his value with go up by the end of it. Not sure he will get a look in if W-Ham sign Bent or Johnson. Hopefully not then he can come join us the season after next Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon55544 Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 We should've kept Bramble and then sold him for 5 millions. A.J might be worth something like 7, 8m but 13 is just too much. Who would of paid £5m for him? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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