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    West Ham After £10m Anelka

    Cesc Soler
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    Post by Cesc Soler Sat Aug 18, 2007 1:28 am

    http://sport.independent.co.uk/football/premiership/article2874089.ece

    West Ham United have rekindled their interest in Nicolas Anelka and are preparing to submit a bid of around £10m for the Bolton Wanderers striker.

    The Hammers have turned to Anelka despite having an offer of 10m Euro (£6.8m) accepted by Barcelona for their No 1 target, Eidur Gudjohnsen. However, despite also agreeing to match the Icelandic striker's £80,000-a-week wages at Barca there is no indication, as yet, that he wants to move to Upton Park and it is a deal that may have to wait until January.

    West Ham first inquired about Anelka last month, as revealed by The Independent, but, at that time, decided against a bid. They also considered a move for Middlesbrough's Aiyegbeni Yakubu but believe he is worth half the £11m being demanded. Instead Yakubu, who is not expected to feature for Boro today against Fulham following the signing of Mido, is expected to move to Everton.

    Portsmouth remain interested in Anelka. However, they will not be able to meet the salary that will be offered by West Ham who, again, will pay up to £80,000-a-week.

    If Anelka is signed it will take West Ham's spending to almost £40m this summer although the club has also recouped £21m in sales. West Ham would also be the 28-year-old's eighth major club and his fifth in English football.

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    If this goes through West Ham have a class striker on their hands. With all due respect he is a different class to Zamora, Ashton and Bellamy.

    I have to admit though, I thought Valencia would move for him this Summer. He is only behind Henry in the French striking pecking order and would fit into most teams in Europe.
    Mexicanbecks
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    Post by Mexicanbecks Sat Aug 18, 2007 2:25 am

    would they be trying to get Guddy AND Anelka? if so than that would be quite a strikeforce.... would definetly fill the void left by tevez and would be a hell of a lot cheaper than buying tevez would have been
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    Post by AsianBoy Sat Aug 18, 2007 2:31 am

    has he ever said that you dont want to join French side?
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    Post by lrdsucksgoats Sat Aug 18, 2007 12:15 pm

    Anelka>Yakubu purely as a footballer, but Yakubu>Anelka as a professional...
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    Post by Deano Sat Aug 18, 2007 1:18 pm

    Gudjohnsen is injured and will be for a while. Therefore we will look at him in January. To be honest Eidur isn't really an out and out goalscoring striker. He could play behind two strikers. Anelka would be great.

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