foreverblue said:
Zola wants him to stay, Redknapp, Hughes both want him and yet the experts on here think he is shite.
Personally I will go along with the professionals on this one and reserve my judgment until I have seen him play for us.
Okay I personally would be against this signing due to his lack of ability and twatty temperament.
A couple of opinions from a West Ham forum
"Anything more than £7 million is great money for him, considering his age, injury record and prone to going walkabout every 18 months or so.
If the Spuds or Citeh are happy to pay more than c'est la vie, hope we get a replacement and start a new chapter. Bye bye."
"This is a great price for a player of his age and standard, if true.
Let's not allow his recent good form to cloud the reality of his injury prone, inconsistent time at West Ham.
As long as we have a decent replacement lined up, which I would expect would involve us spending 50-75% of the quoted fee, then I would be very happy with this deal. Not that we have much choice but to accept the deal, since it seems likely he has thrown a hissy fit."
Now where would he fit into our 4 -2- 3-1 formation as I remember at Newcastle he refused to play and threw a chair at a member of staff when asked to play left midfield.
Is Bellamy good enough to lead our forward line.