[johnscarlet]

Well , looks like somene with actual money has stumped up £85mil for West Ham .
What now for the Argentine Superstars ? My understanding is that players can't play for 3 teams in a year , so they are in East london for the rest of the season . Although reports suggest that they are on their way out , if so what sort of deal have they signed on ? And what now for their careers ? They have hardly set the EPL alight . I can't see any of the Big Euro sides stumping up any significant cash for them or signing them for similar deals to the West Ham one, whatever it was .

John

[rio1981]

Have to say I'm delighted, primarily that it's just done and dusted, it's hung over the club all season. I'm glad that that Kia Joorabchian isn't near the club - whilst many things printed about the man have been pure speculation I've always had my doubts, so these are at ease now...

As for Tevez and Mascherano, if Magnusson wants to stick by his manager then I could see us keeping one, if not both. Mascherano doesn't seem to be fitting in and Hayden Mullins is keeping him out of the team, whilst Tevez is working extremely hard (and scored a couple of goals in the reserves recently) and was quite impressive at the weekend just gone... and is likely to start against the Blades this weekend which should be interesting.

One of the keys would be how much we may or may not have to spend in January - if we have money to spend on other players then maybe the two could move on to somewhere like Spain?