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Zola – Liverpool won't get Carlton Cole

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:49:18 +0000

The West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola has come out to rubbish the rumours that the club will need to sell Carlton Cole in January to balance the books at Upton Park.

The England striker Carlton Cole has been strongly linked with a move to Liverpool, and, to a lesser extent, Man Utd, but Zola is adamant that Cole will not be going anywhere.

“This year we are scoring more than we did last year so I think we are improving there but we all know Carlton Cole is an important player for this team, not only for his goals but for his presence,” Zola told the Press Association.

“We are very happy with him and we are going to help him keep scoring the way he is scoring. I know Carlton is happy here. I know the club have no intention of selling any of our important players.”

“There is a lot of speculation and I know that a lot of messages coming out are not true. I don’t want to pay attention to it. It’s been 13 or 14 months that I’ve been in charge and it’s never stopped.”

And i don’t think even this statement will stop the rumours, because the final decision will be made by the West Ham board, not Zola. An offer of £20m may be too good to refuse…..

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Liverpool “firm favourites” to get Matthew Upson

Admin — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:34:31 +0000

Upson on his way to Anfield?

The News of the World this morning is very confident that Liverpool will be buying the West Ham midfielder Matthew Upson in January.

They report that West Ham are close to securing the sale of the club to an American-backed consortium for a sum in the region of around £100m.

A source revealed to the NOTW: “At first West Ham did not respond to the interest but they have now been satisfied by the consortiums proof of funds.”There was a satisfactory meeting on Thursday and matters should now move forward quite quickly.

“Within the next couple of weeks, it will become clear about the true state of West Ham’s finances and whether or not the consortium will continue with their offer.”If they are satisfied that 100million is the right price then they will continue. If not they will walk away.

“Should they continue with the takeover then they are ready to allocate funds of up to £30million for new players in the January transfer window.”

They then say that West Ham are going to try hard to persuade Bordeaux to let Marouanr Chamakh join them for a cut-price £5m as he is nearing the end of his contract, and that Liverpool will buy Matthew Upson to add to Gianfranco Zolas much-needed transfer funds.

Upson is expected to be valued at around £10m, and it was said that Rafael Benitez came close to signing him in the summer, and is willing to step up his interest this time around.

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Liverpool "firm favourites" to get Matthew Upson

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:34:31 +0000

Upson on his way to Anfield?

The News of the World this morning is very confident that Liverpool will be buying the West Ham midfielder Matthew Upson in January.

They report that West Ham are close to securing the sale of the club to an American-backed consortium for a sum in the region of around £100m.

“Should they continue with the takeover then they are ready to allocate funds of up to £30million for new players in the January transfer window.”

Upson is expected to be valued at around £10m, and it was said that Rafael Benitez came close to signing him in the summer, and is willing to step up his interest this time around.

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