De right deal for Hammers.Alan Pardew Alan Scott Pardew (born, 18 July 1961 in Wimbledon, London) is an English football manager and beforehand a player. As a player, he was a steady, hardworking midfielder, most notably playing for Crystal Palace and Charlton Athletic. hopes the sale of Jermain Defoe Jermain Colin Defoe (born 7 October 1982 in Beckton, London) is an English footballer of Saint Lucian and Dominican descent. He is a striker who plays club football for Tottenham Hotspur, in the English Premier League. to Tottenham will help him assemble the squad he needs to take West Ham Coordinates: West Ham is a district in the London Borough of Newham, in east London, England, located 6.1 miles (9.8 km) east of Charing Cross. From 1889 to 1965 it formed part of the County Borough of West Ham. back into the Barclaycard Premiership at the first attempt. The arrival of Bobby Zamora as part of the deal takes the number of new faces brought to Upton Park this month to seven following the loan signing of Sebastien Carole from Monaco. But Pardew insists the spending will not stop there with the Hammers just outside the play-off places. He said: "I'm getting close to the squad I want but it's always a moving feast and you can never say never. "I'm really excited about my squad. We've got good young talent here. "But I'd still like to think there's one or two additions I can make to the squad." Pardew added: "A 10-year-old with Jermain Defoe on the back of his shirt will be disappointed tonight and I do sympathise with that. "But if you look at this deal in the cold light of day you've got to say it's a good deal for us. Ultimately, if a player doesn't want to stay it is useless to hold him against his wishes. |
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