Gonzo looks at yesterdays article in Claret & Hugh where it’s suggested that we’ll pay agent Johnathon Barnett ‘whatever it takes’ to force Maxi Gomez to West Ham.
Celta Vigo Striker Gomez has indicated his preference to stay in Spain but the Hammers have dispatched The Stellar Group agency to convince him otherwise at all costs.
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Also I don't think it's wise to pay too high wages as like with Hernandez being on £145k you get others playing up about it and wanting more. Plus he's unproven in the EPL.
Never know what to believe.
This Gomez deal is becoming a saga(or being reported as such), bored of it already pal.
To much money to the agents to much money for a very average player..a friend of mine follows Celta Vigo and he says they are laughing at the money we are willing to pay for a player who will not cope with the premier league…to big and slow for our league he tells me..depressing still at least its not welbeck or sturridge
is this cross pollination/collab between Hammers Chat and Claret and Sullivan going to be an on-going thing? … sad if so … COYI
Pull out Gomez if comes will end in tears as usual,he don't want come ,so just walk away and erase from all west ham blogs and move on.
100% gonzo I think if this goes through you will be saying I told you so!
disaster, wish we'd just go for haller
Sod him .. don’t want him anymore
for birds cash is king, too bad gomez isn't a bird, if what you're saying turns out to be true then this will be a disaster, hopefully pellegrini/husllios have enough sense to move on
Accepted opinion is that if a player doesn't want to play for you then you get rid of them as quickly as possible, see Arnotauvich.
Why then are we desperately trying to import a player that patently doesn't want to be here!
Anderson transfer was last season's saga and, in comparison, I have to say that this one makes me increasingly uneasy the longer it goes on. We may have an overpaid, over hyped, underperforming, miserable player on our hands that is desperate to leave next year with bad, money grabbing agents swindling Sullivan and co. That said, we don't know the full story
Sounds a bit like an arranged marriage with the enforcer getting a kick back
As soon as we knew he weren’t interested we should have walked away. We have waisted so much time, our first pre season game is on Thursday. We should have bought in a striker buy now and be playing him in pre season so he can get used to how the team plays and what the manager demand from him. I’m starting to worry
As well as that, we’re letting a player who is prem league proven in Rondon go to China.
if all true or close to truth its a complete joke .this is how low and corrupt football has got nowadays. just drop this deal right now and im glad rondon is not coming hardly a big signing is it .
I think you are 100% spot on.
I think if this is true it is very very worrying, at no point has Gomez mentioned West ham United. My self I would love for him to come and give it a go at west ham because it has the potential to work very well , however the money they want is over priced. I would say £22million – £25 million, or £23 million plus throw in byram and hugill or what ever his name is. Every single point you made is a concern. P.s have you got that nice new away top yet or is it just for games so you don't spill tea down it?
Norfolk Hammers .
As said we have not directly heard from gomez and has Pellegrini spoken to him yet about his plan and vision …… let’s wait and see what he actually says!!!….. surely he can’t be as much as a 2 faced liar as arnie!!!
totally agree I hope he does go Valencia & we get some else plus we have missed out on rondon and mitrovic today
If there’s one thing we know about modern day transfers, it’s that the actual player involved in the deal will have very little say in the matter and will be the last to know what is going to happen. There are so many different parties – with their own vested interests – who have to be satisfied first and foremost which is why these things are so long and drawn out and played out in the media. The player himself will be often be the last and easiest to deal with.
How do you know he doesn't want to come to us Gonzo? Because you read an article? For every negative article there is a positive one. I don't believe he is stupid enough to think that getting knocked out in the champions league group stage is better for his career than being the markee signing for us in the top competition in the world. The Prem!
I always like to hear your opinions but I think your wrong here.
Is this the truth mate
Can not believe anything at moment
until it’s decided.
It’s all gossip until it’s fact!
All the alarm bells are going off with this deal. Hope I’m wrong.
Lots of mixed messages flying around. Was reading yesterday on a Spanish website the complete opposite, that Gómez’s agent said that you can’t make a player go to a team that he doesn’t want to play for.
Making it out as if Gomez has no power at all, he does, he preference may well be Valencia but hes obviously not fully dismissive of us, even if its for money. Agents can not force him to sign a contract, if there was no interest from Gomez at all he would of refused it by now, if he does join its likely to be for monetary reasons of course, the same as all prem teams. Also you have based this entirely off arguments from just one side of an argument.
Also this is being spoken as if doing a deal with agents like this is new, lets not forget when we signed Arnautovic we also signed another of his clients haksabanovic as part of the deal and god knows how much to arnies brother. Personally also don't think Gomez is worth this deal but I expect nothing less from any prem board
Same glasses as mine mate nice one 👍🏼
I’m a Valencia fan but your take is interesting and true. It’s sad if true, the Premier League has so much money at their disposal and it’s very difficult to compete with them. Players have to stop signing with shitty agencies.
come on gonzo……….this is east london…its a sweetner, bribe,..bung…without the brown envelope….has he said hes doesn't want to come to west ham or is it a preference ???
The one thing we know about Pellegrini is that he does not want anybody who doesn't want to wear the shirt. If Gomez comes, it will be because he wants to, Pelle wont have it any other way.
Just forget about maxi, he’s over priced, over rated and overall not that good
Completely agree with you Gonzo! It's for this reason I don't want him to come as we've just sold a player who doesn't want to be here, why would we pay to bring in another? Regardless of him being Pellegrini's no1 target, we should respect Maxi's feelings as his agent doesn't
Spot on. He will be forced to sign and then want to leave just as you predict
You mean gun to his head?
Sounds to me Gomez isn't very keen to join West Ham.
Why bother with gomez.its obvious he wants to stay in spain. Same shit different year…we never had these problems before we were foced to move to Stratford. Never been and no intention of going over…coyi
I don't get your issue here.. if we had refused to pay the huge agents fees for Diop, Anderson, Formals and Yamalenko and failed to get them you'd be accusing the Board of being cheap! This is modern football and ALL clubs are doing it..
I couldn't care less if he didn't originally want to come to us. With the odd exception (e.g. Mark Noble) footballers are mercenaries – get used to it. The good thing about this transfer is that we are showing ambition and determination. If we're paying a bit over the odds, quite simply, that is what a club like ours has to do if we want to compete with the top 6. I've got a good feeling about this – it smells like progress. I don't think he'll have any problems settling in – the manager, most of the staff and several of the players are Spanish speakers, and most important of all, he's the player the manager wants. He'll fit in – just you wait and see!
Would love to get him looks hard as nails and reminds me a bit of a young Tevez ….GO GET HIM!!
Spot on again Gonzo!
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Ps – Sebastian Haller for me
I don't think it is going to happen.
can we say welcome to valencia😂😂😂😂