West Ham to sign bad boy Craig in amazing deal worth £25M

• omgukilledkenny

  6 Jul 07, 17:40

  WEST HAM swooped for Craig Bellamy in a £9million deal last night - and will give the Welsh firebrand a stunning £4m-a-year contract.
  
  Bellamy has opted to join Eggert Magnusson's Upton Park revolution after Liverpool showed him the door and let him go for signing talks yesterday.
  
  Hammers moved fast as they cushioned the blow of losing Carlos Tevez and waved their cheque book around to beat off Bellamy's old clubs Blackburn and Newcastle, plus Aston Villa. Bellamy has opted for a new challenge rather than a Rovers return or a second shot at being the Toon Army's hero. The size of the contract has been a big factor too.
  
  Magnusson is giving Bellamy a four-year deal worth around £16m, making the whole deal worth a staggering £25. But for all of the striker's negatives he has plenty of positives that had buyers queuing up for him. Bellamy landed his dream move to Anfield last summer but after boss Rafa Benitez left him out of the starting line-up the problems started and came to a head with his golf clubswinging attack on team-mate John Arne Riise.
  
  Even then Benitez resisted approaches for Bellamy, but when his money men demanded an end-of-season clear-out to fund the Fernando Torres deal it was all over for the fiery star. Bellamy has been teasing his would-be suitors over the past few weeks. He sent texts to Blackburn players and staff, telling them he was coming back.
• RaTtY8l

  6 Jul 07, 17:42

  still rmbr when he sign for blackburn he said he wun b a one season player...now....
  haix
• CoolMyth

  6 Jul 07, 17:42

  Bo pian, now that we have 5 strikers....
• Slipshade

  6 Jul 07, 18:03

  Curby and Egg are pretty stupid. Just look at the way they are spending money, and who they are spending on.
• hobochua

  6 Jul 07, 18:10

  Bad buy wonder will he get in a tussle with Bowyer agian....cool keke
• CKeer

  6 Jul 07, 18:34

  Is he worth that much?
  West Ham has been over-spending on players that are simply not worh the price tag.
  
  Cheers.
  CK
• The man who was death

  6 Jul 07, 18:50

  wow that's overpaying......villa overpaid for coker too.....
• Slipshade

  6 Jul 07, 19:36

  Originally posted by CKeer:

  Is he worth that much?
  West Ham has been over-spending on players that are simply not worh the price tag.
  
  Cheers.
  CK

  And also paying them the wages they do not deserve!
• used

  6 Jul 07, 19:55

  
  west ham got too much money but dunno how to spend it wisely
• glacer

  7 Jul 07, 10:31

  West Ham's gone nuts
• dragg

  7 Jul 07, 10:34

  curbs has not proven himself a winning manager.
  
  he was mediocre at charlton, keeping them in the EPL for years without achieving anything.
  
  
• tarcki

  7 Jul 07, 12:01

  charlton gt relegated onces he leaves.