Bellamy outburst stuns Curbishley
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Craig Bellamy has had a spectacular fall-out with manager Alan Curbishley only a month into his West Ham career. Bellamy slipped back into his old ways in the wake of West Ham's opening day defeat to Manchester City and exchanged harsh words with his new manager.
Curbishley is believed to be infuriated by his £7.5million striker's latest show of petulance, having earlier insisted the time had come for Bellamy to do his talking on the pitch. This latest rant is just another in a long list of controversial incidents involving the Wales captain.
Bellamy famously fell out with his former manager at Newcastle, Graeme Souness, over his unwillingness to play on the right wing, a dispute that saw him farmed out on loan to Celtic. While at Celtic, Bellamy is also alleged to have sent Alan Shearer abusive text messages following Newcastle's loss to Manchester United in the semi-final of the FA Cup, prompting the former England skipper to threaten to 'knock his block off'.
In February this year, while with Liverpool, Bellamy threatened team-mate John Arne Riise with a golf club at a training camp in Portugal. Kieron Dyer will make his debut for West Ham today after Freddie Ljungberg dramatically pulled out of the squad to face Birmingham through injury.
Midfielder Ljungberg, surprisingly made captain for last week's 2-0 home defeat by Manchester City, did not travel with the team yesterday after damaging his ankle in training. It means Dyer who, like Ljungberg, is on £70,000 a week after signing from Newcastle, will make his first start for the Hammers against Steve Bruce's side on the right of midfield. Lucas Neill will be skipper at St Andrew's. Ljungberg made only 25 appearances for Arsenal last term, many as substitute. -
Hammers ready to push past Pompey in chase for Anelka
West Ham are ready to outmuscle Portsmouth in the £10million battle for Bolton striker Nicolas Anelka. Sportsmail revealed that Portsmouth had opened talks with Bolton, with Matt Taylor possibly going in the opposite direction. Yet West Ham will use their financial clout to match the bid and offer more lucrative terms of around £90,000 a week to the 28-year-old France forward.
Meanwhile West Ham manager Alan Curbishley insists he is not expecting any problems when old sparring partners Kieron Dyer and Lee Bowyer are reunited at Upton Park. Dyer finally completed his protracted transfer from Newcastle yesterday for an undisclosed fee, signing a four-year deal and linking up with fellow ex-Magpies Craig Bellamy and Scott Parker.
But it is his reunion with Bowyer, with whom he infamously traded blows on the pitch while both were playing for Newcastle against Aston Villa in 2005, which has raised eyebrows among the Hammers faithful. Curbishley made Dyer his sixth summer signing despite Sheffield United announcing they are suing the Hammers for up to £50million over the Carlos Tevez affair. -
damn... AC is naive to think Bellamy will change his spots
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looks like only mark hughes can control bellamy
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What Konchesky said might be true
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Hmmm... looks like most of the problem players can be found at West Ham these days... If they only got Barton... Then we would have a full house...
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he left blackburn too.Originally posted by RaTtY8l:looks like only mark hughes can control bellamy -
Originally posted by zocoss:Hmmm... looks like most of the problem players can be found at West Ham these days... If they only got Barton... Then we would have a full house...
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bellamy is seriously a troublemaker....
and dyer and ljungberg are on 70k a week?! -
actually, i would like to see Bellamy go to Sunderland..
Keane would probably talk to him with his fists -
I guess Bellamy is demanding soccer player.
He tend to question manager about their tactics.
So, he is not a trouble-maker that the media project him to be. (Provided he is not with any liquor).
Actually, he should have stay in Liverpool this season to make a impact.
Too bad ah ben is mad over bellamy for testing his new golf club indoor.
The present frontline of the Liverpool is too soft and timid, will need hardworking players like Bellamy to torture defence. -
noone can win west ham.. in term of fighting.. lol
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ahaha....explosive future for West Ham with Bellamy, Dyer and Bowyer.
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missing barton leh....