da esport bet： Alex Song is already settling in nicely at West Ham – or at least in the side not managed by Sam Allardyce.
da cassino online： West Ham hit the headlines on Thursday evening for a wonderful ‘tika-taka’ goal – yes, really. It may have only have been the club’s reserves but the Cameroon international only signed for the Hammers last week and the early signs suggest he is fitting in just fine.
When I heard that West Ham were linked with Song I was surprised and then even more so when I heard they were ‘leading the race’ for his signature. Before I knew it he was being revealed to the Upton Park crowd before their dismal 3-1 home defeat to Southampton last weekend. My surprise came from the simple fact that West Ham don’t sign players from teams like Barcelona – simple as that. Barca bought him for £15m just two seasons ago, and it clearly hasn’t worked out. In those two years Alex made 39 appearances in La Liga including 20 in Barcelona’s 2012/13 title winning season.
Alex is still just 26-years-old, and therefore pretty much entering his best years. Yet he’s been deemed surplus to requirements at Barcelona and he subsequently decided to join West Ham – why?!
In my mind there isn’t much to attract signings like Alex Song to West Ham at the moment. Sam Allardyce doesn’t play the best football, we all know that, and although it’s certainly improving of late, they are no Barcelona or Arsenal. Perhaps the powers that be at West Ham are moulding the squad into their vision of improving the quality of football, and sticking a man into the midfield who likely hasn’t played a game without dominating possession since 2007 is a start.
Song claimed he turned down offers from clubs with Champions League football to sign with The Hammers, where his cousin Rigobert played for a short time back in the late 1990s. How David Sullivan, David Gold and Sam Allardyce managed to convince him to join the East End outfit is beyond me, but he has claimed that he feels West Ham are growing in stature ahead of their move to the Olympic Stadium and he wanted to play a part in that process. You can’t deny the club’s ambition moving forward.
So it makes sense for West Ham to sign Song, although it doesn’t make a lot of sense for the man himself. But why were Barcelona happy to shift a man they only signed two years ago on a 5 year contract with a £63m release fee?
The Catalan giants were banned from making transfers, and then were allowed to sign eight players for a combined total of £185m! Still, the embargo is apparently going to have to be abided by from now and it would surely make sense for them to keep back-up players during this period?
It makes me think that perhaps Barca have installed a clause in the loan contract in which they can call him back if needed. I’m sure they’ll get by but the Cameroonian international could still do a job with the Spanish giants, despite them boasting a midfield quota of Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets and ex-Hammer Mascherano.
I think this transfer can be deemed strange by the player himself – a real ‘coup’ for West Ham – and slightly risky by Barcelona. But still, Hammers fans won’t mind…
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