West Ham - the leader in transfer rumours

West Ham is the most often mentioned football club in the U.K. at the transfer talks this week.

West Ham - the leader in transfer rumours The manager of West-Ham, Alan Curbishley, is leading the efforts to sign the Charlton striker Darren Bent - a second attempt by the Hammers. According to rumours, the 23-year-old English national has been offered a 5-year deal with a weekly salary of £75,000. Tottenham was another club interested in Bent, but the Upton Park club believes they have Darren in their hands, offering Charlton the midfielder Hayden Mullins as a part of the deal. Darren Bent is currently on vacation, but it has been reported that he will undergo a medical and sign with West Ham as soon as he comes back.

Financing of the Bent deal could come from Liverpool. The chief executive Rick Parry confirmed today that they have made an official approach for signing West Ham midfielder Yossi Benayoun. The Israeli footballer has verbally agreed to a new 5-year deal with West Ham, but has put off the signing of it. Some put the deal offered to Yossi as high as £3 million, but Parry denied the number and declined to comment further on the financial side of the offer. West Ham are believed to have rejected the deal and are working to convince Benayoun to stay at Upton Park for £50,000 a week.

Carlos Tevez is another West Ham football player mentioned in the transfer talks. Inter Milan long have eyed the Argentinean footballer and Massimo Moratti confirmed that they are indeed interested in having Tevez play at San Siro. No further details on this possible transfer have been released.

Published on 06/14/2007