15 May 2016 13:59:16
Hi fellas. v. v. long time reader, but first time poster. My chelsea mate with a few ties to the club and who claims to be in the know has told me that the recent request from chelsea as towards a ground share and the tour of the OS whilst true (as per ms brady) are also an effort to act as a smokescreen for contract negotiations between the two clubs. potnetial knock down prices for some players in the hope that the west ham board will veto the ground share deal if and when mr. abromavich needs a favour in return. apparently we are to be offered moses on the cheap (no thanks), with begovic (pending courtois situation), remy, loftus-cheek and ake (on loan at watford) being looked at. mikel also a free agent I believe come summer but could be wrong, worth looking at? chelsea have expressed an interest in a few of our players aswell with payet and oxford the main focus of their interest unfortunatley. hopefully neither have their heads turned if this is indeed true. ironmike/ eds heard anything to this effect? saw someone post recently about rafael as well, the fromer united rb who would be my choice for the position as good at getting forward, quick and prem experience so I hope that is true, and the interest in dragovic excites me.

{Ed002's Note - The ground share approach is correct. As for Chelsea offering WHU Moses, Begovic, Remy, Loftus-Cheek, Ake and Mikel with Chelsea interested in Payet and Oxford - I am afraid your friend is teasing you. As for Oxford, there is interest in him from elsewhere. As for DRagovic, there is certainly interest. Smokescreens are something popular amongst fans of football clubs (Liverpool in particular) but in real life don't exist.

Dinamo Kiev are keen to keep hold of Dragovoic but know that it may prove difficult. I understand that Dragovic might just be an option for Everton if Stones leaves but I also expect he will have options once formal offers are made, and West Ham certainly see him as one of the viable CB options.}

1.) 15 May 2016
15 May 2016 14:26:08
Irish Hammer, I think Ed has covered most of what I was going to say, this player ex hange story you have heard is a fairy story As I said long time past, Dragovic is a very real west ham target, but Everton as the Ed stated would be in a commanding position if they do a quick stones deal, However I think everton fancy other CBS rather than Dragovic, we shall see? IRONMIKE.

{Ed002's Note - I think you are correct about Everton and the change of manager there gives WHU the opportunity to step in and see if something can be agreed fairly quickly.}

2.) 16 May 2016
16 May 2016 03:13:12
a load of hot air on his part then haha i'll have to pull him up on that.