EMPATE A ZERO

Tarde de futebol no terreno do West Bromwich e jogo terminado a zero. Depois do primeiro triunfo o West Ham garante um pontinho.

E AO QUARTO JOGO O PRIMEIRO TRIUNFO

No primeiro jogo caseiro na liga inglesa, edição 2017/2018, finalmente os primeiros três pontos, frente ao recém-promovido Huddersfield (2-0.

Depois de uma primeira parte dominada pelos Hammers, mas sem eficácia ofensiva, vieram os golos nos segundos quarenta e cinco minutos. Primeiro Obiang, com um remate de longe a beneficiar de um desvio no adversário, o segundo por Ayew, numa jogada de insistência.

O West Ham deixa assim os últimos lugares, afastando-se de Crystal Palace e Bournemouth.

THE DILDO BROTHERS?

THE WILLIAM AFFAIR

The Portuguese media are dedicating special attention to the affair concerning William Carvalho’s failed transfer to London and the words clash between West Ham owner, David Sullivan, and Sporting CP president Bruno Carvalho and Communication director Nuno Saraiva.

Even our favourite blog, ClaretandHugh was included in TV debates recently!

There is a consensus that William is the victim in this process and the only one not to blame.

It is said the player got a promise from Sporting president one year ago, after Portugal won the Eurocup, that he could leave this summer to play abroad.

There is also a clash between those who defend Sporting, saying David Sullivan is not a very credible person in England and those who say reckon Sporting is not managing  this process explaining that to say the club received no offers for William devalues him in the transfer market.

It is very strange Sporting states there were no offers after Portuguese newspapers spend one month reporting West Ham were negotiating with them. It was published in that period that negotiations even got to a point in which only small details were dividing both parts.

They also say Sporting’s strategy was to keep West Ham as a backup while they were trying to sell William for a higher value and for a team with higher ambitions like Monaco. It failed, so on the last day of the market window Sporting then tried to sell William to West Ham.

What it is clear is that though West Ham’s boss David Sullivan is preparing legal action against Sporting and against Nuno Saraiva after he launched a press release calling David Sullivan a liar, it will very easy to prove who is right once a written proof of Hammers formal offer is shown.