West Ham May Lose Big Three In January

 

Typical. It seemed odd when Diame agreed to join us ahead of Liverpool, but now we know why. The guy's agent insisted on the insertion of a release clause, meaning Diame is free to move on if a club bids seven million for him.

Now that, of course, would represent a tidy profit given we picked him up on a theoretical free - although there was almost certainly a hefty golden hello payment paid to encourage him to join a team threatened with relegation - but in terms of the development of the team, it would be a disaster if Diame were to leave in the January window.

What's really worrying is that this release clause has been made public knowledge. The club certainly hasn't told the press, so the information must have been released by Diame's agent, and it must have been released for a purpose.

There's rumours of clubs sniffing around Reid, talk of Carroll rejoining Newcastle in January, and now Diame is being linked with a move away. And Reid apart, we are not in control of what happens. Ba is still sitting on a seven million release clause at Newcastle. If he goes in January, it could trigger a transfer merry go round and West Ham may be the big time losers. Worrying times just when everything seemed to be going swimmingly well!