Bellamy - What a whiner!

[T-bone]

Turned down a £6m bid from Spurs so far.....

Is that per year? That's like $10m US. More than our pro football and basketball players make.

PS Another three points yesterday...was worth freezing my bolts off to see that one!

Next time I come over I'm going with you. I haven't seen a game in the UK (saw one in Ireland but that didn't count) and would dearly love to go to a game. Maybe against Man U? I'd be rooting for Rooney.

tbone

[Bungo]

Is that per year? That's like $10m US. More than our pro football and basketball players make.

Next time I come over I'm going with you. I haven't seen a game in the UK (saw one in Ireland but that didn't count) and would dearly love to go to a game. Maybe against Man U? I'd be rooting for Rooney.

tbone

The £6m was an offer from Spurs to West Ham for Bellamy.

All players here have a contract with their club that can be for several years ahead. Bellamy is contracted to West Ham for another 4 years. If a club wants to aquire a player they have to pay that player's club an agreed fee in addition to whatever the new club agrees to pay the player in wages.

Bellamy earns in the region of $5m a year at the moment. Rooney reputedly makes about $17m a year from MU!

If you do come over I'd be more than happy to take you to a game at West Ham. We have a great old fashioned football stadium where the stands are right up against the pitch edge making for a brilliant, highly charged atmosphere.

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You'll have to get your skates on for this season though. Tickets for the West Ham v MU game on 8th Feb go on sale on the 6th January.

I'll be there but strangely not rooting for Shrek (Rooney) and his mates.