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Birmingham's Harewood bid snubbed

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by ™®Big Eck's Barmy Army®™ (U8237340) 18 June 2007

West Ham have turned down a £3m offer from Birmingham for Marlon Harewood.

The 27-year-old striker has been deemed surplus to requirements at Upton Park but the Hammers are reportedly holding out for a transfer fee closer to £5m.

The former Nottingham Forest man joined West Ham in 2003 and was a key factor in their Championship promotion push in 2005, with 22 goals over the season.

In his first top-flight campaign Harewood found the net 16 times but he managed only four goals last term.

Two of those came under boss Alan Curbishley, who took over as West Ham boss in December 2006 and who is keen to boost his attacking options.

And Curbishley would like to recoup the majority of the £6m he paid Birmingham for defender Matthew Upson in January.

If the Blues do come in with a renewed offer it is likely they will face competition from a host of clubs.

Speculation has linked Harewood to a move back to the East Midlands with Derby, while London clubs Fulham and Charlton, where he could link up with former Hammers boss Alan Pardew, are also said to be in the hunt.

"I've had a chat with the new manager and he obviously wants to bring his own players in, it happens everywhere," Harewood said at the end of the season.

"I've had four good years at the club but now it's time for me to find a new challenge.

"I just can't wait to be scoring again and winning games for a team, that's what I want to be doing."

He has scored a total of 56 goals in 170 appearances for West Ham.

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Good news or not blues fans? He has proved he is capable of performing in the premiership but i would not be prepared to go above £4m (£3m with add ons). Also there could be a chance of a double deal with Koncheskey, say £6m (£4.5-5m with add ons) for both?

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comment by COYI2007 (U8684640)

posted Jun 18, 2007

Harewood is a good player. Kind of like Heskey but with real talent so he could do well for you. I think about 3 to 4 mill is fair do's for him but to be honest (I'm not trying to be a wind up merchant), I think he'd like to join a bigger club who are a bit more established in the Prem. Good luck though.

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comment by PsychoEnigma (U8080659)

posted Jun 19, 2007

Harewood is rubbish.

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comment by malcfactor (U3591274)

posted Jun 19, 2007

Hammer's shoulda snatched Blue's arm off.

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comment by ricardinho85 (U6736090)

posted Jun 19, 2007

Definately malcfactor, I can't believe they expect someone to pay £5m!!!

Yet again over-inflated valuations of an english player established in the Premiership.

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comment by IronManPaolo (U8716111)

posted Jun 19, 2007

Harewood has his moments, but no way is he worth 5 million. Sometimes he does things that you think "wow" that was great, but he only does it once or twice every few games. That don't make you a good player. He is worth 3 mill tops! You can have him Blues. He lacks motivation and effort a lot of the time.

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comment by glenn468008 (U853923)

posted Jun 19, 2007

What a lucky escape that West Ham turned our offer down,no way would this bloke improve our potency in front of goal. Curbs must be in cloud cuckoo land if he thinks anyone out there will stump up more than our far too generous offer.

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comment by tustin (U5361116)

posted Jun 19, 2007

To be fair this player has been found out last season, we need a bit more quality than this player

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comment by 3immortals1966 (U8225956)

posted Jun 21, 2007

Cant believe we refused that , I laughed my socks off when I heared you guys offered more than a fiver and a bag of chips for someone that big and can't head a ball to save his life. Your right we are taking the piss asking for more!

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