da betcris： With the Premier League’s TV rights package soaring above most people’s belief levels, every Premier League club is now a rich club. That’s why Crystal Palace can shell out enough money not just to tempt PSG into selling Yohan Cabaye, but to tempt the Frenchman to come to the South London club even without the lure of Champions League football or even the prospect of it next season.
da imperador bet： The same can be said for Swansea and Andre Ayew. These are Champions League players we’re talking about – the kind of players that one of the Premier League’s bigger teams would be looking at. Or at least a continental giant who regularly ply their trade at Europe’s top table.
But clearly money talks, and England has plenty of it. And one of the biggest winners seem to be West Ham.
They are benefitting from the money and they are also benefitting from their move to a new and iconic stadium next season. They can attract bigger and better players into the club. It looks like they’re attracting the kind of player who will bring an elegance to East London not seen since the 1960s. These are heady days – exciting times.
Dimitri Payet has already joined the Hammers. He’s another of the Champions League quality players coming to Premier League clubs who clearly have ambition. Payet stumped up more assists than anyone else in Ligue 1 last season and showed some great form for Marseille even though OM couldn’t hang on to a Champions League spot in the end.
Alex Song might yet come back to the Boleyn permanently, but the only thing that looks like ending that particular deal is the Barcelona man’s ankle which could be strapped up for months.
Champions League finalist Angelo Ogbonna is reportedly close to a deal and Javier Hernandez has even been touted as a target for the Hammers this summer.
So West Ham are quietly putting together a team that can compete at the upper echelons of the Premier League with players of proven quality. Champions League quality even. They’re attracted by money – who isn’t – but they’re also attracted by the prospect of playing at the Olympic Stadium and of playing in a team that has ambition. All of the players entering the club just make more players want to come and play for them too.
The more big name players who sign for West Ham, the more big name players who want to sign for West Ham. And the more success West Ham have with these players in the squad, the more success West Ham will have.
In a new stadium, with a good team competing for European football, West Ham can attract even bigger names on the pitch, but they can also attract even bigger investment off it too. Money can come into the club from wealthy owners who see the club as a great investment – a Premier League club with potential and an iconic stadium. And what’s more, it’s in London.
This looks like the start of something really special at West Ham. Manchester City’s move to their City of Manchester Stadium after the Commonwealth Games in 2003 was the catalyst for their takeover in 2008. The owners could see that they were a big club with a great stadium. A club with a big fanbase and bags of potential. And then came two Premier League titles in three years.
West Ham’s rise could be even more meteoric. With a good squad already in place, the move to the new stadium is already on the cards, and if investment can come straight away who knows where the Hammers could be in three or four years time.
These really are exciting times in East London. West Ham are in a position that should be the envy of most clubs, but they need success on the pitch this season to put all of this in motion. If the new and exciting signings can challenge for Europe, or do well in the Europa League, then it’ll put them on the map.
Every Premier League club is now a rich club, but some are richer than others. Success over the next few seasons can put West Ham up towards the top of the table, and maybe towards the top of the rich list too. Three years ago athletes were going for gold in the Olympic Stadium, next season’s move might just have West Ham digging for gold.