Bellamy Gone

[Assassin]

to be fiar to him, why not -he never asked to leave

We should just quote grounds for selling where gross misconduct and tell the little man with big chip on shoulder syndrome **** to blow it up his arse.

[DeeGame]

West Ham finalise Bellamy switch

Bellamy fell down the pecking order at Liverpool after Fernando Torres arrived

West Ham have completed the signing of striker Craig Bellamy from Liverpool for a club record £7.5m.
The 27-year-old Wales captain has signed a five-year contract.

Bellamy spent just one season at Liverpool and has left the Anfield club after their summer signings of forwards Fernando Torres and Andriy Voronin.

The ex-Norwich, Coventry and Newcastle striker had joined Liverpool from Blackburn for £6m and scored nine goals in 42 appearances.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport

Take the golf clubs with you

[The_weatherman]

I just tried to sell him in my FM game and got the same **** from him, I sold him to Villa but he refused to go unless I paid the difference in wages until 2010 - greedy c*nt!

[Kenneth]

From the beeb:

West Ham have completed the signing of striker Craig Bellamy from Liverpool for a club record £7.5m

[Mumsafan]

From the beeb:

West Ham have completed the signing of striker Craig Bellamy from Liverpool for a club record £7.5m

[Shaggy]

Bye Craig.

[kop-al-74]

Wasn't best pleased when we signed but supported him all the same.As i would any player who wears our shirt.

Good bit of business on our part,actually making money on a player.

He must really be kicking himself tho deepdown,as this was a great oppertunity for him to just get his head down,stop moaning and attracting the wrong headlines.Some people you can only help so much,they need to help themselves aswell.

You can take a horse to water and all that!

[El Diego]

I supported him when he was here but know he's gone I am delighted. Crap player who had one lucky season last year with Rovers and even then didn't get 20 goals. Close the door as you leave Craig

[red g]

whats great about rafa, is he realises his mistakes and doesnt carry on flogging a dead horse.

[The_weatherman]

whats great about rafa, is he realises his mistakes and doesnt carry on flogging a dead horse.

he'd probably have shot Cheyrou after his first games!

[kop-al-74]

whats great about rafa, is he realises his mistakes and doesnt carry on flogging a dead horse.

Totally agree.I think that was one Geds problems.Kept faith in players that were obviously just not good enough.

[Red Chilli]

Best of luck to him

[kop-al-74]

From west ham site:


Craig Bellamy admits that he was persuaded to leave behind Champions League football at Liverpool after seeing the drive and ambition on display at West Ham United.

The Welsh international captain finally completed his £7.5million transfer from Anfield this morning after several days of speculation and, in his first exclusive interview as a Hammers player, expressed his delight at making the move.

"I'm delighted to be here," he says. "It's taken a little bit longer than I would have liked but the main thing is that it is done now and I can look forward to the challenge ahead.

"I knew around two weeks ago that there was an opportunity for me to head away from Liverpool, but I had to make sure that any move was the right one for me and not just an off the cuff reaction.

"I had a lot to weigh up, and in the end I decided that West Ham United was the best move for me, and that's why I'm sitting here now.

"I wanted to make sure that, if I left Liverpool, it would be to a club that is going to be pushing for Europe. I want to play in Europe, it's important to me, and I felt that same drive and ambition here at West Ham.

"Obviously it would be naïve of me to say that we are going to qualify for the Champions League next season, but that's one thing we are really going to be pushing for here in the future.

"The Club is looking to strengthen what is already a very good squad, and West Ham are renowned for their open and attacking football, so everything is perfect for me."

Having helped Liverpool reach the Champions League final last season - with the likes of Barcelona, PSV Eindhoven and Chelsea dispatched along the way - Craig is certainly no stranger to performing at the very highest level in club football.

However, just as it was for his former Blackburn Rovers team-mate Lucas Neill in January, the potential to be an integral part of something big at Upton Park is a far more attractive proposition than some cynics might claim.

"I had a great experience at Liverpool and I believe West Ham will benefit this year, because I know I am a better player for it," he says.

"I supported Liverpool as a boy and would have had the chance to play Champions League football again next season, but I needed to look beyond that, in the same way that Lucas Neill did when he came here.

"I understood Lucas's position. If he'd joined Liverpool, he would have been a squad player, like I was. Some people don't understand it, but the opportunity to be a senior figure at an ambitious club like West Ham is very attractive.

"It was important for me to start playing regular football. I could sit at Liverpool as a squad player all day long, picking up my money, playing every now and then, but I'd be cheating myself and my personality.

"I want to play every week, to test myself and be in the firing line a little bit. I've signed a five-year contract here, and I will be here for the long term. I've moved around a bit in recent years, and now I want to settle.

"I'm 28 later this week and hopefully approaching the prime years of my career. I believe West Ham are going to see the best of me, I'm focusing on giving my all for the Club and I'm really looking to the challenge ahead."

[El Diego]

Rafa is God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Yozza]

Makes a change - a player leaving a club & not slagging them off....

He always did say he was a Red though.... Best of luck Bellers you Bellend.