West Ham steal Neill

Le King · Post by **Le King** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 10:11 pm

Liverpool was widely thought to have been the wantaway Blackburn defender's destination, but on Wednesday night he agreed terms on a lucrative contract with The Hammers.

Alan Curbishley is desperate to strengthen his team for their fight against relegation and has offered attractive terms to Neill, though The Hammers are reported still to be negotiating with Rovers.

"Lucas has agreed terms on a two-and-a-half year deal with West Ham and is looking forward to the challenge ahead," Neill's agent Peter Harrison is quoted in The Times.

Neill's decision to choose The Hammers over Liverpool will exasperate Reds boss Rafa Benitez who hinted for the first time on Wednesday that a deal for Neill had hit a stumbling block

very surprised... thought pool woulda got him, but obv they didnt want him enuff

To Mati · Post by **To Mati** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 10:13 pm

thierry · Post by **thierry** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 10:23 pm

hammers done liverpool a favour, the guy is a calamitous joke

delfino_1936 · Post by **delfino_1936** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 10:59 pm

what's he doing....why leave blackburn for West Ham

Lilly Whites · Post by **Lilly Whites** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 11:08 pm

personal reasons i guess.....just didnt see the challenge at blackburn anymore

Juventino · Post by **Juventino** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 11:14 pm

Have fun in the Championship next season!

Lilly Whites · Post by **Lilly Whites** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 11:23 pm

Hammers wont go down mate.....say goodbye to Charlton Watford and Wigan

Le King · Post by **Le King** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 11:58 pm

westham bigger then liverpool? surely it had 2 b the cash or sumfin else

rooboy1986 · Post by **rooboy1986** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 7:16 am

It is interesting... i get the majority of my football news (no pun intended) from http://www.soccernet.com (ESPN Website) they have all the latest transfers.

Now i'm not saying theworldgame.com.au is incorrect but i'm saying it is interesting that soccernet DONT have an article on this very bizarre transfer considering there have been loads of articles of speculation on NEills move to LFC.

I wont accept it until it is on soccernet.

getborn · Post by **getborn** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 7:19 am

stupid move made it for the money.

Caramelas13 · Post by **Caramelas13** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 9:22 am

Thank god he didn't come to Liverpool.

zola · Post by **zola** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 9:40 am

Lucas Neill chooses West Ham
Thursday Jan 18 21:39 AEDT
Lucas Neill has agreed terms with West Ham, with the east London club pinching him from under the nose of Liverpool with a rich salary offer.

The Socceroo defender will sign with West Ham, pending Blackburn's acceptance of a STG1.5 million pound ($A3.76 million) transfer payment.

"Lucas has agreed terms on a two and a half year deal with West Ham and is looking forward to the challenge ahead," his agent Peter Harrison said (eds The Times).

The deal was reportedly worth STG50,000 pounds ($A125,486) per week.

Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez was left to wonder at Neill's decision to forego Champions League football with Liverpool and instead enter a relegation scrap with West Ham.

Neill's contract will reportedly have an escape clause should West Ham fail to avoid the drop.

Reports said the Socceroo defender had the standard medical tests for West Ham on Wednesday evening.

The only hurdle to the deal going through was the attitude of Neill's current club Blackburn.

Rovers had agreed a deal with Liverpool that would have seen Liverpool full back Stephen Warnock join as part of the Neill deal.

However Neill's preference for West Ham's rich offer meant Rovers will be short of full-back coverage, and the club may delay releasing the Australian until they can find it.

Neill arrived at Blackburn in 2001 from Millwall and has made over 200 appearances for the Lancashire club.

LFTWNG11 · Post by **LFTWNG11** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 9:48 am

Blackburn rejected our 2m pound and they are now going to accept a 1.5m pound bid??

So stupid...

Just happy we didnt end up signing this hack! What a joke... relegation football is more Neill's style anyway, get cut to pieces in the CL and he knows it...

BillShankly · Post by **BillShankly** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 10:00 am

poor choice by neill, money never always means happiness.

Judge Judy · Post by **Judge Judy** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 10:08 am

LFTWNG11 wrote:Blackburn rejected our 2m pound and they are now going to accept a 1.5m pound bid?? So stupid...

Just happy we didnt end up signing this hack! What a joke... relegation football is more Neill's style anyway, get cut to pieces in the CL and he knows it...

he's much closer to going for nothing, they'd accept anything

is your sig from the cracker v man u?

LFTWNG11 · Post by **LFTWNG11** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 10:14 am

xabi wrote:
LFTWNG11 wrote:Blackburn rejected our 2m pound and they are now going to accept a 1.5m pound bid?? So stupid...

Just happy we didnt end up signing this hack! What a joke... relegation football is more Neill's style anyway, get cut to pieces in the CL and he knows it...
he's much closer to going for nothing, they'd accept anything

is your sig from the cracker v man u?

that it is!

sparts · Post by **sparts** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 10:25 am

so during the WC when he was our best player everyone loved him now no-one wants him? i think he is better than finnan and carragher. he shows plenty of heart when he plays and gettin a red card or to for showing passion and committment is almost worth it! liverpools loss!

getborn · Post by **getborn** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 10:28 am

sparts wrote:so during the WC when he was our best player everyone loved him now no-one wants him? i think he is better than finnan and carragher. he shows plenty of heart when he plays and gettin a red card or to for showing passion and committment is almost worth it! liverpools loss!

its lucas' loss. west ham over pool, not so sure

money money money.

sparts · Post by **sparts** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 10:32 am

that depends on which way you look at it, maybe he thought he might not play too much at liverpool and wanted first team action which he will get at west ham, and he'll have plenty of work to do there too!

Sir Shearer #9 · Post by **Sir Shearer #9** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 10:32 am

I agree Sparts, why is everyone having a go at the future socceroo captain when he played his heart out in the WC? IMO he's an Aussie hero and we should respect his decision, although some may not have made the same choice.

LFTWNG11 · Post by **LFTWNG11** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 10:39 am

I said it whent he world cup was one, he is a hack! and I'll say it again, he is a hack, only difference is everyone thinks he has a skill and is quality now.... hes a glorified hack now

watch him scramble for a new club next season when the massive club of West Ham get relegated.... and all that self-righteous crap after he cost you guys an improbable victory against the mighty Azzuri, wat a joke

getborn · Post by **getborn** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 10:40 am

Sir Shearer #9 wrote:I agree Sparts, why is everyone having a go at the future socceroo captain when he played his heart out in the WC? IMO he's an Aussie hero and we should respect his decision, although some may not have made the same choice.

called an opinion. wc has nothing to do with.

pool needed him, he would have played.

sparts · Post by **sparts** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 10:42 am

he cost us the cup??? im not even going to go there leftie! maybe he thinks liverpool are gay or something i dont know, maybe rafa was offering next to nothing, surely if he wanted him that bad he would of got him!

Juventino · Post by **Juventino** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 10:43 am

LFTWNG11 wrote:I said it whent he world cup was one, he is a hack! and I'll say it again, he is a hack, only difference is everyone thinks he has a skill and is quality now.... hes a glorified hack now watch him scramble for a new club next season when the massive club of West Ham get relegated.... and all that self-righteous crap after he cost you guys an improbable victory against the mighty Azzuri, wat a joke

I was speaking to Englishmen on another forum, they agree that he is a hack. Never really rated him.

sparts · Post by **sparts** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 10:47 am

maybe he didnt go to liverpool cause of his tackle a couple of years back, cant remember who it was but he broke his leg

Juventino · Post by **Juventino** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 10:48 am

Tackle on Carragher

LFTWNG11 · Post by **LFTWNG11** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 10:50 am

sparts wrote:he cost us the cup??? im not even going to go there leftie! maybe he thinks liverpool are gay or something i dont know, maybe rafa was offering next to nothing, surely if he wanted him that bad he would of got him!

yeh best not get into that... cos u will look stupid.

yea i didnt know liverpool is a homesexual club, can u name any other homosexual clubs? which clubs are bisexual sparts? just out of interest, cos i never knew football clubs had sexual preferences.

obviously rafa didn't want him that bad, anything more than we were offering would have been a waste... I read what he gets paid at WEst Ham will put him in the earning bracket as Cannavaro, Puyol etc etc, that is a big fkn joke if i ever heard one! If West Ham want to lose moeny on aplayer who wont stop them from drop, then so be it. Its just I rememeber after Lucas's courageous performance at the world cup, as well as recently, Barcelona, Real Madrid, clubs in Italy, all the big clubs in ENgland were after him... wat a crock, he's ended up at second to last West Ham united on an inflate wage.... wat an aussie hero!

sparts · Post by **sparts** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 10:53 am

never could take a joke could you leftie??? yes it was carragher, a rival right back should he of gone there

manU4life · Post by **manU4life** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 10:54 am

LFTWNG11 wrote:
sparts wrote:he cost us the cup??? im not even going to go there leftie! maybe he thinks liverpool are gay or something i dont know, maybe rafa was offering next to nothing, surely if he wanted him that bad he would of got him!
yeh best not get into that... cos u will look stupid.

yea i didnt know liverpool is a homesexual club, can u name any other homosexual clubs? which clubs are bisexual sparts? just out of interest, cos i never knew football clubs had sexual preferences.

obviously rafa didn't want him that bad, anything more than we were offering would have been a waste... I read what he gets paid at WEst Ham will put him in the earning bracket as Cannavaro, Puyol etc etc, that is a big shiraz joke if i ever heard one! If West Ham want to lose moeny on aplayer who wont stop them from drop, then so be it. Its just I rememeber after Lucas's courageous performance at the world cup, as well as recently, Barcelona, Real Madrid, clubs in Italy, all the big clubs in ENgland were after him... wat a crock, he's ended up at second to last West Ham united on an inflate wage.... wat an aussie hero!

he had a great world cup however he is only a "good" player in the EPL at best. i still like the bloke for what he did for us aussies. all the best at west ham, hope they stay up

Le King · Post by **Le King** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 11:17 am

well in neill
i believe its not his fault... i mean he was probs disgusted that arabpool didnt rate him so high and thats y they offered him a shite wage... he was 1 of the best players in the wc so im sure u would expect a decent wage... of westham showed more faith in him and wanted him more thats y he chose 2 go there... i wouldnt blame him totally.. i mean arabpool cant expect to do "harry kewell businness" with every transfer n get em on cheap!