The Sunday Express carries a report this morning that Fulham are one of three sides ready to end Dean Ashton’s injury-hit spell at West Ham.
If Roy Hodgson is really in for the tall striker – and I have my doubts given that he has publicly declared his interest in Peter Crouch now (and revealed that Bobby Zamora won’t be joining Hull) – he will face competition from Stoke and Hull. It seems that Ashton could be in line for a move having dropped down Gianfranco Zola’s pecking order. The Hammers boss has already signed teenage striker Frank Nouble and is expected to complete a deal for his fomer team-mate Eidur Gudjohnsen soon.
Ashton, who remarkably has yet to play for Zola in the Italian’s time at Upton Park, joined West Ham from Norwich for an initial fee of £7m in January 2006. He made an immediate impact with the Hammers, scoring twice in their FA Cup quarter final win over Manchester City, and again in the thrilling final against Liverpool. Ashton missed out on selection for the 2006 World Cup squad but was included in the squad for Steve McClaren’s first game – a friendly against Greece at Old Trafford – only to break his ankle on the eve of the game.
That injury kept him out for the whole of the 2006-07 season but returned to play a big part in the following campaign, scoring 11 goals in 35 games. Having signed a new five year deal last summer, Ashton began the new season well – scoring twice against Wigan – but he injured his ankle again in Zola’s first training session. He has scored 19 goals in 56 appearances for West Ham.
If the reports are true that Spurs have had a bid accepted for Crouch then this makes sense. If Ashton can stay injury free I think he has potential to be a better signing than the tall robot dancer. If we’re able to keep Zamora as well then maybe we’ll actually be better off. I’m just looking forward to getting August out of the way and knowing exactly where we stand at last!
I’m not so sure about ashton but I feel that we really do need to sign more players before the end of the window. Now that toure has went to city, I hear that Wenger wants Hangland again. We need some signings!!!!
Also, does anyone know of any good streams for the match tomorrow night at Vetra??
Hey Lydia – I’ll have a look for some streams tomorrow. The UEFA website (uefa.com) is going to stream some of the matches apparently, so we might be in luck.
Alternatively, BBC London will have live commentary on their website:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/london/hi/tv_and_radio/
Right ok thanks!
I had a look myself and found a site that it might be on. http://www.iraqgoals.net might have it. If not I’ll try yours! Thanks!
Hey Lydia,
Just thought I’d put another message in case you didn’t see the new post.
Fulham are going to do live commentary from the official site tonight from just before 6pm our time. The details are here:
http://www.fulhamfc.com/Club/News/NewsArticles/2009/July/ListenLiveVetra.aspx
I’ll put up a list of streams/places to watch the game if I get any new information before kick off.
Dan- Thanks alot. If we can’t find a stream then at least we have the live comentary. As long as I know what is happening!
Hears to a great season and European Campaign!!
Lydia – No worries. I’m still looking for some streams.
Hope we do have a great season again!