Thursday, 24th April, 2014



West Ham United manager Sam Allardyce has said that the club’s transfer policy will be different from last season’s policy where the east London side spent a lot to bring in just a couple of players.

Last summer West Ham notably paid £15.4m to Liverpool to acquire the services of England international striker Andy Carroll on a permanent basis.




“I think that depending on what players are out in the market it may be spread across the board a bit more, but that market may not allow you to do that”, the 59-year-old told the club’s official site, speaking about his spending plans.

The former Newcastle United manager admits that sometimes a few players state their request to join the club and according to the player’s talent the club make a move for him. But in most cases the club draw up a list of players they want to buy with alternatives if they fail to get their first choice targets.

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“When one particular player comes and makes a play to come to your club with the size and talent of that particular player, then you go for him.

“You have to wait at that particular time and negotiate to see if you can move that player.

“Our list in each position is accumulated and then you try and start to move forward on that list.”

Allardyce admits that they did spend heavily on Carroll last summer, but the England striker was one of those rare players who were first or second choice in West Ham’s list of targets and wanted to join the club, he said.

“I've said many times before that I think Andy's signing was one of the few players that we've signed that would have been number one or two on the list.”

Last summer West Ham splurged out more than £20m to sign Stewart Downing and Carroll from Liverpool.

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