Hammers angry at Spurs bid (From Echo)

Hammers angry at Spurs bid

9:52am Thursday 28th January 2010 in

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TOTTENHAM'S last-ditch attempt to sign Eidur Gudjohnsen on loan has reignited the bad blood between themselves and West Ham from last January’s transfer window.

Spurs boss Harry Redknapp tried to sign Craig Bellamy a year ago but Irons chief executive Scott Duxbury vowed never to sell players to his club’s “local rivals”, with the Wales forward joining Manchester City.

New co-owner David Sullivan has reacted angrily to Spurs making a late move to take Gudjohnsen from Monaco, after the Iceland international had undergone a medical and looked set to join Gianfranco Zola’s squad.

Sullivan said: “We thought we had a deal and the player had even had a medical. We then heard that Tottenham were trying to speak to the player. I can’t say I am happy about it but I believe in Karma and what goes around, comes around.”

West Ham are prioritising strikers and are poised to sign Benni McCarthy from Blackburn for £2.5million, with Manchester City striker Benjani Mwaruwari also on their radar.

Spurs already have four strikers in Jermain Defoe, Peter Crouch, Robbie Keane and Roman Pavlyuchenko but the latter of the quartet wants to leave White Hart Lane.