Source: FOOTYMAD
Toon Not Interested In Parker
Former Toon skipper will NOT be returning to St James' Park, even though Alan Pardew is a big fan. The Toon boss ruled out interest because Mike Ashley has "a plan" ... no 30-year-olds. So Sam Allardyce will hold face-to-face talks with West Ham's skipper to try to convince him to fight on at Upton Park next season. While the Irons have been left with a massive blackhole in their already precarious finances following last season's relegation from the Barclays Premier League, new boss Allardyce maintains it is by no means a certainty the Crown Jewels will be sold off. Sam Allardyce: "I don't want to talk to Scott Parker, Robert Green, Carlton Cole on the phone. I want to talk to them when they come back from holiday. "I want to sit them in my office, I want them to look me in the eye and to tell them what I want, be honest with me and I will be honest with them. "They might walk out of the office and say, 'I don't really fancy him, so I'm off'. If that's the case, we will sell him. "But who knows? If he likes what he hears, he wants to stay, he wants to be successful then I will speak to the owners. "If they say it really is a financial necessity, if we get this amount of money on this valuation, we have to let him go, then that's okay, we will replace him and try to get the best replacement we possibly can to play at West ham for promotion."
