West Ham to renew bid for Joey Barton

17 August 2011 09:14
West Ham are set to renew their interest in Newcastle bad boy Joey Barton. [LNB]Barton is available on a free transfer, and Sam Allardyce is keen to reunite the 28-year-old with Kevin Nolan at the heart of West Ham's midfield. [LNB] Is this the way to east London? West Ham will renew their interest in Barton [LNB] The former Manchester City midfielder would be forced to take a pay cut from his current ?80,000-a-week wages. [LNB]A move to the Championship club also hinges on the future of wantaway midfielder Scott Parker. [LNB] Great Scott: Parker is keen to seal a return back to the Premier League [LNB]Parker, who scored in West Ham's 4-0 rout at Watford on Tuesday night, is desperate to seal a move back to the Premier League. [LNB]But his current pursuers, which include Tottenham, Chelsea and Arsenal, have so far failed to meet West Ham's ?8million valuation of their star midfielder. [LNB]  Martin Samuel: He's nuts, but the FA must let Joey make a tweet of himselfWatford 0 West Ham 4: Happy Hammers get the travel bugArsenal's Gervinho fails in bid to overturn three-match ban for Barton clash [LNB] [LNB]

Source: Daily_Mail