Source: Telegraph
West Ham and Ruud van Nistelrooy makes more sense than an electric blue Rolls-Royce
Follow thedailybung on Twitter. Trust us, there's literally nothing better on the rest of the internet...[LNB]THE DAILY BUNG'S LUNCHTIME HEADLINES [LNB] Related ArticlesWest Ham make £100,000-a-week offer to 'special player'Debate: has Tevez gone too far?Tevez: Gary Neville a 'boot-licker' and 'moron'Pantomime spat has resurrected a city's tribalismUefa set to rein in 'huge' club lossesRio Ferdinand to return against Hull CityCarlos Tévez is continuing his one man mission to make Manchester City everyone's second team by launching in to Gary Neville with the same gusto Red Nev himself would in celebrating in front of a group of away fans at Old Trafford. Neville is a 'boot-licker' and a 'moron', according to Tévez, who is also doing a fine line in bumping up viewing figures for the Carling Cup these days. [LNB]-- [LNB]To the sound of stable doors slamming shut and the distant, fading noise of horse's hooves, Uefa have trumpeted that they intend to get to the bottom of all this debt in football with a 'financial fair play' initiative from 2012. Expect a watered down, ineffective if well intentioned voluntary code of conduct to be stripped of all meaning and substance by lawyers of the big European clubs long before then. [LNB]-- [LNB]And calamitous mishaps in Manchester United's defence are about to become a thing of the past as Rio Ferdinand prepares to turn out against Hull City this weekend. What? Oh, right... [LNB]--- [LNB]BACKING A SURE THING[LNB]Saviours come in many forms. Sometimes they are simple carpenters with healing hands. Other times they are bubble permed fantasists who deal only in black and white. And then there are those who appear out of electric blue Rolls-Royces wearing claret coloured velour smoking jackets bought and paid for by men who go shopping in stores with no external windows and a fine line in onanistic apparel. [LNB]But in these difficult times one cannot pick and chose one's messiah. And David Sullivan, the recently installed owner of West Ham, appears to have his heart and his wallet in the right place. [LNB]The deal to see him returned to East Laaandan, the sound of Bow bells ringing in his shell like, he claimed, made 'no commercial sense at all".[LNB]It was a decision made by the heart rather than the head. The club are in the kind of debt that in other industries would qualify them for a bumper pay out from the treasury. He would not be waving a magic wand. Merely steadying the ship and planning for the long haul. [LNB]But a man with the kind of sartorial devil may care attitude to rival Eddie Izzard is not going to be all prudence and straight thinking for long. His natural showmanship could not be suppressed for more than two days before he was talking as loudly as he dresses about marquee signings, exceptional circumstances and a wild punt on a nag that we all thought had long since been put out to stud. [LNB]'We've offered £100,000-a-week to a player and we are still not sure we are going to get him,' said Sullivan, being unusually coy and showing nothing of the financial caution he had previously claimed was necessary for West Ham to survive and prosper. [LNB]'It's a very special player. He's got the choice of almost every club in Europe. He has played at the highest level. He's down to three clubs and West Ham are the only English club still in the hunt for him.' [LNB]Tottenham, and even Stoke City, might dispute the veracity of the final part of that statement, the 'it' in this case being Ruud van Nistelrooy, whom Harry Redknapp and Tony Pulis both fancy a flutter on too. [LNB]'We can carry one exceptional player who would make a difference on that wage,' continued Sullivan. But would he really make a difference? Probably yes. He may have the kind of pace these days that would give Dean Windass an even chance of beating him in a hundred yard dash, especially if it was to the chippy, but he's been there and done it all before. [LNB]Van Nistelrooy's goal scoring prowess has never been questioned. At PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United and Real Madrid, before his legs went and the club shelled out on a phalanx of attacking talent who could actually still run for more than five minutes without needing a rest, he filled his boots like few others. [LNB]At the age of 33 the Dutchman's best days are behind him. But with no transfer fee to be paid the deal is not as highly priced as it first sounds and with West Ham facing the prospect of relegation, a handful of goals from the old stagger may well be enough to avoid that calamity. [LNB]Sullivan's judgement, at least when it comes to whistle and flutes and flash motors, may not be one you would instantly think to trust, but he may well be backing the right horse this time round. [LNB]--- [LNB]Follow thedailybung on Twitter. Trust us, there's literally nothing better on the rest of the internet...[LNB]
