Source: Daily_Mail
West Ham draw the line at losing another key player to Tottenham
Sent up north: West Ham would only agree to selling Bellamy to Manchester City
Spurs are being painted as the bad boys of the transfer window, the club flirting with relegation and trying every trick in the book to heave themselves out of trouble.
In the space of a fortnight, Harry Redknapp and Co. have managed to annoy Sunderland manager Ricky Sbragia over their interest in Kenwyne Jones, Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate and chief executive Keith Lamb about the protracted, possible, is-he-isn't-he move of Stewart Downing, and everyone connected with Portsmouth over Spurs' acquisition of Jermain Defoe.
West Ham's refusal to allow Bellamy to don the white shirt of Tottenham is an act of defiance. By selling Bellamy to Manchester City, West Ham are telling Spurs that they can talk about Hammers' players all they like, but they ain't getting their hands on them.
But the Hammers' decision not to sell to Tottenham also has a historical motive. Michael Carrick, Jermain Defoe and Frederic Kanoute all blossomed at West Ham before making the short journey to White Hart Lane and seeing out some of the best years of their careers in Spurs shirts.
In 1970, World Cup winner Martin Peters made the 10-mile journey from Upton Park to White Hart Lane and an uneasy business relationship was begun, of which Tottenham seem to have come out much the better.
Martin Peters (West Ham to Spurs, March 1970,£200,000 plus Jimmy Greaves to West Ham)
Martin Peters
Peters, who scored England's second goal in the 4-2 World Cup Final win over West Germany in 1966, joined West Ham as an apprentice in 1959.
His versatility was such that he was suggested to have played every position for the Hammers during his 11-year stint with the club, even playing as a goalkeeper in a reserve game.
Peters scored 81 goals in 302 appearances for the Hammers but joined Spurs in March 1970 for a British transfer record fee, which incredibly included Spurs' all-time record scorer Jimmy Greaves, then 30, going the other way.
Peters won two League Cups (1971 and 1973) and the UEFA Cup (1972) with Spurs before joining Norwich City in 1975.
Greaves played for the Hammers for just a season, scoring on his debut and contributing 13 goals in 38 appearances before announcing his retirement (for the first time) in 1971.
Paul Allen (West Ham to Spurs, June 1985,£400,000)
Paul Allen
Another West Ham academy graduate, Allen played for the Hammers from 1979 to 1985 before joining his cousin Clive at Spurs in a£400,000 deal. He stayed with the club until 1993 when he moved to Southampton for£550,000.
Allen was the youngest player to play in an FA Cup final (aged 17 years and 256 days) when he appeared for the Hammers in their 1-0 victory over Arsenal in 1980.
Allen's record stood until 2004, when Curtis Weston (17 years, 119 days) came on for Dennis Wise in Millwall's 3-0 loss to Manchester United.
Freddie Kanoute (West Ham to Spurs, August 2003,£4m plus Matthew Etherington to West Ham)
Fredi Kanoute
The striker scored 31 times in 91 games for West Ham between 2000 and 2003 before making a£4m move to Spurs in August 2003 following West Ham's relegation.
The Hammers got Matthew Etherington as part of the deal, who was the club's longest-serving player until his move to Stoke this month.
Kanoute kept up a decent scoring record with 21 goals in 67 appearances for Spurs before joining Sevilla in 2005 for£4.4m.
Jermain Defoe (West Ham to Spurs, Feb 2004,£7m plus Bobby Zamora to West Ham)
Defoe is up there with Paul Ince in the
Jermain Defoe
West Ham loyalty stakes after handing in a transfer request less than 24 hours after the club were relegated from the top tier in 2003.
The striker, who flourished at West Ham after a successful loan spell at Bournemouth (19 goals in 31 appearances), eventually joined Spurs in February 2004 in a£7m swap deal that saw Bobby Zamora join West Ham.
Defoe stayed at White Hart Lane until January 2008, when an 11-month sojourn at Portsmouth interrupted his Spurs' playing career.
Zamora scored the Hammers' winner in the 2005 Championship play-off win that took them back to the Premier League and joined Fulham last summer for£6.3m.
Michael Carrick (West Ham to Spurs, August 2004,£3m)
Michael Carrick
Carrick, a product of West Ham's youth academy and an FA Youth Cup winner with the Hammers in 1999, stayed with the club when they were relegated in 2003 but moved to Spurs in the summer of 2004 for£3m after West Ham lost in the play-off final against Crystal Palace.
The midfielder spent two seasons at White Hart Lane and moved to Manchester United in July 2006 for£18.6m - a considerable profit for Spurs.
Chris Hughton (Spurs to West Ham, December 1990, free)
The full-back spent 11 years at White Hart Lane, winning the UEFA Cup in 1984 and two FA Cups in 1981 and 1982.
Hughton joined West Ham in 1990 and helped the Hammers to promotion in 1991, but his two years at Upton Park were thwarted by injury. He later returned to Spurs as reserve team boss.
Ilie Dumitrescu
Ilie Dumitrescu (Spurs to West Ham, 1995,£1.5m)
The Romanian's arrival at Spurs was marred by tabloid allegations of a sex scandal in 1994 and he was promptly shipped out on loan to Sevilla before returning to north London at the start of the 1995-96 season.
A brief spell at West Ham followed but issues with his work permit meant Dumitrescu was a free agent by the summer.
Les Ferdinand (Spurs to West Ham, January 2003, nominal)
Les Ferdinand
The striker spent six years with Spurs, winning the League Cup in 1999 after Tottenham beat Leicester City 1-0.
He moved to West Ham in January 2003 and scored his first goal for the club against Tottenham, but could not prevent the Hammers' relegation from the Premier League and joined Leicester City on a free transfer.
Mauricio Taricco (Spurs to West Ham, November 2004, free)
The Argentine defender spent six years at White Hart Lane before joining the Hammers on a free transfer in 2004. The 31-year-old only last a week at the club after suffering an injury in a game against Millwall and walking out when he realised the injury would keep him out for two months.
The Hammers' boss, Alan Pardew, called it 'one of the most honest acts' he had experienced in football as it allowed him to bring in a new player.
Calum Davenport
Calum Davenport (Spurs to West Ham, January 2007,£3m)
Davenport returned to West Ham for his second spell with the club when he signed from Spurs in January 2007 for£3m.
He was loaned to the Hammers for three months when he signed for Tottenham from Coventry City in 2004, playing 10 games in the centre of defence as West Ham pushed for promotion.
Davenport's second stint with West Ham has been hampered by injury. He was also loaned out to Watford for a month and has been linked with moves to Stoke, Bolton and Sunderland in the January transfer window.
