Source: Daily_Mail
EXCLUSIVE: Hammers to lose James Collins to Stoke in £5m deal
West Ham are preparing to sell central defender James Collins to Stoke for £5million as fears grew among fans that the club are being plunged back into a financial crisis.
Though they are not short of central defenders manager Gianfranco Zola can call on internationals Matthew Upson and Danny Gabbidon and top prospect James Tomkins a sale will once again expose their fragile financial underbelly.
Collins, a towering Wales international, has been first choice under Zola.
