Source: Daily_Mail
West Ham to cover Quashie's wages when he joins Milton Keynes on loan
Cash-strapped West Ham United will continue to pay £20,000-a-week in wages to unwanted midfielder Nigel Quashie when he joins MK Dons on loan this week.[LNB]Quashie will join Paul Ince's League One club after the Hammers agreed to carry on paying all but a small percentage of his £21,000-a-week salary.[LNB]The arrangement will stun West Ham fans whose club have been in dire financial straits since their Icelandic owners were badly hit by the international banking collapse.[LNB] Pay deal: Nigel Quashie[LNB]Former manager Alan Curbishley walked out after the club sold Anton Ferdinand and George McCartney behind his back a year ago while current manager Gianfranco Zola has also seen players like Craig Bellamy leave to help balance the books.[LNB]Quashie, 31, has been capped by Scotland but has not played for West Ham this season and is not part of Zola's plans.[LNB]He has made only seven Premier League starts since signing from West Bromwich in a £1.5million deal in January 2007.[LNB]West Ham are £85m in debt and there are fears key men like Matthew Upson may be sold.[LNB] Hell for Hammers as 10-men Hull claw out drawWest Ham have suffered from transfer talk, admits frustrated ZolaWEST HAM FC
