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Hunger key to Boa exit

12 Jan 2007 - 16:25:52

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Fulham manager Chris Coleman says he sold former Cottagers skipper Luis Boa Morte to West Ham because he had lost the desire to give all his all to the cause.

Boa Morte joined the Hammers in a £5million deal last week, with Coleman admitting that the 29-year-old Portugal winger felt his time at Craven Cottage had come to a natural conclusion.

He said: "I am not being bitter and twisted, but I don't think we will be weakened by his departure.

"If you have someone at a club who doesn't want to be there, it will show in their performances, no matter how good they are.

"Luis struggled with injuries this season and wasn't himself. His heart was somewhere else, so he struggled. Give me a young player with appetite every day of the week.

"When Luis played off the cuff, he was a real force, but we hardly ever saw that this season."