West Ham to cover Quashies wages when he joins Milton Keynes on loan

Published: 22 Nov 2009 - 00:05:26

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West Ham to cover Quashies 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. 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. 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. Pay deal: Nigel Quashie 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. Quashie, 31, has been capped by Scotland but has not played for West Ham this season and is not part of Zola's plans. He has made only seven Premier League starts since signing from West Bromwich in a £1.5million deal in January 2007. West Ham are £85m in debt and there are fears key men like Matthew Upson may be sold. Hell for Hammers as 10-men Hull claw out drawWest Ham have suffered from transfer talk, admits frustrated ZolaWEST HAM FC