“£100 million player to West Ham” | Former pro’s head – scratching claim

I was tempted to entitle this article ‘the madness of Stan Collymore’ but probably nobody would think I was being flippant – I don’t seriously think the former Liverpool striker has lost his marbles. But when I read what he’d been saying to the illustrious footballfancast.com I did have to scratch my head in amazement.

If I tell you the article runs below a subheading of :”Stan Collymore tips West Ham to sign Man City star Jack Grealish” then all will become clear.

This is the Jack Grealish who is earning £300,000 a week – twice what West Ham’s highest earner is being paid. The Jack Grealish who cost Manchester City £100 million in a then club record deal. As Collymore is quoted as claiming he’d be discounted by sides such as Aston Villa – his former club because “Jack’s output is nowhere near the required level.”

But: “If you are one of the clubs like Bournemouth and Brighton, you probably couldn’t afford him. You could probably see him at a club like West Ham, bizarrely, because they have got the money and London as clout.”

Someone needs to ‘memo’ Stan Collymore – West Ham haven’t got £100m or anything like it for the whole summer rebuild – for half a dozen players: Even if they had, I suspect, like Marcus Rashford, Grealish comes complete with an attitude that would be unlikely to fit into Graham Potter’s brave new world at London Stadium.

So – thanks, but no thanks. Stan. Great for raising a smile. But this goes in the ‘circular’ bin-shaped file.