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Confusion remains over board’s role in transfers

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Confusion remains over the West Ham board’s role in transfer dealings following the dismissal of Tony Henry over racism claims.

The former head of recruitment by use of the word “we” when explaining he would not sign African players left the impression such a policy was supported by the club.

West Ham rapidly  denied that was the case insisting the board does not get involved in identifying potential signings.

And  Jacob Steinberg in the Guardian used the same words saying: “West Ham have denied that is the case, insisting the board does not get involved in identifying potential signings”

However,  in West Ham’s financial accounts dated 7th October 2016  vice chairman Karren Brady’s statement seemingly contradicted that saying of transfers “David Sullivan is in charge of this operation, and in effect takes a Football Director role in helping to select and negotiate all football transfers.”

Last Summer Brady told Sky Sports’ Debate show said:  ‘My chairman is working 20 hours a day getting very little sleep, taking phone calls, morning, noon and night.

He’s doing all of that to try and improve things for West Ham. It’s an incredibly stressful situation. I don’t deal with agents, my poor chairman has to deal with them’

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  • dusty miller says:

    Like the majority of West ham fans no one believes the 3 chairpersons in promises or what they have to say (they’ve lost the majority of the fan base like a manager when they lose the dressing room)

  • Ruffellite says:

    Nice one Sean. Well, there is a glaring contradiction here. Lady Brady’s comprehensive statements about ‘the Board’s’ zealous engagement at the heart of the transfer process in October 2016 and summer 2017 is contradicted by ‘the Club’s’ post-Henry denial of any such Board involvement in transfers. More evidence, should it be needed, that our club does not have a recruitment planning strategy linked to a credible business model. It’s despicable that this should be the case in 2018.

  • Lazurus. rises like a salmon says:

    Pass the info on to the FA Sybil ! 😎 Teflon sully slipsliding away ?? Henry needs to give the FA the facts ? Surely ?

  • sweetfannyadams says:

    Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive

  • Innocuous Sparrow says:

    A pertinent question to ask would be whether Henry signed an NDA when he left. An affirmative answer to that would probably tell us all we need to know.

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