Cost of Defoe revealed as Gale tells board: “Dig deep”

Tony Gale has again been forthright in his views on all things Hammers and has joined his big pal Tony Cottee in calling on the club to get Jermain Defoe this summer.

Gale has lashed into the the board recently telling them to “keep quiet” and  support the manager but now he has called for them to dig deep to bring Defoe to the club

Claretandhugh was the first media outlet to bring news the club was interested in making a summer move for the former striker and Gale and Cottee are desperate for it to happen.

Gale is reported this morning as saying: “I know he’d cost a fortune in wages, but I think if he came to West Ham and West Ham got a system where they could play two up-front – Andy Carroll and Jermain Defoe – that would take some stopping, wouldn’t it.”

It could easily happen with the club telling ClaretandHugh: “He’s very much a target and we are looking at his position – notably if Sunderland are relegated when he may be a free transfer.”

And we understand the wages of which Gale speaks are around £80,000 – £85,000 a week.