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Irons linked with Rovers star

Posted by Sean Whetstone on May 6, 2015 in Whispers

ruudWest Ham have made inquiries about Blackburn’s striker Rudy Gestede said to valued around £7 million according to the Daily Mail

Hull City, who also made an enquiry in January, are said to have scouted the Benin international grab his 20th goal of the season against Ipswich on Saturday.

Crystal Palace had a previous £5m bid rejected by Rovers.  Swansea City, Sunderland and Aston Villa are also said to be interested but the 26-year-old is understood to favour a move to London.

 

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I am Season Ticket Holder in West stand lower at the London Stadium and before that, I used to stand in the Sir Trevor Brooking Lower Row R seat 159 in the Boleyn Ground and in the Eighties I stood on the terraces of the old South Bank. I am a presenter on the West Ham Podcast called MooreThanJustaPodcast.co.uk. A Blogger on WestHamTillIdie.com a member of the West Ham Supporters Advisory Board (SAB), Founder of a Youtube channel called Mr West Ham Football at http://www.youtube.com/MrWestHamFootball, I am also the associate editor here at Claret and Hugh. Life Long singer of bubbles! Come on you Irons! Follow me at @Westhamfootball on twitter

6 comments on “Irons linked with Rovers star”

  1. Michael Miller May 6, 2015 at 8:56 pm

    He’s got a tremendous goal record with Blackburn, 34 goals in 65 appearances – 26 years old and 6 foot 4 inches – £7 million would be a bargain!

  2. bubs May 6, 2015 at 9:06 pm

    Remember him playing against us for Cardiff,do we need another Carroll ?
    He is big and put his self about but never did it in the premier,
    Sears is scoring in the championship but could he do for us in the premier,
    Sorry not for me sooner give Rhodes a chance he has been scoring year after year but can he do it in the premier,
    We need to be chasing Austin or Inges who have the pedigree.

    • Michael Miller May 7, 2015 at 11:05 am

      I thought Ings was very disappointing on Saturday, I can’t see what the fuss is about – Charlie Austin has done it in the Prem now and managed to stay pretty fit, Gestede and Jordan Rhodes have both done well in the Championship – time for someone to take a bit of a punt on either of them.

      The important thing for me would be their fitness record, we’ve been let down badly by failures of our main forwards to stay fit – it’s been a disaster with Carroll and Sakho being missing has been a real miss.

      If we could get him I’d go for Charlie Austin – failing that either Gestede or Rhodes would do – oh, and what about Darryl Murphy at Ipswich he’s done well – another punt but why not!

  3. Twinkle Toes Nolan May 7, 2015 at 11:11 am

    Murphy is a good player in the championship,but wasnt he let go by Sunderland coz he couldnt cut it in the Prem.Its a difficult situation evaluating high scoring players in the Champ & then buying them for your Prem club.Many dont cut it,just end up as squad players.I guess it depends what you want them for.But i think for every Austin there is probably another 10 who couldnt make the transition.

  5. bubs May 7, 2015 at 11:50 am

    We need to look elsewhere if there are any good championship players they will get snatched and sent out on loan by the top 6 teams,
    South America or Africa or even Europe is going to be the best bet,

  6. pabloonechop May 7, 2015 at 9:12 pm

    Ruddy can’t fail.

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