Tomkins Palace deal NOT done

Shoud he stay r should he go!

West Ham have tonight denied that a deal has been done which has seen James Tomkins join Crystal Palace.

Palace and former Irons boss Alan Pardew is a big admirer of the 27 year old who we first reported to be at the centre of a bidding war last month by ClaretandHugh.

But although the Mail On Line is tonight saying the deal with Palace has been done at around £12.5 million for the 27 year old central defender the news is premature and they have jumped the gun..

Both the Mail report and those jumping on the story as if it were nailed on fact, will have to hold on a while for the deal to happen.

Claret and Hugh’s most senior and highly placed insider told us within the last few minutes (Fri):  “The deal has not been done and it will be less than the reported £12.5 million if it is.

He added: “He might go there. The fee is a a bit less. We have lots of players in his position plus two good young ones(Burke and Oxford).

We reported last summer that Tomkins would eventually be on his way as Slaven Bilic reorganised his defence and on Jume 17 we made it clear the club had snubbed bids of £8-£9 million https://www.claretandhugh.info/bidding-war-for-tomkins/