Curbishley left because he said that he had a clause in his contract which gave him autonomy in the transfer of players to and from the club and that the club had breached that clause which left him in an untenable position therefore he had to leave. His legal team then won a lawsuit against the club for constructive dismissal.
My point here is does Zola have that same autonomy as Curbs? If he doesn't why not, but if he does why is DS saying that they will not sell in this window and that they have offered 100k a week to a "special player". Gollivan have also employed Barry Silkman as a transfer target entrepreneurial guru - where is Kia in all of this? Is Zola being treated with contempt, has the likeable little Italian become insignificant in their 52.5 million pound investment? Why are they all over the transfer dealings of the club now when it should be the Zola/Nani/Clarke/Kia team, shouldn't it? They said they are drawing blanks, surely not the same blanks that the previous regime were following up whom Gollivan have criticised so strongly?
Despite what Gollivan have said about Zola being safe are his days numbered too? Is he 52.5 million pound safe?
He talked of a 110 million pound debt and we also know that West Ham are in hock up to the eyebrows too; 110 million, what were the Icelandicks doing, they must have been throwing money around like a hyper-active muck spreader.
Gollivan are "in partnership" with the bank as DS put it (by that I take "the bank" too mean Straumur) but they are trying to put together a consortium to buy the other 50% within the next few months. It's interesting to note that Straumur would not sell to them a controlling 51% interest but retained 50% themselves presumably to have a say in what goes on still; it would be interesting also to know to what extent that influence would be.
When the interviewer also asked DS about the possibility of relegation, because let's face it that is still a very real possibility, he was noticeably taken aback and said that would be horrendous.
Gollivan are terrified that relegation will leave their recent investment in tatters and are prepared to go to extraordinary lengths to stay in the Premier League – sound familiar? David Sullivan actually said “they have invested “high-risk” money and could lose EVERYTHING.
Sullivan also told BBC Radio Five Live that his club (our Hammers) needs an injection of special talent NOW before it is too late, which begs the question (and I point you to my previous post) what do they really think of Carlton Cole? Cole is supposed to be back for the Pompey game (surely that’s three points by the way) but is there no faith in his ability to keep us up? "We have a crisis and you have to have a different strategy to what our long-term strategy will be."
We are 16th in the table level on points with Hull who are in the relegation zone and Sullivan knows that because the deal for the club dragged on, he has come in at a difficult stage in the transfer signing window, only 9 days left as we speak.
He talked of an unbalanced squad and the real need for a couple of strikers and a defence player presumably a RB and a back-up keeper. The keeper choice, I feel, will have to be a long-term signing because Green is off in the summer if not before.
Although he said a Nightmare scenario he did say that they have a five year plan and that people would look back in 5 years time when West Ham were solvent again, and say that the 2 Davids had done a good job - let's hope so eh.
5 games in 16 days to come - 2 strikers and a RB coupled with a current fit squad and will be talking Europa League next, relegation will have become a figment of our imaginations in the dark an distant Icelandic past.
The next 16 days could see our season made or broken - a little over 2 weeks to save 52.5 million, I'm grateful it's them and not me and I really do hope we are playing top-flight football because of them next season
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