RVT to be loaned out?

From some obscure Turkish rag........

Akhisar loan West Ham Forward Ricardo Vaz Te
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Akhisar loan West Ham Forward Ricardo Vaz Te
Akhisar Belediyespor have completed the loan signing of Ricardo Vaz Te from West Ham according to the Turkish newspaper Fanatik.
Vaz Te recently handed in a transfer request after failing to break into the Hammers first team.
Ricardo Vaz Te is expected to meet with Akhisar manager Roberto Carlos and the rest of the squad in Antalya this week.


The Portugal U23 international has signed a deal keeping him at the Turkish Super League club until the end of the season.
Vaz Te has made just four Premier League appearances for West Ham this season.

I must admit I had completely forgot about him

He was on the bench Tuesday night, is really only a squad player for us, but we may still need these guys if others get injured or suspended.

mottinghammer wrote:He was on the bench Tuesday night, is really only a squad player for us, but we may still need these guys if others get injured or suspended.

We need him as cover during the AFCON

RVT has gone its officsh!

Unless we have some secret player as backup to those in the ACON or for injuries I think a mistake, unless he has stamped his feet and peed off those running the club and has had his contract terminated as a result.

Wish him well, he did a good job for us in the coco pops and at Wembley, but was never a top player.

From the offishul. I for one wish him all the very best. He will always have a place in my footballing heart for making that play-off final at Wembley in 2012 one of my best West Ham days ever !

Vaz moves on

Ricardo Vaz Te has had his contract with the Club terminated by mutual consent
 17.01.2015
West Ham United can confirm that Ricardo Vaz Te has had his contract with the Club terminated by mutual consent.
Vaz Te will always be held in high esteem by everyone connected with West Ham after a memorable late winner in a Play-Off final win against Blackpool at Wembley in May 2012. The Portuguese forward joined the Hammers in January that year and scored a crucial 12 goals for Big Sam's side as they returned to the top flight at the first time of asking.
The 28-year-old has found appearances harder to come by in recent seasons and has featured for the first team just five times this season. His departure will mean he is now free to pursue opportunities with other Clubs.
Vaz Te said: "It has been a pleasure to be at a Club like West Ham. It was a fantastic opportunity and I am so grateful for having played here. Everything I achieved here and all my game time and my life off the pitch has been amazing.
"I will never forget that day at Wembley - it was so special for me and for all of the fans involved. That is the kind of moment you don't intend to forget. I'm very fortunate to have had that moment and I'm pleased I could do that for the fans, for the Club and for my team-mates.
"I would like to thank the West Ham fans and to tell them to keep supporting the Club through what is going to be an exciting time over the next few years."
Everyone at West Ham United would like to thank Ricardo for his efforts while at the Club and wish him well for his future career.

Good ol' boy, all Hammers will wish him well. I would have thought he could do a shift for any number of Championship sides, but maybe he wants too much money. All the best to him wherever he ends up.

Joined some Turkish club

shame he never really kicked on as he could/should have... seems like a decent bloke.

always surprises me to see someone on the bench and then less than a week later their contract is ripped up... but maybe there were fiduciary reasons for doing it that way...

SemiOldIron wrote:Good ol' boy, all Hammers will wish him well. I would have thought he could do a shift for any number of Championship sides, but maybe he wants too much money. All the best to him wherever he ends up.    

I think that would explain it. Most Championship sides will not be able to afford/want to match the wages he will have been on at WHU

We've only lost Kouyate to the AFCON so I dare say once it was established Song and Sakho weren't off, they could look at freeing up valuable funds to shore up more important places. (a defender please!)

Always liked RVT and was certainly a player who could turn it on and turn a game but didn't consistently perform (or impress Sam enough) then we barely saw him. Forever, as many say, in the folklore of the club due to the play-off final. The barbers of Essex/East London will miss him.

Now get rid of the other Notlob leftovers, Nolan will do...

He's better off away from Allerdyce. Wishing you all the best for the future Riccardo. Thanks for your comittment to the club and especially for 'that' goal. xx

As has been said, screed a very memorable goal, had a decent impact the season we signed him then saw his game time slowly decline. Not sure you can be a legend based on just one goal however important, but he'll certainly always be well thought of. Good luck riccardo.