50% cut for Cole

Cole to take 50% wage cut
May 17, 2011
By ESPNsoccernet staff

ESPNsoccernet can reveal Carlton Cole's salary will be cut by 50% following West Ham's relegation from the Premier League but the striker could move to Newcastle United.

Cole has a clause written into his contract which ensures his wage will be cut in half after the club failed to retain their place in the top flight when losing 3-2 to Wigan Athletic at the weekend.

A club source told ESPNsoccernet: "Now his wages halve in the Championship, so he might move
anywhere."



Such a significant drop in earnings could well persuade the England international to leave the Hammers and join a Premier League club, and in the past he has expressed a desire to stay in the south.

However, it is understood Newcastle manager Alan Pardew, who signed Cole for West Ham in 2006, views the player as a possible replacement for Andy Carroll following his £35 million move to Liverpool in January

Cole was valued at £15 million by West Ham 12 months ago but the club are now likely to accept around half of that. However, they are in no rush to offload the player given his contractual situation.

It is understood that no decision will be taken on the future of Cole, or other members of the relegated squad, before a new manager is appointed to replace

However, it is understood Newcastle manager Alan Pardew, who signed
Cole for West Ham in 2006, views the player as a possible replacement
for Andy Carroll following his £35 million move to Liverpool in January.

Has Pardew watched ANY of our games this season

ThreeWheeling wrote:Has Pardew watched ANY of our games this season

Lets hope not!!

Half his wage, whatever it is, is still too much. I can only one of the promoted clubs wanting him. Or Stoke.

He wont fit in with Stoke dude , they are a dirty bunch of cunts , hes a useless cnut

LOL replacement for Carroll . omg funniest thing I have read in a while

You never know, if nobody comes in for him, a season in The Championship could be the kick up the arse he needs.....he might even finguck move about a bit.

The old man thinks Cole will do well in the coco-pops, bless him.

Suzanne Claret wrote:The old man thinks Cole will do well in the coco-pops, bless him.

he is prob not wrong there, about his level really sadly

I like Coley. Given a run of games up front with Ba for the last 9/10 games, I think we'd have stayed up. None of this toying around with Keane etc. Furthermore, when we stayed up in '07, we had a settled back four, eventually, of Neill, Ferdinand, Collins and McCartney. This time around, we kept changing the one area of the team which must work as a unit on a game-by-game basis, not always through injuries either. Ho hum, not that it matters now. Coley's a decent, honest bloke - if he does go I hope it works out for him and it'd be good to see it working for Pards too.

Whats the betting he leaves and scores shit loads else where ?

Course he will....it's the norm innit?