Abby Brammell

EXCLUSIVE By Matt Barlow

Come Beck: West Ham want the England legend to return to the Premier League


West Ham’s audacious transfer policy has seen them make an offer to Joe Cole and reveal an ambition to sign David Beckham.

Co-owner David Sullivan, looking to rebuild the team after a traumatic season that resulted in the sacking of Gianfranco Zola, says he has asked Cole to ‘name his price’ to rejoin the club where he started his career.

The Chelsea forward turned down the offer.

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Undeterred, Sullivan says of Beckham in an Sportsmail exclusive interview: ‘I’d love David Beckham. He has massive cult status in east London and still has a house near Bishop’s Stortford, not far from our training ground. He’s from Chingford, which is our heartland. We are the club of east London and Essex.

'If AC Milan didn’t want him in January and if he still wanted to do it, I’d love to have him. He seems a remarkable professional.


Hammer blow: Former West ham idol Joe Cole has rejected a 'name your price' offer to return to the club


‘When I was a kid, Stanley Matthews went back to Stoke at the age of 46. He lifted the gates like you wouldn’t believe and got them promoted when everyone thought they were finished.’

Cole, out of contract at Chelsea, has so far rejected West Ham’s overtures. ‘We’ve asked Joe to name a price but he said no,’ said Sullivan.


source: dailymail