Tag: Enner Valencia

  • Chile 2-0 Ecuador: La Roja secure opening match victory

    Chile 2-0 Ecuador: La Roja secure opening match victory

    Embed from Getty Images Tournament hosts Chile headed into the first game of Copa America 2015 with the weight of a nation on their shoulders, hopes were high and they were eventually met thanks to goals from Champions League finalist Arturo Vidal and Napoli forward Eduardo Vargas. Chile flew out of the blocks, creating two…

  • Sampdoria and Chelsea fighting for £30m Hammers star

    Sampdoria and Chelsea fighting for £30m Hammers star

    Embed from Getty Images Sampdoria have joined Chelsea in the race to sign Ecuadoran striker Enner Valencia, according to Daily Mirror. Blues boss Jose Mourinho is reportedly keen on the West Ham United striker after watching him closely throughout the most part of last season. The Portuguese tactician initially dismissed talk that he was looking to…

  • Chelsea maintain interest in £21m West Ham striker

    Chelsea maintain interest in £21m West Ham striker

    Chelsea are preparing a £21m bid for West Ham United striker Enner Valencia, according to The Daily Mail. Blues boss Jose Mourinho is reportedly mulling over a late deadline day bid for the Ecuadorian striker after sealing a deal for Juan Cuadrado from Fiorentina. Mourinho initially dismissed talk that he was looking to add more players…

  • Chelsea linked with £21m move for Valencia

    Chelsea linked with £21m move for Valencia

    Chelsea are preparing a £21m bid for West Ham United striker Enner Valencia, according to The Sun. Blues boss Jose Mourinho is reportedly mulling over a late deadline day bid for the Ecuadorian striker after sealing a deal for Juan Cuadrado from Fiorentina. Mourinho initially dismissed talk that he was looking to add more players to…

  • West Ham chairman reveals fresh striker blow

    West Ham chairman reveals fresh striker blow

    West Ham United co-chairman David Gold has revealed that summer signing Enner Valencia is trailing behind his new team-mates in training. Fatigue picked up towards the end of his World Cup campaign with Ecuador in Brazil has hampered the striker’s introduction to life in the capital. Veteran entrepreneur Gold does not expect the £12million hitman…

  • Hammers fans ‘will love new signing’

    Hammers fans ‘will love new signing’

    West Ham United supporters will adore new signing Enner Valencia, according to the club’s co-chairman David Gold. The Ecuador international finally completed his switch from Mexican outfit Pachuca for a fee in the region of £12million after being granted a work permit. It brought down the curtain on an anxious week for the London club…

  • Striker speaks out on West Ham switch

    Striker speaks out on West Ham switch

    Ecuador international striker Enner Valencia has completed his £12m move to West Ham after being granted his work permit at a hearing this afternoon. The 25-year-old World Cup star has officially left his Mexican side Pachuca and been signed, sealed and delivered to new boss Sam Allardyce at Upton Park. The agreement had been made…

  • Carroll clashes with West Ham fan in booze row

    Carroll clashes with West Ham fan in booze row

    West Ham United striker Andy Carroll has become embroiled in a Twitter row with one of the club’s supporters. The injured England international, who has been ruled out of action for at least four months after damaging ligaments in his left ankle, took exception to the fan’s claims about his lifestyle. Carroll was accused of…

  • Hammers chairman reeling from Carroll injury blow

    Hammers chairman reeling from Carroll injury blow

    West Ham United co-chairman David Gold has revealed his sadness at losing club record signing Andy Carroll for four months. The £15million hitman, who has endured an injury-plagued stint at Upton Park since turning his loan arrangement into a permanent deal a year ago, has torn the ligaments in his left ankle during a training…

  • West Ham chairman: Andy Carroll will not retire

    West Ham chairman: Andy Carroll will not retire

    West Ham United co-chairman David Gold has dismissed suggestions that striker Andy Carroll’s latest injury will end his career. The former Newcastle United talisman sat out the Hammers’ pre-season friendly against Wellington Phoenix in Auckland last night and will also miss Saturday’s clash with Sydney FC in Wellington. Their tour of New Zealand was seen…