Hammers Star Looks Set To Leave
Posted on 01. Oct, 2008 by Milox in Premiership
West Ham United midfielder Nigel Quashie could become the first player to leave Upton Park under the reign of new manager Gianfranco Zola.
The Scotland international has spent the past fortnight on trial at Championship promotion-chasers Birmingham City.
And, having initially struggled with his fitness, Quashie may soon be offered a loan deal until the end of the season by Blues’ manager Alex McLeish.
“It’s an on-going process. He played in the behind closed doors game and acquitted himself well,” the former Scotland and Glasgow Rangers boss told City’s official website.
“We quite like what we see and we’re maybe going to make a decision in a week or two.
“It’s just determining whether he can get through games week in, week out without picking up little niggly injuries.
“It’s not easy to establish that before you sign somebody, until you actually do it. But I would think his fitness side of things has improved over the last couple of weeks, to a level where he’s pretty close.
“If he progresses the way he already has, then there’s a very good chance we will sign him.”
Quashie, 30, has not played for the Irons’ first-team since injuring his foot in the 4-3 Premier League defeat to Tottenham Hotspur in March 2007.
A former England Under-21 international before switching allegiance to Scotland, the Southwark-born player has made just seven appearances for West Ham since his £1.75million switch from West Bromwich Albion in January last year.
[Guardian-Series]
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