Parker: not for sale at any price

  • by Staff Writer
  • Wednesday, 28th July 2010

David Sullivan has revealed that the club have rejected an offer from Tottenham for Scott Parker.

The 29-year-old is said to have been the subject of an undisclosed bid for the current KUMB.com Player of the Year - a bid that, according to Sullivan, was immediately rejected.

"I made a promise that I would not sell Scott and I will not, for any amount of money, break that promise to the West Ham supporters," Sullivan announced via whufc.com this morning. "Scott is not for sale at any price, to anyone.

"West Ham supporters, for far too long, have had owners that sell their best players and promise one thing and do another. This is a new era. We are building a bigger, better West Ham and when we make a promise, we honour it."

Sullivan's comments were in stark contrast to those made by fellow chairman David Gold on BBC Essex last night. When questioned about Parker's future, Gold replied:

"I don't think anybody can ever give a 100 per cent guarantee about anybody. When bids come in to such an extent and players are offered huge sums of money... There's a never-never, I learnt that many years ago in football."

West Ham are understood to have recently offered Parker a two-year extension to his current contract, which has three years left to run.

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