ALAN CURBISHLEY is on collision course with the West Ham board after Sunderland made a deadline-day move to take defender George McCartney back to the Stadium of Light.
The board accepted a ฃ2.5million offer despite boss Curbs saying no more stars would be leaving in the transfer window.
Curbs had already performed a staggering U-turn by letting defender Anton Ferdinand go to the Stadium of Light just a few days after claiming the centre-half was part of his long-term plans.
Twice last week, the under-pressure Hammers boss declared no one else would be sold as the club tried to balance the books after two years of crazy spending.
Following Saturday’s 4-1 win over Blackburn, he stated: “I said on Wednesday that Anton leaving was it. I’ve no intention of selling.”
But SunSport can reveal West Ham were trying to strike a deal to offload McCartney last Friday — 24 hours before Curbishley’s empty claims.
Icelandic chairman Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson authorised the sale of McCartney, 27, who was undergoing a medical last night.
Any deal would see Black Cats boss Roy Keane take his summer spending past ฃ35m.
Sunderland immediately recouped McCartney’s fee by allowing Danny Higginbotham to rejoin STOKE for 2.5m.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
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