© EuroFootball.com
The club fighting for survival in the Premier League has added another footballer to its ranks. "Birmingham" defender Matthew Upson moved to the London club for 9 million euros. The 27-year-old footballer will sign a four-and-a-half-year contract with "West Ham", and his price, depending on performance, could rise to 11 million euros. "Birmingham" had previously rejected initial offers of 6 and 9 million euros for M. Upson, but could not resist the third one. "Birmingham" coach Steve Bruce had previously hinted that he did not intend to sell his defender, but this caused dissatisfaction from the player himself. Matthew Upson began his career at "Luton", moved to "Arsenal" in 1997, but a large part of his career at the top club was spent on loan at "Nottingham Forest", "Crystal Palace", and "Reading". In 2003, the defender arrived at "Birmingham" for almost 4 million euros and became a solid player in the main lineup. M. Upson also represented the English national team 7 times. This is already the sixth purchase of the new "West Ham" coach Alan Curbishley this month - the team has already been reinforced by Luis Boa Morte, Lucas Neill, Calum Davenport, Nigel Quashie, and Kepa Blanco. "West Ham" is not performing well in the Premier League this season - the club has earned only 20 points in 25 matches and currently occupies the 18th place.
