"I am here to build something" - Nani

The Times today say that West Ham's new technical director Gianluca Nani will be given a transfer budget of around £28 million. They claim that he has watched West Ham several times on video and identified the areas that can be improved upon. Which The Times say is most notably in attack (although it isn't exactly clear if that is The Times' verdict or Nani's).

The Times also make much of the fact that Nani, reportedly, tried to sign Kaká, two years before AC Milan and Adriano before any other European club. Hopefully the fact they he failed to sign either player is owes more to Brescia's transfer budget than his negotiating skills.