West Ham to Keep High Earners

Scott Duxbury has rubbished claims that West Ham are about to ditch the club's high earners. Duxbury announced last week that Curbishley had to reduce the size of the squad which led many to speculate that players such as Neill and Ljungberg would be shown the door.

"We only plan to sell players that are not close to getting into the team," said the West Ham CEO.

"We have a very young talented team and experienced star players like Freddie [Ljungberg], Craig Bellamy and Lucas Neill are very important in helping those talents develop."