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West Ham United midfielder Kieron Dyer: I am not a waste of money
Hammer reacts angrily to claims he should retire...
7 Mar 2010 14:42:00
By Zack Wilson
West Ham United midfielder Kieron Dyer has reacted angrily to comments from members of the club's board hinting that he should consider retirement after spending most of his expensive time at the club injured.
Dyer has managed only seven starts in two and a half years after a £6 million move from Newcastle United.
The Hammers' annual accounts, published last week, revealed that the signings of Dyer and Freddie Ljungberg in 2007 had cost the east London club around £1m a match.
Joint-chairman David Gold has also stated that a player earning £60-£70,000 a week "who hardly plays at all who might have to accept retirement", in a comment widely interpreted as being aimed at Dyer.
But the former England international insists that he is determined to prove the club's hierarchy wrong.
"If you buy a football club and you are the owners, you say what you want. They are entitled to their opinions," said Dyer, according to Press Association Sport.
"Everyone has forgotten that I probably had a worse leg break than Aaron Ramsay and have had four operations to try to get it right.
"I have put in everything I can to get fit for this club but it is not enough for some people.
"All I can do is get my head down. I have the backing of the manager and hopefully I can get there."
The former Ipswich Town star also took some inspiration from the fact that Irons fans chanted his name when he came on during his side's Saturday defeat to Bolton Wanderers.
"That is good to hear," he added.
"Hopefully I can change some other people's minds."
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Dyer has managed only seven starts in two and a half years after a £6 million move from Newcastle United.
The Hammers' annual accounts, published last week, revealed that the signings of Dyer and Freddie Ljungberg in 2007 had cost the east London club around £1m a match.
Joint-chairman David Gold has also stated that a player earning £60-£70,000 a week "who hardly plays at all who might have to accept retirement", in a comment widely interpreted as being aimed at Dyer.
But the former England international insists that he is determined to prove the club's hierarchy wrong.
"If you buy a football club and you are the owners, you say what you want. They are entitled to their opinions," said Dyer, according to Press Association Sport.
"Everyone has forgotten that I probably had a worse leg break than Aaron Ramsay and have had four operations to try to get it right.
"I have put in everything I can to get fit for this club but it is not enough for some people.
"All I can do is get my head down. I have the backing of the manager and hopefully I can get there."
The former Ipswich Town star also took some inspiration from the fact that Irons fans chanted his name when he came on during his side's Saturday defeat to Bolton Wanderers.
"That is good to hear," he added.
"Hopefully I can change some other people's minds."
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