After hearing Sam Allardyce's comments on how the Fulham takeover may effect West Ham I got to thinking, will it eventually become a problem for the Hammers?
I have always admired Fulham and how they have dealt with things, every year they finish rather comfortably in the league, instead of spending copious amounts of money on players they aim to sign 2 maybe 3 key players who normally make a big difference for the club. It always seems to work for them and the fans never really complain.
If their had to be a club that deserves a takeover from a rich tycoon it deserves to be a team like Fulham or Everton as they had remained patient for years now and conducted their business in a professional manner.
The man with the money is Jackonsville Jaguars owner Shahid Khan who has spent £200 million to acquire Fulham on a debt free basis. It seems to be growing more and more popular for the American businessman to buy a Premier League club, with Liverpool, Man Utd, Arsenal, Aston Villa and Sunderland all having American owners.
Iv heard people say in the past that Fulham are a 'small club,' a statement I don't agree with as they never seem to struggle with survival year in year out, I like to think that many clubs could learn a thing or two from Fulham when it comes down to stability.
Back to the topic at hand, with Fulham having more money to spend on player transfer fees, wages etc. It could start to become evident that they will be able to offer players more money to join them over us, at the moment we are their nearest London rivals in the Premiership and with the takeover and our move to the Olympic Stadium both clubs will be hoping to take it to the next step.
I'm not worried about the Fulham takeover, if anything I believe it will make things more interesting in the seasons that follow.
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