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But then some nugget unearthed this gem from way back in the day:
Re: Upson back at the club
by DDHammer on Wed Jul 19, 2017 12:15 pm
the pink palermo wroteerhaps it's my memory playing tricks with me but there seemed to be some needle between him and Brady
Karren Brady says she felt "mugged" by Matthew Upson's departure to West Ham.
Birmingham's managing director Karren Brady says she felt "mugged" by Matthew Upson's departure to West Ham.
Centre-back Upson made the move to The Hammers on transfer deadline day in a deal that could eventually be worth up to £7.5million.
The 27-year-old demanded a move after several lower bids were rejected by Blues with boss Steve Bruce dismayed by Upson's departure.
"The truth is I feel as if we have been mugged," Brady said in her column in The Sun.
'Im the money person at St Andrews and my own frustration at the conduct that cost us our England international centre-back is intensified by what we stand to lose.
"With Upson in the team the manager believed we had a better chance of promotion to the Premier League than without him.
"We knew it was serious when Upson actually phoned David Sullivan (City co-owner) on holiday in Barbados and told him of his desire to leave.
"We tried offering him a compromise, stay with the club to the end of the season and if you still want to go we'll sell you - even though we knew it could mean getting less than half that was on the table now.
"But nothing other than capitulation was good enough. Upson made it clear that he saw his future away from us, stating that even if we got promoted he would not consider signing a new contract at Birmingham.
"It wasn't even as if West Ham were a major club. Had Chelsea pursued their interest in the player, I think most of us here would have said 'goodbye' and wished him well. That went for Jermaine Pennant when he left last summer for Liverpool.
"But The Hammers aren't top four material or anything like it."
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But Bruce shattered the illusion that everything was lovey-dovey between them.
He said: “The patronising stuff from Miss Brady I found really galling. When I was here she was selling players from underneath me, like Matthew Upson.
Bruce revealed that when he went over to the boardroom – after informing journalists in his post-match press conference that Upson was staying – there was no mention to him that a deal had in fact been struck with the Hammers.
Bruce accused the board of putting “greed before friendship” when a row over image rights blew up, delaying his scheduled unveiling as Wigan Athletic boss. After almost six years as Blues manager, Saturday was his first time back at St Andrew’s since leaving in 2007.
Lol love how she's cussing West Ham in the article oh dear oh dear oh dear...
says it all
