I can't help, but wonder how much say they had in the matter and what fee, if any, Corinthians received. They burned their bridges at Corinthians then end up at a smaller club that MSI already tried to buy and will no doubt take over shortly... They must have known big clubs would be in for them, but MSI forced them into it, saying it was that or being frozen out and hated at Corinthians.

Still, it's hardly in the same league as Abramovich spending £140m and unless they sign a good few more players before the deadline I doubt it'll be that good for West Ham and they might well fail to turn up for them within the next year and force another move... Corinthians were in the relegation zone when they left so they're obviously not that influential.