{"id":430148,"date":"2011-05-25T19:41:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T19:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/25\/sunderland-deny-making-an-illegal-approach-for-west-ham-striker-demba-ba\/"},"modified":"2011-05-25T19:41:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-25T19:41:00","slug":"sunderland-deny-making-an-illegal-approach-for-west-ham-striker-demba-ba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/25\/sunderland-deny-making-an-illegal-approach-for-west-ham-striker-demba-ba\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunderland deny making an illegal approach for West Ham striker Demba Ba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Harry Veal<\/h3>\n<h4>25 May 2011 20:41:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"62.8241094148\">\n<div readability=\"14.7446808511\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EPL ; Demba Ba, West Ham United v Liverpool \" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/125100\/125190_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>EPL ; Demba Ba, West Ham United v Liverpool<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"25.0247406225\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/537\/sunderland\">Sunderland<\/a> have denied making an illegal approach for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/374\/west-ham-united\">West Ham United<\/a> striker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/senegal\/22082\/demba-ba\">Demba Ba<\/a>, insisting that they follow <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\">Premier League<\/a> regulations when approaching players.<\/p>\n<p>The Senegal striker has been in fine form for The Hammers since his January arrival from Hoffenheim, scoring seven goals in 12 league appearances in the club\u2019s failed attempt to avoid relegation.<\/p>\n<p>West Ham reported Steve Bruce\u2019s side to the Premier League over alleged breaching of regulations for player transfers but a spokesman for the Black Cats denied any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sunderland AFC is fully aware of the Premier League regulations pertaining to player recruitment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we are interested in any player currently under contract with another club, we will speak directly to that club, in line with the regulations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Section K of the Premier League rulebook states that club\u2019s cannot approach players either directly or indirectly without the prior written consent of their club, with even a statement of interest considered a breach of the rules.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for the Premier League confirmed West Ham\u2019s complaint, but so far has not elaborated any further.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have received a letter from West Ham United. We will look into their complaint to see if there is a case to answer.&#8221;<br \/>\ufeff<em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/05\/25\/2503473\/sunderland-deny-making-an-illegal-approach-for-west-ham\" title=\"Sunderland deny making an illegal approach for West Ham striker Demba Ba\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sunderland deny making an illegal approach for West Ham striker Demba Ba<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Harry Veal 25 May 2011 20:41:00 EPL ; Demba Ba, West Ham United v Liverpool Related Links Teams Players Sunderland have denied making an illegal approach for West Ham United striker Demba Ba , insisting that they follow Premier League regulations when approaching players. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-430148","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-entertainment"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sunderland deny making an illegal approach for West Ham striker Demba Ba - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/25\/sunderland-deny-making-an-illegal-approach-for-west-ham-striker-demba-ba\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Sunderland deny making an illegal approach for West Ham striker Demba Ba - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Harry Veal 25 May 2011 20:41:00 EPL ; 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