Sam Denies Ben-Haim Rumours


By Mark Heys
December 12 2005

Wanderers manager Sam Allardyce has stated that he has had no contact with Chelsea regarding a possible transfer involving defender Tal Ben-Haim The 23-year old Israeli was linked with a move to Stamford Bridge in a number of Monday morning media sources but Allardyce has moved quickly to deny the speculation.

Allardyce told the club's official website that the Premiership champions had not made an approach for Ben-Haim and if they did they would be told that the former Maccabi Tel Aviv player is not for sale.

"Tal is a vital member of our first team and is not available for transfer, Chelsea have not engaged in any dialogue with us" commented Allardyce

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