Pardew said "In all honesty if Abramovich hadn't gone into Chelsea you would have had to seriously worry about the future of West Ham because a lot of those deals kept us from a Leeds United situation."
I notice that the Hammers have signed several promising youngsters from struggling Wimbledon- give them a few years in East London and, if they're any cop, send them over to Stamford Bridge to play some real football.
Seriously though, it's great that our "feeder" club is still keen on nurturing talent for us!!