West Ham United co-owner David Sullivan has taken aim at Tottenham star Scott Parker.

Sullivan slammed Parker in an interview with the West Ham Till I Die blog.

"This might not please many people but look at Scott Parker's performance in the first five games of this season. To me it didn't look like he was doing the tackling you'd normally expect him to do," said Sullivan. "He was running about, he was doing OK but he wasn't doing the tackling we know he can do because he knew that the one thing that would stop a move for him would be an injury.

"To me it looked like he didn't want to be there. He told us he didn't want to be there. There's no player who has given more for the club in recent years, so to make him stay against his wishes … He was protecting himself either consciously or subconsciously. He's gone to Spurs and he is back to his old self."