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Modibo Maiga scored a brace for West Ham United this weekend and set up midfield star Mo Diame for another in a 3-0 pre-season win over German outfit Eintracht Braunschweig in the last game of their German tour.
The Mali international didn’t know much about his first goal on 22 minutes when a clearance was hit straight at Maiga and looped over the Eintracht goalkeeper to make it 1-0 the The Hammers. [Read more…]
The Hammers have given up the ghost of trying to bring Italian hitman Fabio Quagliarella to Upton Park, preferring to focus instead on another Serie A forward in the shape of Udinese’s Czech star Matej Vydra.
As we said on Friday about the Juventus striker: The Italian club have completed deals for both Fernando Llorente from Athletic Bilbao and Man City’s Carlos Tevez so 30 year-old Fabio Quagliarella could be surplus to requirements. [Read more…]
About a week ago we spoke about the possibility of Lille’s Salomon Kalou coming to West Ham and his interest in a premier League return. Allardyce has now revealed that the club is after a deal with the Frenchman.
To put it short, the West Ham manager has confirmed he wants 27 year-old Salomon Kalou at the Boleyn Ground.. [Read more…]
In the hunt for a front man to team up with Andy Carroll, it looks like the Hammers have enquired about Fabio Quagliarella from Italian Serie A giants Juventus.
Although the club shelled out £15million for Carroll after a year long loan spell from Liverpool, Allardyce feels he needs more strike power on which to build a successful team after a decent first season back in top flight football. [Read more…]
It’s been an interesting week for the Hammers and we’ll start off with the news that Salomon Kalou was taking the trip across the English Channel to London’s east end. Kalou’s a decent player who was so underused at Chelsea in my opinion and who now plays for Lille. If Allardyce can get him at a bargain price, why not? [Read more…]
