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Marko Arnautovic is available for selection for this weekend’s game against West Bromwich Albion after serving his three game ban (he was red carded against Southampton for elbowing Stephens, which many fans regard as a reason for them losing that fixture to Saints).
However Bilic also revealed that Mark Noble’s knee has not fully healed and the Albion game will come too soon for him, with Bolton looking like a more achievable return target for the veteran midfielder. [Read more…]
The club’s first home league game of the season at the London Stadium was a pivotal one for both fans and coach Slaven Bilic. Just hours before the game he had seen Crystal Palace sack Frank de Boer, thus landing the Dutchman the unwanted record of having the shortest reign as Premier League manager, and had expressed fears that he could be the next one to go- with Palace having been ahead of the Hammers in the table when De Boer was shown the door. [Read more…]
If you’re looking for an example of what a football transfer bid looks like, here are two pics, supposedly proof of West Ham’s bid for William Carvalho- the deal that didn’t go through and saw Sporting take potshots at the Hammers’ owners
It’s nothing as formal as you might have expected it to be, and the grammar doesn’t appear to be of the greatest standard either. Nevertheless here is a look at those emails [Read more…]
In a startling revelation, West Ham owner David Sullivan has revealed that manager Slaven Bilic turned down the option to sign Renato Sanches and Grzegorz Krychowiak at the end of the recently concluded summer transfer window.
Sanches was eventually loaned to Swansea (Swans boss Paul Clement was Carlo Ancelotti’s No.2 for several years) while Krychowiak signed for West Bromwich Albion, both clubs the Hammers would expect to finish above this season. However West Ham’s own pursuit of William Carvalho went awry, with Sporting director also calling Sullivan a liar on Facebook.
However Sullivan has said Bilic’s top four transfer targets were all achieved by the owners (Hart, Zabaleta, Arnautovic and Javier Hernandez) [Read more…]
West Ham are suing Sporting Lisbon director Nuno Saraiva for libel after the latter released a statement saying that David Sullivan had “lied” regarding bids made for William Carvalho.
West Ham, on their part, say that on August 10, they did make a 23 million pound bid for Carvalho (to be paid over three years), with additional add-ons to be discussed.
Here is the Sporting director’s statement on the whole Carvalho affair (via Facebook) [Read more…]
