Behrami injury lay-off

Valon Behrami could be out for up to a month after injuring his calf during last night's 2-0 defeat at Old Trafford.

Behrami damaged his calf when breaking down the flank in the closing moments of the first half.
The loss of Behrami is just the latest piece of bas news for Gianfranco Zola, whose injury list is beginning to resemble that which Alan Curbishley suffered from last season

manchester united 2 west ham 0

West Ham United succumbed to a fourth successive Premier League defeat at Old Trafford, going down 2-0 to reigning champions Manchester United.

Ronaldo gave the home side a 12th minute lead with a close range effort the Hammers were always up against it.

When a second was added on the stroke of the half hour mark - Ronaldo converting a Berbatov centre from close range - we looked as if we might collapse to a heavy defeat this wasnt helped by Valon Behrami, who was carried off in the final minute of the first half.

however united took there foot off the gas and the second was an fairly uneventful affair.Craig Bellamy's dipping free kick on the hour mark was as close as the Irons
came to getting back into the game and showed we missed the suspended Carlton Cole.

At the other end Rob Green continued his good form by making a couple of crucial saves stoping the score rising and maintaing some dignity for the players.

man u v west ham 29/10/08

curbs taking us to court

Alan Curbishley is set to sue West Ham United for constructive dismissal.

The former Hammers boss walked out of the club at the beginning of last month in disgust at the board's policy of selling players without his prior knowledge.

With a clause in his contract confirming that Curbishley retained full control over the movement of players, the 50-year-old is now in a position to sue the club for the remainder of his contract, which had just under two years to run.

The figure in question is thought to be around £1million. An unnamed spokesman for West Ham United told the BBC:

"We are aware of Alan Curbishley's position and it is now a matter for the lawyers for the two parties."

mean while acording to the mail newspaper
Lawyers representing 15 former and current Sheffield United players have been instructed to sue West Ham United for loss of earnings.
the mail claim that the group, assisted by Chris Farnell of IPS Law, have instructed a 'leading sports lawyer' to represent them in a compensation case said to be worth around £5million.

United Dont Scare Us

zola takes us to manchester tomorrow and says while we will give the current champions respect we still have nothing to fear.

he told whufc.com "We do respect them but we don't fear them. We are going to go there and play our game. We are going to try to win the game as we always do that,"

I'll be certainly telling them that it is a tough match but in football everything is possible. We are a good team and I believe that we can do that. We respect them but we will play our game and we will see."

despite our recent 3 defeats in a row zola still belives playing good football will get good results, with the itlian stating just one result will revert the trend and get things back on track.
He said: "It never happened to me that I saw a team playing that well and then not getting any points for three matches.

"I know that in football things can change quickly. We just need a game to get it right and then everything will be better. It's a good starting point to play well, results are a consequence of that. That's my philosophy and I will pursue it.

"The way we are playing suits the team very well and just have to accept that sometimes there are bad moments and things don't go your way."

so is a win on the cards on wednsday night we will wait and see although many
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club not for sale

Non-executive director Mike Lee has said that West Ham United FC is not for sale.

speaking in an interview with Five Live this morning spoke to reassure supporters concerned about the club's future.

Despite stories claiming that owner Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson is looking to sell up at the earliest opportunity, Lee claimed that there was no truth in the rumours,

He also confirmed that the club fully intend to fight the recent arbitration panel's ruling in favour of Sheffield United, stating that the decision was one 'we cannot accept, and one football cannot accept'.

West Ham 0 Arsenal 2 Highlights

An own goal by Julien Faubert and an injury time strike from Emmanuel Adebayor condemned West Ham United to a third successive Premier League defeat,
our best chance of the opening half fell to Bellamy when he was sent through on goal by a wonderful pass from the excellent Scott Parker. However the outstretched boot of Arsenal 'keeper Almunia did just enough to send the striker's effort looping over the bar.At the other end Theo Walcott went closest for the visitors when his 20th minute effort clipped the bar after a good break on the right-hand side, whilst both Van Persie and Bentner missed chances,

in the second half Robin Van Persie hit the woodwork with a stunning free-kick,
whilst the introduction of Adebayor was the turning point for arsenal as within 5 minutes of coming on found himself in the penalty area and twisted and turned before firing a cross-come-shot low across the United six yard box. Under pressure, Faubert slid in to divert the ball into his own net.

zola then brought Luis Boa Morte, Matthew Etherington and Freddie Sears into the game
but it was tolittle to late for us as on the attack for an equaliser in the final minutes, a swift counter attack buy arsenal witch was converted by Adebayor to put the result beyond doubt by rounding Rob Green and firing into an empty net.

here are the highlights of the game witch was shown live here.

West Ham Vs Arsenal 0-2 Highlights 26.10.2008

West Ham V Arsenal Preview

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Zola`s men will be looking to bounce back after a run of to defeats in a row to bolton and hull but its going to be a tough feat to ask for with the injurylist growing even bigger this week with the news mark noble will bee out for a month,
Zola will consider his strike options after Craig Bellamy and Carlton Cole drew a blank against the Tigers, with David Di Michele and Freddie Sears possible alternatives.

Recent signing Diego Tristan is unlikely to make the side as he continues to build up his match fitness.whilst deano is out longterm.

no new fresh injury worries for arsenal as they look set to unchanged from the win in the champions league this week while the fitness of Kolo Toure (shoulder) and William Gallas (hamstring) will be assessed on match day, Nicklas Bendtner is also available after shaking off a slight knock.

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likely westham starting xl
West Ham: Green, Neill, Upson, IIunga, Behrami, Faubert, Parker, Noble, Etherington, Bellamy, Di Michele

Not Another Injury

Mark Noble is likely to be out for around four weeks after picking up an injury during training earlier in the week and will be out the games against Arsenal, Manchester United, Middlesbrough and Everton.
The news was revealed by Gianfranco Zola during a pre-match press conference.

"Mark is going to be out for a few weeks with a torn calf," confirmed the new Hammers boss. "That is the bad news; it happened in training."

this news leaves the door open for Hayden Mullins to return to the fold having recently expressed his concern over a lack of first team opportunities in recent weeks.

K Reid Wants First Team Action

Kyel Reid has said that he is willing to drop to a lower division on a temporary basis - if it enhances his chances of making the grade at West Ham United.

like Hayden Mullins earlier this week - admitted that he may have to seek a move elsewhere should he continue to remain on the fringes of the first team squad.

Talking to the Waltham Forest Gurdian, he said:

He (Zola) said that I will get my chance but that I've just got to be patient. I've been on the bench a few times but I've been out for a couple of weeks with a hamstring injury. I'm back now so hopefully I can get back in the squad regularly.

"I just want to get out there and show the gaffer what I can do," he added. "I can get a chance to do that in his team, or hopefully go out on loan and get a few games under my belt for a month or so.

"I went on loan before, so hopefully I can do something similar again at another Championship club."

IS a Takeover Coming?

The Dubai-based sovereign-wealth fund had been in negotiations with the Addicks board with view to a possible takeover. However they confirmed this morning that they no longer intend to pursue their interest.
A statement posted on Charlton's website stated:

"The board was informed by Zabeel Investments on Thursday that it will not be proceeding with the proposed acquisition of Charlton Athletic plc.

"Zabeel Investments has informed Charlton that the decision not to proceed was taken on the basis that its focus moving forward will be on domestic opportunities in Dubai that complement the current Zabeel Investments portfolio.

"In addition, Zabeel Investments has confirmed it has no current intention to acquire any English football club for the foreseeable future."

Whilst a spokesman for Zabeel added:

"Zabeel Investments has the highest regard for both the supporters of Charlton and the way in which Charlton is managed, and wishes the team every success in its quest for promotion this season and moving forward."

Zabeel Investments have been linked with westham before plus a number of other english clubs.but with the clubs chairman Gudmundsson repoted to be under pressure sell the club with his business empire collapsing earlier this month with the fall of Icelandic bank Landsbanki.
A number of sources have claimed the whole charlton takeover was on smokescreen for a bigger takeover bid.

Quashie Loaned Out

Nigel Quashie has been loaned out to champioship side birmingham.
a statement on the clubs website said "westham united have allowed midfilder nigel quashie to join birmingham city on an intial months loan."



the player has not played for westham in over a year since the 4 3 deaft buy spurs at home in march 2007 haveing been plaged with a persistent foot injury.
the player has played three times for birmingham resevers in trial period at the club and was on the bench for the championship fixture agains crsytal place tonight.

Hull 1 West Ham 0

well where to start hey 1 nil to a newly promted team we are yet to pick up any points from theses teams this season and at thee start you would have it possible to win for us.

The opener almost came from Bellamy, who blazed high and wide from a tight angle after Cole's clever knock-down in first-half injury time.

But in the end it came for the home side six minutes into the second half, when Turner out-jumped Matthew Upson to head home Dawson's corner from the right.

golden chance to equalise two minutes later when Valon Behrami got round the back of the Hull defence and set up Cole on the edge of the six-yard box, but the striker scythed his shot against the underside of the bar.







after the game zola had this to say "I am very (frustrated and disappointed with the result today).

"I don't know what to say. This is difficult. Sometimes football can be like this.

"This is the second game in a row we have lost and I don't think we deserved to lose either of them.

"At the end of the day we got no points and that it is very disappointing for me and the players because I think we deserved more".

lets hope the transfer window comes round soon because we are lacking a finnesse up front with a decentt out and out dtriker to convert those chances games like this would be a no brainer for us but with the likes of cole and the ageing David Di Michele we dont stand a chance as for bellamy we really cant comment as we have yet to see much of the striker who has been injured for some time roll on january!

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Zola Slams Rumours

West ham manger zola today has slamed claims he will bee forced some of his stars in the january transfer window.
despit The club's vice-chairman Asgeir Fridgeirsson saying on Tuesday that no more funding will be made available to Zola for the foreseeable future.
in an interview with skysports zola said "Not really - I spoke to people from the board and they assure me that the club has not got any problems and the situation will improve. So I'm not really concerned about it."



Asked if he will have to sell before he can buy in the January transfer window, the Italian replied: "Right now I don't need to buy really.

"I am happy with what I have got - there might be the possibility that someone might go on loan because we have got a big squad and obviously I don't want to keep players here training and not playing.

"But right now, really, I don't need to buy any players - I have got everything I need right now."

he also slamed reports he must sell big money players like dean ashton.

"No, not really - the club have not told me anything about that - actually they want to progress, they want to strengthen the team so not really, we are not going to be selling any good players that we have," he said, adding they are going to keep them and try to improve the team.

CAS delay in Tevez case

a statement released on the CAS website confirmed that the arbitration procedure (or preliminary hearing) had begun, but a decision on whether to hear the case in full had been deferred.

"The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) confirms that a statement of appeal has been filed by West Ham United football club against Sheffield United football club with respect to the interim award of 18 September 2008 that was rendered by an arbitration panel of the English Football Association (FA)," the statement read.

West Ham United requests the annulment of the FA arbitration panel’s award. The dispute is related to the validity of the registration of the Argentinean football player, Carlos Tevez with West Ham United at the beginning of the football season 2006/2007.

"The CAS has initiated an arbitration procedure and will first examine its jurisdiction as a preliminary issue after both clubs have had the opportunity to file written submissions on this point.

"For the moment, no decision has been made with respect to the holding of a hearing. In any event, a decision on jurisdiction is not to be expected before the end of November 2008."

New Sponsor Soon

West Ham are close to announcing a deal for a sponsor to replace XL, according to reports.
The deal is said to top the 2.5 million from xl and is thought to be in the region of 4million a year.

Tristan's A Hammer

West Ham United have confirmed the signing of 32-year-old journeyman Diego Tristan.

The veteran striker - out of football since the summer having been released by relegated Livorono - had spent the last two weeks on trial at Chadwell Heath in order to allow Steve Clarke and Gianfranco Zola to run the rule over the former Spanish international.

he told whufc.com
"I am really happy to be at West Ham. They are a big club and London is a great city.

"I have been really impressed from the moment I arrived at the training ground. The coaching staff and the players have all helped me to settle in. I had a lot of offers to go to other countries and play for a lot of money but I feel that I still have lots to offer and I want to show West Ham fans that I can still play at the highest level.

"That is why I am here. I want to show the fans that I can score goals and help the team to go up the league. I am excited to be here."

so a another free player joins west ham united for this.

Green Pulls Out OF Belarus Trip

goalkeeper robert green has pulled out due to soreness in his knee and will not be travelling with the main squad for their World Cup qualifier against Belarus on Wednesday.

eleswhere westham centerback matty upson is likely to retain his place in the starting X1 as john terry is out injured for this game as well.

Final Decision on Tristan

West ham are set to make a final decision on diego tristan this week with the player still keen on a move to upton park.
some reports suggested Tristan had not done enough on trial to earn a permanent move to The Hammers,but Gianfranco Zola has since insisted he is still watching the player who is viewed as a replacement to the ever injured dean ashton.

diego tristan has said “West Ham have still not made a final decision on me,” Tristan revealed. “Zola has asked me to continue training and by the middle of the week will give an official answer.


“I can’t say anything more. I’m working the maximum I can and they must decide if my presence can be positive.

“I have not spoken of anything to do with money. I would like it because in England there is always a great atmosphere in football.”

Upson Likely To Start For England

with john terry set to miss englands game with Kazakhstan this saturday due to a back problem Matthew Upson widely expected to replace terry in the heart of englands defence.





if so he will be lineup alongside former hammer Rio Ferdinand who is all set to captain his country.Robert Green, who was selected by Fabio Capello despite making two howlers which cost West Ham last week's game against Bolton is likely to be on the bench as England.

West Ham midfielder injury reports untrue

Reports that West Ham United midfielder Valon Behrami is set to be sidelined after sustaining an injury whilst on international duty with Switzerland are wide of the mark, according to the club today.




Behrami - who is with his national squad suffered a minor knock in training earlier in the week and was forced to sit out later training sessions as a result.

However the injury won't prevent him from playing in the two fixtures against Latvia tomorrow and Greece on Wednesday, according to whufc.com.

To Sell Or Not TO Sell

Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson is under pressure to sell the club he purchased just two years ago.
According to reports Gudmundsson has been told by the icelandic government that he must sell his non-domestic interests in order to reduce the losses incurred by the collapse of Landsbanki bank this week which according to reports could this could just about touch the £395millon mark of Gudmundsson money alone so this inturn could
force the sale off westham united by mr Gudmundsson. One report this morning suggests that an interested party had three seperate bids for the club rejected last week, prior to the collapse of Landsbanki. Elsewhere it has been claimed that at least one bid from a UK-based consortium has been rejected.

Hope In Tevez Appeal

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has offered hope to West Ham's appeal against a tribunal decision ordering compensation to Sheffield United.
CAS is to hold preliminary hearing which wil decide if West Ham United's full case will be heard.
both parties must appoint an arbitrator to represent them at the initial hearing, which they must provide by tomorrow (10th October).West Ham have already appointed an arbitrator and submitted a 12-page legal document to CAS which argues that they haven't had the chance of appeal while sheffield united have appealed and appealed untill finally someone has backed so why cant we appeal this recent ruling.

This decision has since been roundly panned by the vast majority of football commentators, whose concerns about the implications the ruling could have on the English game have been voiced far and wide in recent weeks.

Tristan Get's One More Week

Diego Tristan has been offered another week’s trial at West Ham.
Gianfranco Zola and Steve Clarke are understood to have offered the 32-year-old another week at Chadwell Heath in order to prove his value to the team.
Whilst there is no doubt about his ablity a shadow has been cast on his fitness.
This is thought to be the only reason why manager zola has not offerd 32-year-old
Tristan a contract at upton park.

We Must Sell To Buy

CEO Scott Duxbury has revealed that West Ham will have to sell before they can buy - just a month after promising new manager Gianfranco Zola new funds with which to strengthen his squad.
Duxbury, speaking in a statement via whufc.com last night told supporters that the current owners are not looking to sell However he backed up an earlier statement from vice chairman Asgeir Fridgeirsson by stating that the current board will not be in a position to invest in the squad this coming January should they remain in control of the club - a statement in direct contrast to one made last month in the wake of Zola's appointment in which he claimed that "it's about building a team around him and that's what we will do."





Since his appointment, Gianfranco Zola has made it quite clear that his first-team squad is too large and needs to be reduced so he can effectively coach the team. Once this has happened and if the manager requires further players, then the club will acquire them.

hammers safe despite bank collapse

West Ham United have dismissed reports that the club may be about to be sold in the wake of the collapse of Landsbanki.

The bank - in which Hammers Chairman Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson had a 40% stake - was taken under the control of the Icelandic government yesterday to prevent it from going under, the latest victim of the worldwide banking crisis. All Landsbanki board members were dismissed as a result.
speculation arose that West Ham United - purchased by Gudmundsson for £85million in 2006 - may be about to be sold. But that suggestion has been dismissed this morning by an unnamed board member, who told the BBC:

"This is not affecting West Ham. One of Mr Gudmundsson's investments has gone bad, but he is still standing and has a lot of other investments."
"Mr Gudmundsson is not looking to sell the club - and he is as committed as ever."

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billionaire banking on hammers

sceral meadia scources are today clamin that West Ham could be bought by Indian billionaire Anil Ambani whose fortune is a mere 20billion.Now this is the second takeover story to emerge at upton park in the last week but would a take really be bad for us right no especially as the credit crunch is set to hit us and plans for
a new stadium have stalled all this plus sheffield uniteds compensation row witch could cost the club millions.
The man credited with being the sixth richest man in the world is supposedly keen
on West Ham after, according to the Sunday Mirror, he flew into Heathrow on Wednesday to specifically discuss a move for a club in London.

That in turn leaves him looking at West Ham or Tottenham with the Hammers a cheaper and easier option at �150m rather than the �500m it would cost to take on Spurs.

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upson and green get call ups

Robert green retains his place in the england setup despite making the errors which cost West Ham in the bolton game on sunday. Meanwhile Matthew Upson also keeps his place in the squad for the forthcoming World Cup qualifiers against Kazakhstan and Belarus.
England face Kazakhstan at Wembley this coming Saturday before travelling to Minsk to face Belarus the following Wednesday.

the full england squad

James (Portsmouth), Green (West Ham), Carson (West Brom); Brown (Manchester United), Johnson (Portsmouth), Terry (Chelsea), Ferdinand (Manchester United), Lescott (Everton), Upson (West Ham), A Cole (Chelsea), Bridge (Chelsea); Beckham (Los Angeles Galaxy), Walcott (Arsenal), Barry (Aston Villa), Jenas (T*ttenham), Lampard (Chelsea), Gerrard (Liverpool), Downing (Middlesbrough), Wright-Phillips (Manchester City); Heskey (Wigan), Crouch (Portsmouth), Rooney (Manchester United), Defoe (Portsmouth

Zola Backs Green

robert green has been fantastic for West Ham during his time at the club.
First, Green dropped a regulation catch after 30 minutes that allowed Kevin Davies to tap the ball into an empty net. Then, just four minutes later, he failed to hold on to a low shot which gave Gary Cahill the chance to bundle the ball home. It was a nightmare few minutes for the keeper and something he will want to forget as soon as.
and after his two mistakes in the bolton game Quite rightly manger Zola has come out in support of his keeper. The new West Ham boss said that Green is a ‘great goalkeeper’ with ‘all my trust’. it was great that zola done this as robert green has rescued many points for us with his penalty saving skills and efforts to keep us in the preimer league a few years back.

west ham 1 bolton 3 review plus highlights

two costly robert green mistakes and good freekick was all it took to end the
honeymoon period at uptonpark for zola.
green dropped a clanger for Kevin Davies's 30th-minute opener a simple cross witch green droped at the feet of davies`s to make it 0-1 bolton but just for minutes later another mistake by green left us with a mountin to climb at half time as the
second half began west ham were pressing for a goal too get back into the game and on the 67th mintue we got our reward with cole heading home.
by the 75th minute young freddie sears was called on to bolster the attack but never
really got a sniff with the impressive bolton defence hanging on.
and a late freekick by sub matty taylor made sure bolton got all three ponits of witch they desiverd.

west ham player ratings West Ham: Green 4, Faubert 5, Neill 6, Upson 7, Ilunga 4, Behrami 6, Noble 6, Parker 6, Etherington 6 (Sears, 75), Di Michele 5 (Bellamy 54,5), Cole 7

Westham vs Bolton Highlights

west ham v bolton today 130pm

west ham go in to todays game against bolton in a rich vien of form and there could even be a place for graig bellamy in the squad as manger zola said midweek he is fit also on the injury front jamess collins and danny Gabbidon are also back in first-team training, although they will not be considered against Bolton.
with no new news we look set to start with the same team that beat fulham away last week.

Possible starting lineups

West Ham: Green, Neill, Davenport, Upson, Ilunga, Faubert, Parker, Noble, Etherington, Di Michele, Cole.

Bolton: Jaaskelainen, Steinsson, Cahill, O'Brien, Samuel, Muamba, Nolan, McCann, Taylor, Davies, Elmander

Sheffield United must wait over compensation claim

Sheffield United will have to wait until 2009 at the earliest before learning if they will receive any compensation.

West Ham's new legal representatives, led by reknowned sports lawyer Maurice Watkins successfully argued that having only been appointed in the wake of the arbitration judgment last week they had not been given sufficient time to explore the full intricacies of the case. Their plea for more time was accepted by the under-pressure Lord Griffiths, head of the arbitration panel which found in Sheffield United's favour.

An unnamed Hammers spokesman said tonight:

"We believe that the arbitration panel's ruling needs to be reviewed by a court which can help resolve the outstanding issues in this case. This is not about the issue of damages - the current ruling has major implications for English football.

"West Ham will continue to look at the available options for further action and we believe that Sheffield United should join us in a hearing at the Court of Arbitration [for Sport]."

Takeover bid rejected

An unnamed party have made a fresh bid to buy West Ham United FC, according to reports.

The club's current owner, Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson is said to have received a bid to purchase the club within the last few days, according to a snippet in today's Guardian.

Gudmundsson is understood to have rejected the bid instantly, whilst insisting that the club he purchased nearly two years ago for £85million was not for sale.

The identity of the bidders remains unknown but a number of syndicates, some of which are based in the Middle East have been sniffing around a number of Premier League clubs of late

is ashton out till march?

Dean Ashton could miss the majority of the season, according to reports.
The injury Prone Striker underwent surgery yesterday on his left ankle - the same ankle that kept him out for the entire 2006/07 season after it was broken whilst on England duty. It was first thought that dean would be out till the new year but according to reports today saying he would be lucky to be back in action before April 2009 so this could pave the way for out of contract diego tristan to join the club as an replacement

Freddies a Star

Freddie Sears was a one man show in last nights reserve game against West Bromwich Albion in a seven-goal thriller at Bishops Stortford. Young sears scored all 4 goals in this seven goal thriller as west ham came from behind three times to snatch victory from the baggies in the 89th minute when sears capitilised on a bad clearance to fire home from just inside the area.
with Lee Bowyer and James Collins make there combacks each got just over an hour as they aim to get back for the first team.
final score hammers 4 baggies 3