Bresciano In Negotiations With Hammers
Mark Bresciano is in negotiations with West Ham over a possible move that may mean Gael Givet's move might be off.
The Palermo president, Maurizio di Someone-or-other has said he is in negotiations with both West Ham and Rangers over the Aussie defender, but hopes that he'll stay.
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Davenport - It Was This Or A Wheelchair
Calum Davenport has spoken out after his return to the West Ham side after suffering a broken neck last January.He returned to the side after injuries to the other centre backs left Curbishley with little choice but to recall the former Spurs man.
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“In football you never know with injuries and stuff, but if you can get yourself in ....
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Curbs Drops Big Hint Over Cavani And Chilean Striker
Alan Curbishley has said he would like to get involved in the transfer market again before it slams shut at the end of the month - and hinted the strikeforce might need some boosting.He said: "Like everybody else we are trying to see if we can sign people but the hardest thing at the moment is to get somebody to say yes."
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Ferdinand Deal Has Problems
Anton Ferdinand. Is he staying, is he going?
Is he off to Tottenham? Perhaps to Sunderland?
The confusing part of all this is there is a lie in the reporting somewhere. EITHER West Ham have accepted a £8 million bid from Sunderland, which a number of newspapers are saying, or they've rejected a £6 million offer from the same side.
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Conflicting Reports On Ferdinand
Anton Ferdinand. Is he staying, is he going?
Is he off to Tottenham? Perhaps to Sunderland?
The confusing part of all this is there is a lie in the reporting somewhere. EITHER West Ham have accepted a £8 million bid from Sunderland, which a number of newspapers are saying, or they've rejected a £6 million offer from the same side.
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Cavani Deal Still On?
Reports are streaming out of Italy of a possible deal for Palermo striker Edison Cavani, with Palermo negotiators flying into London today.
OK, they're flying in to talk to Rangers about Mark Bresciano (who, by the way, appears to be not coming to the Hammers, unless they're about to do some MASSIVE secret swoop).
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Ferdinand Deal Now More Likely
West Ham. They've only gone and confirmed they've had a bid for Anton 'cockney sparra' Ferdinand.
Oh. And shock of shocks, it's from Sunderland, so the rumours are true, and once a bid comes in, it's often a matter of time before it's accepted.
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Oh...it has been.
And you know what else? It's ....
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West Ham Have An 87% Chance Of Drawing 1-1 With Wigan
Well, here we go again, another season, another preview.
Let's be honest, you're probably the same as us and have checked every preview already published (ours is late because, erm, well, we were down the pub. And we're not even sorry).
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So you know who is injured for the Hammers (Craig Bellamy (hamstring), Kieron ....
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Hammers Back In For Sergio Garcia?
Right, now bear with me on this one. It's from the Spanish site elperiodicodearagon.com (a fantastic read on a rainy afternoon) but it states winger / striker Sergio Garcia may be considering a move to West Ham.The Hammers have enquired about the player before, but he turned the move down, stating he wanted to remain in the country.
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Collins Off To West Brom
The Wests (not the burying people kind) of Brom and Ham have opened talks over the transfer of James Collins.
Apparently the West Midlanders, who ALREADY have signed a centre half in the shape of Abdoulaye Meite from Bolton form Bolton, want ANOTHER defender, and won't admit to being greedy.
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Green Wants To Make A Good Fist
Robert Green, the West Ham Goalkeeper we all know and love who gets paid nothing, has been chatting on the official website about IMPORTANT THINGS!
That's right, you know it's a slow news day when nobody is signing for the Hammers and the website brings out a rent-a-quote to make other sites report on their article...dammit, look what we've done...
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Ferdinand Heading Out Of Upton Park
Anton Ferdinand looks set to be leaving the Hammers after turning down a bumper new pay deal.
Despite being offered terms three times the amount he is currently earning (which is unlikely to be that low, bearing in mind Robert Green, on £20,000 a week reportedly, said he was the lowest paid first teamer), Ferdinand has turned down the offer.
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Hammers Want Has-been International?
Admittedly this is coming from the Sun, but apparently West Ham are 'battling' Newcastle and Bolton for the signature of former Spain international Diego Tristan.
Forgive us here at Upton Sparks for being a bit suspicious of this one, but why would three Premier League clubs be battling it out for a washed out front man?
Pedigree, chum!
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Capello Says Ashton Is Too Fat For England
Fabio Capello. You might be Italian, and as such, might be happy to only look at super-thin supermodels. But getting on the Dean Ashton pie-consumption bandwagon isn't going to help.
The England boss has said he spoke to Ashton before the Trinidad and Tobago game, and he asked the striker to shed a few pounds.
'We followed Dean in a lot of games last season and he was very good but he had ....
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Will Fans Influence Curbs' Choice?
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West Ham's decision to trial former Milwall player Ben Thatcher led to a good number of jeers when he turned out the other day, and now Alan Curbishley is having a think about whether to sign him.
“I didn’t quite understand it,” he said.
“I don’t think George will be too far away so we’re looking for some experienced cover and we took the ....
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West Ham To Lose Out On Givet
Gael Givet looks likely to shun a move to East London after Panathinaikos made an official offer for the stopper.
Believed to be in the region of £1.75m, the Greek club can offer Givet UEFA Cup football this year, and has a pedigree of wandering around the group stages of the Champion's League once in a while too.
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However, could ....
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Hammers In For Appiah
West Ham are reported to be keeping tabs on Stephen Appiah - you know, that Ghanain that used to be really good.
He used to play for Juventus? West Ham have been keen on him before? You know the one.
He would be decent cover for Kieron Dyer, and with Freddie Ljungberg gone, well, you never know, these things could happen.
His current side, Fenerbahce, are willing to cash in on the star who ....
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Curbs Doesn't Want You To Read This Article
Alan Curbishley has said Robert Green England chances might be helped with a bit of a makeover (albeit somewhat tongue in cheek), after reports he was unhappy the way Green spoke out last month against his contract:
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"We rate Greeny highly and nobody has been pushing him more with (England coach) Fabio Capello than me.
"I've said on numerous occasions that ....
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West Ham In For Berner
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Bruno Berner could be ready to join the Hammers and battle George McCartney for the left back berth should talks with Leicester fall through.
Despite the two division gap between the two clubs, Sky Sports is reporting the Swiss international could be interested in signing with the club that took his international compatriot Velon Behrami.
Berner, 30, has recently ....
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Curbs: 'naive' Green Should 'dye His Hair White'
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Alan Curbishley has said Robert Green England chances might be helped with a bit of a makeover (albeit somewhat tongue in cheek), after reports he was unhappy the way Green spoke out last month against his contract:
"We rate Greeny highly and nobody has been pushing him more with (England coach) Fabio Capello than me.
"I've said on numerous occasions that perhaps ....
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Tottenham Break Bank To Sign Ashton?
According to the Daily Express, which is in itself a dangerous way to start any article, Spurs are ready to up their offer for striker Dean Ashton to £20 million.
Given that Robbie Keane has left for a similar sum and Berbatov is set to leave for even more, the strike force at the (other) London club looks barer than the West Ham wage bills emergency fund.
So the idea such a bid would be ....
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Givet On His Way?
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Oh la la! West Ham are in pole position to sign Marseille left back Gael Givet, so they reckon in la Belle France this morning
The 26-year-old France international, who joined OM from Monaco in 2007, can leave the Velodrome and has been attracting significant interest from Panathinaikos, but that trail looks to be going cold.
OM and the Greeks can't agree a fee ....
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Police Call For Witnesses After Bellamy-gate
Suffolk Constabulary have not received any complaints over the Bellamy incident against Ipswich last night.
The police haven't singled out Bellamy's alleged verbal altercation as the reason, but seeing as not much else happened that day, it seems fairly easy to reason they're covering their bases.
"No formal complaints have been received by either Suffolk Police or Ipswich Town," said a ....
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West Ham's Okirie In International Torment
West Ham's suddenly Nigerian striker Carlton Cole Okirie (which is actually his full name) has been called up to his now national team squad: only to find he can't play.
Cole, or Okirie as we shall now forever call him since he defected to another country in a 'Quashie' moment (the England-B player who suddenly realised he was actually Scottish the whole time), was called up to the 'new ....
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Saha Linked With Hammers Move?
Manchester United striker Louis Saha is being linked with a move to West Ham after his 'dream move' to Paris Saint Germain looks like falling apart.
The French club are now pursuing Mateja Kezman of Fenerbahce, leaving the way clear for Hammers to move in and clinch his signing.
The Hammers only have the four strikers...but Freddie Sears will probably need another season before being properly ....
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