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Is this why Chelsea won’t win the Premier League next season?

Chris Mendes — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:42:44 +0000

West Ham's promotion to the Premier League on Saturday means there'll be six London clubs in the top flight next season, which is bad news for Chelsea given their awful form against the capital's four other London teams last year.

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Transfer rumours and paper review with Darren Lewis – Monday, May 21

Nick Rostron-Pike — Mon, 21 May 2012 06:42:36 +0000

Here are the morning's headlines from back pages and online...

Chelsea striker Fernando Torres demands crunch talks after suffering "the worst season of his career". (Metro)

West Ham boss Sam Allardyce wants to bring former Hammer Joe Cole back to Upton Park after the club won promotion back to the Premier League. Cole has spent the last season on loan at Lille from Liverpool. (Daily Mail)

The Reds exact revenge and Blackburn go down plus more photos of the week

damian mannion — Fri, 11 May 2012 10:10:41 +0000

While Blackburn were relegated to the Championship, West Ham and Blackpool earned their places in the Championship play-off final to compete for the last remaining Premier League place. Liverpool, meanwhile, thrashed Chelsea at Anfield to make up for the crushing Cup final defeat. Click the arrow on the image to scroll through the gallery.

Avram Grant backs ‘brilliant’ Redknapp for England

BBC — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:16:46 +0000

Former Chelsea, West Ham and Portsmouth manager Avram Grant gives his backing to Harry Redknapp to be the next England manager, saying the FA "will not find better" than the Tottenham boss to fill the vacancy left by Fabio Capello.

FA ask West Ham’s Ravel Morrison about Twitter comments

BBC — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:38:58 +0000

The Football Association write to West Ham's Ravel Morrison over recent comments made on Twitter.

Former Red Devils stopper Carroll joins Olympiakos

Le Foot — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:24:03 +0000

Former Manchester United goalkeeper Roy Carroll has decided to prolong his career in Eastern Europe by opoting to join Greek giants Olympiakos. The Northern Ireland international joins Olympiakos from fellow Super League outfit OFI, to whom the former have paid a reported €330k transfer fee.

Carroll is best remembered for his stint at Manchester United but has represented plenty of other British clubs- he has been on the books of Hull, Wigan, West Ham, Rangers and Derby County and also spent some time with Odense in Denmark.

Carroll has signed an eighteen month contract with Olympiakos that will keep him at the club till the end of the 2012/13 season.

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English clubs eye Rangers striker Nikica Jelavic

BBC — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:09:50 +0000

Liverpool are in pole position as Fulham and West Ham express an interest in Rangers striker Nikica Jelavic.

Shanghai Shenhua confident of landing Anelka in January

Le Foot — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:37:31 +0000

Chinese outfit Shanghai Shenhua are said to be quietly confident of landing wantaway Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka next month. The former Paris St Germain, Arsenal, Real Madrid, Liverpool, Manchester City and Fenerbahce striker will be made an £6m offer over the course of three years to leave Europe. Anelka recently had a transfer request accepted by Chelsea and is no longer involved with the first squad at Stamford Bridge.

Many European clubs are keen to give Anelka a shot, none more so prominent than West Ham, whose manager Sam Allarydce is hoping to land him on loan in January to give their promotion chances a boost.

Shanghai are currently managed by former French great Jean Tigana.

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Gerrard delighted with Bellamy purchase, backs Meireles sale

Le Foot — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 09:18:49 +0000

Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard has said that he’s delighted with Craig Bellamy’s return to Anfield. Speaking to the Liverpool Echo, the England star, who is currently out due to injury, said that he had never wanted Bellamy to leave in the first place ( Bellamy left Liverpool for West Ham in 2007) and added that the player’s pace, determination and hard working attributes would be an asset to Liverpool’s title challenge this season.

Gerrard also defended the sale of Raul Meireles, saying that the club had been left with no other choice following the Portuguese star’s transfer request. He however mentioned that while it was obvious that Meireles did want more game time, he was a bit surprised with the timing of the whole affair.

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Spurs and Villa weigh up shock Hargreaves move

Le Foot — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 07:32:36 +0000

Both Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa are interested in offering short term deals to out of contract midfielder Owen Hargreaves as the end of the transfer window approaches.

Spurs boss Harry Redknapp wishes to bolster his midfield by the end of this summer window but has been unable to sign any one so far. The deal for Lassana Diarra seems to have fallen through because of the former’s wage demands while Spurs are still haggling with West Ham on a transfer fee for Scott Parker.

Hargreaves has also been approached by West Bromwich Albion and is expected to make a decision soon. The former Bayern Munich star has declared himself fit and capable of playing 40 games a season after seeing his time at Man Utd wrecked by injury problems.

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