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Relegation is looking an increasingly likely prospect for Alex Neil’s Norwich. They take on an upwardly mobile West Ham side that will inevitably be buoyed by their dramatic FA Cup victory over Liverpool in midweek. To add to Norwich’s frustrations, midfielder Alex Tettey is suspended. However, West Ham have issues of their own to deal with as Cheikhou Kouyaté, Winston Reid and Joey O’Brien all miss out. The Norwich winger Matt Jarvis…

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League One Bradford City sign teenage midfielder Josh Cullen from Premier League side West Ham on a one-month loan deal.

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West Ham ‘won the World Cup’ in 1966, but they also finished 12th in the league, behind champions Liverpool and FA Cup winners Everton. Here are a few more things you might not know about English football’s most glorious year By Richard Foster for The Agony and the Ecstasy of the Guardian Sport Network England started the tournament with a limp, listless goalless draw but ended it in fine style by overcoming an old rival in a high-scoring…

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Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp says his team are not the Premier League’s ‘sunniest’ side after losing 2-1 to West Ham United in the FA Cup on Tuesday. Klopp says the team are not content with their recent results, but says there are positives to take from their performances Liverpool’s Jürgen Klopp complains about referee in Cup defeat to West Ham Continue reading…

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• Klopp says free-kick leading to decisive goal should not have been given • Slaven Bilic also criticises referee Roger East Jürgen Klopp rued the awarding of a late free-kick which resulted in West Ham scoring the dramatic extra-time winner to knock Liverpool out of the FA Cup. Liverpool had fought their way back into a pulsating fourth-round tie but were undone in the dying seconds by Angelo Ogbonna’s header, when …

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West Ham’s FA Cup victory over Liverpool was one of the best in the club’s history, says manager Slaven Bilic.

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• Club confirm negotiations over new deal for Payet have started • ‘Talks are progressing well and it is hoped they can be concluded shortly’ West Ham have entered contract negotiations with the France international Dimitri Payet amid speculation the player was demanding a huge pay increase. The 28-year-old joined the Hammers in the summer but has proved to be one of the best pieces of business completed by a Premier League club and has been hailed…

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• West Ham manager keen on keeping hold of ‘best player’ • Dimitri Payet could sign new, improved contract Slaven Bilic believes it is crucial West Ham keep Dimitri Payet in the long term, saying the midfielder could potentially be offered an improved contract. Related: West Ham eager to continue as Liverpool’s nemesis in FA Cup replay Continue reading…

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• Bilic says of challenge on Payet: ‘There is no place in football for those tackles’ • Southampton’s Maya Yoshida hopes to win first-team place Victor Wanyama became the seventh player to have been sent off three times in a Premier League season, against a team managed by one of the other six players to share the opprobrium of possessing such an unwanted record. Slaven Bilic prided his game on tough tackling but the West Ham manager has…

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Preview followed by live coverage of Saturday’s Premier League game between Southampton and West Ham United.

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• League One side Shrewsbury Town face Manchester United • Bournemouth play Everton, Tottenham host Crystal Palace Manchester City will play Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the FA Cup fifth round. The two clubs meet again having been drawn together in 2013 and 2014, with City knocking Chelsea out of the competition on both occasions. Related: FA Cup fifth round draw – as it happened Continue reading…

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FA Cup fourth round: minute-by-minute updates from Anfield Liverpool’s Klopp unsure when Sturridge will play again Why not send your thoughts to Scott at scott.murray@theguardian.com 4.35pm GMT Liverpool: Mignolet, Clyne, Lovren, Caulker, Smith, Allen, Brannagan, Stewart, Ibe, Teixeira, Benteke. Subs: Ward, Enrique, Ilori, Chrivella, Ojo, Sinclair, Randall. West Ham United: Randolph, Tomkins, Reid, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Obiang, Song, Kouyate, Moses, Payet, Valencia. Subs: Howes, O’Brien, Collins, Oxford, Cullen, Antonio, …

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Today’s fluff is taking it on trust Louis van Gaal has been sacked. Not just once, but three times . And it’ll be four should Manchester United lose to Derby County in the Fly Emirates television spectacular tonight. This is the world according to Van Gaal, of course, who, in tones so exasperated it’s almost as though he expects a wan observation to be framed as a Defiant Rant, has been offering arch comment on his current …

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• Full-back set to return to parent club Arsenal for rehabilitation • New signing Sam Byram now expected to play key role West Ham’s Carl Jenkinson could miss the rest of the season due to a knee injury, with the full-back set to return to his parent club Arsenal for his rehabilitation. The on-loan defender clashed with Sergio Agüero in West Ham’s 2-2 draw with Manchester City on Saturday and…

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• Nigeria striker wanted on loan at Upton Park to replace Andy Carroll • West Ham may turn their attentions to Galatasaray’s Burak Yilmaz instead West Ham will hold talks with officials from Fenerbahce on Tuesday as they attempt to seal the loan signing of the Nigeria striker Emmanuel Emenike. The 28-year-old is currently on a one-year loan at Al Ain in Qatar from the Turkish club and has more than two years of his contract remaining. West Ham…

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• West Ham, Manchester United and Liverpool scouts were in Lyon on Sunday • Marseille’s striker Michy Batshuayi will not be sold for less than €50m Scouts from several English clubs including West Ham, Manchester United and Liverpool attended Marseille’s’s 1-1 draw with Lyon on Sunday night to watch Georges-Kévin N’Koudou. Related: Premier League locked in to virtuous circle and likely to stay on its perch | Sean Ingle Continue reading…

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• Midfielder signed for £12m from Swansea praised for his outstanding passing • But displays self-destructive streak in off-the-ball incident with Enner Valencia It was as if a switch had been flicked and Newcastle United’s football had shifted from analogue to digital mode. Everything seemed three- rather than two-dimensional and the entire team looked sharper and speedier. There was no doubt about the identity of the player responsible for this extraordinary high-definition makeover. “Jonjo Shelvey’s very …

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• Visit by Louis van Gaal’s side to Pride Park to be shown on Friday 29 January • Colchester, Chelsea and Everton among other clubs chosen for television Derby County’s tie at home to Manchester United will kick off the televised coverage of the FA Cup fourth round, with the match being shown on Friday 29 January at 7.55pm on the BBC. Related: Louis van Gaal should ask Paul Scholes to be a Manchester United coach Continue reading…

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The manager, who first signed for the club 20 years ago today, has taken West Ham on a run of seven matches without defeat that stretches back to November By Martin Laurence for WhoScored? , part of the Guardian Sport Network The Premier League largely reverted to the norm in the first weekend of the New Year. Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea all won, with Leicester City, Watford and Crystal Palace –…

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• West Ham striker scores for second game in row in 2-0 win over Liverpool • ‘Is he going to progress or is he going to go the other way?’ Given he is a qualified lawyer it did not come as a surprise to hear Slaven Bilic state a case after this match. The West Ham manager could simply and justifiably have basked in victory over Liverpool but instead he decided to make it clear to Andy Carroll following his first…

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Jürgen Klopp has brought much to Liverpool since arriving there last October, most notably a renewed sense of belief, but the one thing the German is still struggling to give the team is momentum. They arrived here looking for a third straight victory but instead lost for a second time in four games, with the pain for those who filled the away end here extended further by the identity of the man who delivered the killer blow. Andy Carroll has waited …

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• West Ham playmaker is fit to face Liverpool after knee injury • Manuel Lanzini to make move from Al-Jazira permanent in spring Dimitri Payet, whom Slaven Bilic likened to Arsenal’s Mesut Özil, is fit for Saturday’s game against Liverpool at Upton Park. Whether the West Ham playmaker will start is dependent on how he performs in training but his rapid recovery from the knee injury he sustained in November means he will almost certainly make the squad. Payet was instrumental …

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We round up our favourite pictures from the latest round of matches in England’s top flight Continue reading…

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• Co-chairman says Benítez had agreed contract before Real Madrid came in • West Ham to make Manuel Lanzini’s loan deal permanent two months early David Sullivan has revealed that Rafael Benítez had agreed a deal to become West Ham United’s manager in the summer before Real Madrid stepped in at the 11th hour. Related: Premier League fans’ half-time verdict part 2: Newcastle to West Ham Related: Liverpool must give Jürgen…

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Goals seem as hard to come by as managers in this part of south Wales at the moment. Yet to appoint a replacement for Garry Monk and with only one win from their last 13 league matches, Swansea’s frustration continues on and off the pitch after a result that ensures they will spend Christmas Day in the relegation zone. Swansea controlled the game for long periods against a West Ham side …

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West Ham United and Stoke City had compelling reasons to feel quietly optimistic after an entertaining goalless draw that left the Upton Park crowd in a surprisingly content mood. A stalemate in this fixture would have been a cure for insomnia in the past, but here was further evidence their respective cultural evolutions could bring both sides success. The length of West Ham’s injury list made this an acceptable point for Slaven Bilic. Although they have not won…

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