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Louis van Gaal may be a tactical genius and United may yet catch City, but is playing Wayne Rooney on the right of a midfield diamond really the best option? • Match report: West Ham 1-1 Manchester United Manchester United’s supporters left happy with a point earned through a brilliantly struck late Daley Blind goal, reward for a series of frantic tactical rejigs and a spell of late pressure. Really, though, this was another tortured attacking display in a 1-1 draw …

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An injury-time strike from Daley Blind earned Manchester United a point that they scarcely deserved. The visitors had been wretched for large parts of this match and looked to be heading for a first defeat in 17 games following Cheikhou Kouyaté’s superbly imaginative strike on 49 minutes. However, Blind broke West Ham hearts late on with a first-time shot after West Ham had failed to clear Marcos Rojo’s lofted ball into the area. With both of his first-choice centre-backs, Winston…

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Latest updates as Manchester United take on West Ham Email michael.butler@theguardian.com with any thoughts Or you can tweet him @michaelbutler18 Keep up with all today’s scores across Europe 5.33pm GMT 58 min: Shaw is the latest Man Utd player to burst forward, playing a one-two with Falcao. The left-back overruns the ball and Kouyate is able to clear. Shaw leaves his foot in and that’s a horrible collision, with both players feeling the pain. Kouyate comes off worst…

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• West Ham cancel Ravel Morrison’s deal ‘with immediate effect’ • Midfielder had not played for the Hammers since August • Morrison considers overseas move West Ham United have announced the termination of Ravel Morrison’s contract with immediate effect. The 22-year-old midfielder’s departure was announced in a short statement on West Ham’s website that wished Morrison “every success in his future career”. Continue reading…

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• West Ham welcome ‘biggest-ever commercial deal’ • New sponsor to be on shirt for Sunday’s game with Man Utd • Liverpool announce New Balance as new kit manufacturer West Ham United have announced a new record shirt sponsorship deal with online bookmakers Betway, less than a month after their previous sponsor went bust . West Ham were left without a sponsor after their deal with their main commercial backer, Alpari, collapsed when the Swiss company…

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• Togo striker’s move to West Ham was blocked by Spurs • Pochettino confident Hugo Lloris will stay next season Mauricio Pochettino is confident Emmanuel Adebayor will give 100% for Tottenham, despite seeing a deadline day move to West Ham fall through. The 30-year-old’s topsy-turvy, three-and-a-half year stay with the north London club looked as if it could be coming to an end this week.

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• Striker frustrated that Daniel Levy blocked move to Upton Park • I’m very happy to stay at the club and do my job, Adebayor adds Emmanuel Adebayor has spoken of his frustration at how Daniel Levy blocked his proposed January loan move to West Ham United but he insisted that he is now ready to focus on helping Tottenham Hotspur. The Togolese striker has endured a difficult season, in …

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Answer a simple question and you could be off to St Mary’s to watch live Barclays Premier League football Continue reading…

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Live scoreboard! All today’s live scores and results Keep up with all of the day’s goals and games as they happen Email niall.mcveigh.casual@theguardian.com or tweet @niallmcveigh 3.28pm GMT It had been a quiet start for the hosts at Old Trafford, but no longer – Daley Blind steals the ball from Kramaric in midfield, before dinking the ball to compatriot Robin van Persie, who belts the ball home on the volley. The striker looks offside, but the goal stands. 3.26pm …

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• Midfielder in London for talks with Hammers • ‘We have to wait and see,’ says United manager Louis van Gaal Darren Fletcher looks set to sign for West Ham United after the Manchester United manager, Louis van Gaal, announced the midfielder was in London for talks. Fletcher was named United’s vice-captain at the start of the season but has been unable to break into Van Gaal’s first team and now looks set to move to the capital

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West Ham manager Sam Allardyce says he is not worried Diafra Sakho might face a ban, after the Senegalese striker withdrew from the Africa Cup of Nations with an injury, but scored in the English side’s FA Cup match last weekend. Talking before Saturday’s Premier League match at Anfield, Allardyce says Liverpool are at their best and he expects it to be a difficult game. He says that, as West Ham have beaten Liverpool at home this season, they hope to…

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It was not convincing by any stretch and for long periods Bristol City threatened to add their name to the list of giantkilling acts of the weekend, but West Ham United ultimately found a way to overpower the League One club. Daifra Sakho, on as a second-half substitute and making his first appearance since picking up a back injury on New Year’s Day, met Andy Carroll’s cross with a far-post header to …

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Latest updates as Bristol City seek to continue weekend of Cup shocks E-mail nick.miller.casual@theguardian.com | Tweet: @NickMiller79 Scoreboard: all today’s latest scores! 3.02pm GMT And the players are out for the second-half. Difficult to tell if Allardyce looks annoyed or whether that’s just the way his face falls. 3.00pm GMT Some half-time entertainment, and I’ve been reminded this absolutely outrageous dive by Daniel Harris. Step forward ‘Flash’ Gordon Watson, tumbling to win a …

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• Manager Sam Allardyce confirms club’s interest in midfielder • Fletcher out of favour at Manchester United and could leave • Van Gaal suffers twitchy bum time playing 4-4-2 Sam Allardyce has confirmed West Ham are one of the clubs chasing Darren Fletcher but claims the Hammers are yet to speak to the Manchester United midfielder. Fletcher, who has made 342 appearances for the Red Devils, has only six months left on his contract at Old Trafford and is struggling to establish himself under …

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Investment firm which signed a three-year deal with football club in 2013 collapses after suffering large losses in volatile foreign exchange markets West Ham FC’s sponsor, foreign exchange broker Alpari UK, has collapsed into administration after weekend rescue talks failed to deliver a buyer. A team of restructuring experts from KPMG were appointed as special administrators to the firm, which was scuppered by the Swiss central bank’s decision last week to abandon its attempt to peg the …

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Both Man City and Swansea are missing Wilfried Bony, Charlie Austin needs help at QPR and Jermain Defoe gives Sunderland hope The Dozen: our pick of the weekend’s best Premier League photos With Manchester City failing to score at home for the first time since August during the 2-0 defeat by Arsenal , the signing of Wilfried Bony begins to look even more to the point. The frustration for Manuel Pellegrini must be that while Bony is perhaps…

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Latest updates as Hull City travel to West Ham Email daniel.harris.casual@theguardian.com . Tweet: @DanielHarris Keep up with all today’s latest scores across Europe 12.30pm GMT Perhaps the most depressing aspect of existence is how long it takes for things to fall apart – which on balance, is marginally worse than how long it takes for nothing to happen. But, in the hyperreal world of Football, things are very different, one of the reasons we love it so much. Consider…

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The manager has failed to persuade players to come to Hull but he needs a goalscorer as his side face West Ham on Sunday, having not advanced after their strong finish last season • Brave Hull push Arsenal in FA Cup final • Bruce has failed to move with the times • Sunderland sign Jermain Defoe Hull City travel to West Ham on Sunday needing points – they have slipped into the bottom three – and goals. Steve Bruce is exploring…

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• The 28-year-old forward is now a free agent • Portuguese had been linked with a move to Turkey • Hammers in talks with new shirt sponsor after Alpari collapse Ricardo Vaz Tê has had his contract with West Ham terminated by mutual consent. The 28-year-old forward has been linked with a move to Turkey and can now pursue any new deal as a free agent. The Portuguese player, who began his senior career under Sam …

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• Online foreign exchange broker entered insolvency on Friday • Club believed to be owed £4m on three-year deal West Ham United are in “advanced discussions” with potential new shirt sponsors after their main commercial backer went bust for the second time in six years. The online foreign exchange broker Alpari entered insolvency on Friday morning as a result of the Swiss National Bank’s shock move to decouple from the euro, …

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Sam Allardyce was buoyed by West Ham’s epic FA Cup replay win over Everton on Tuesday and he now wants a tonic in the league, where his team have not won in four matches. His good friend, Steve Bruce, however, is in more desperate need. The Hull manager is enduring what he has called the worst injury crisis of his 17 years in management and, if results go against him on Saturday, his team could kick off at the bottom of…

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Alpari UK, which signed a three-year deal with the football club in 2013, among a string of companies feeling the impact of the sharp move in the currency markets on Thursday The sponsor of West Ham football club, Alpari UK, has become the latest casualty of the currency crisis sparked by the Swiss central bank. Alpari UK, which lists its head office at Bishopsgate in the City, said it was insolvent because…

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• Charges against West Ham midfielder were thrown out • Defence team showed CCTV proving his innocence West Ham’s Ravel Morrison has been cleared of all charges of assaulting his ex-girlfriend and her mother. The 21-year-old was accused of hitting his ex Reah Mansoor, 19, and her mother, Parveen Mansoor, 39, after a night out at a nightclub in his home city of Manchester last July 24. Continue reading…

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West Ham 2-2 Everton (aet; 9-8 pens) Valencia 51 Cole 113; Mirallas 82 Lukaku 97 In a way neither side deserved to lose this pulsating Cup tie, a match that swung dramatically and, quite simply, had everything. It ended with Adrián, West Ham’s goalkeeper, throwing his gloves to the ground and charging in to fire the decisive penalty past Joel Robles – who had missed his own spot-kick seconds earlier – and secure his side’s place in the fourth round…

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FA Cup third-round replay latest from the 7.45pm GMT kick-off at Upton Park Live scoreboard! Follow all the goals and games in the FA Cup replays And email simon.burnton@theguardian.com or tweet @Simon_Burnton 9.09pm GMT 67 mins: Everton make a double substitution, Besic and Barkley coming off and Oviedo and Mirallas coming on. 9.08pm GMT 66 mins: Cresswell now carries the ball 20 yards to the edge of the penalty area and then ignores the unmarked Downing at…

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Everton manager Roberto Martínez says his side expects a difficult match against West Ham United in the third round of the FA Cup on Tuesday. Martínez says West Ham are ‘a confident and dynamic team’ who are outstanding at dead-ball situations. The previous meeting between the two teams ended with a 1-1 draw Continue reading…

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