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• The 22-year-old full-back signs four-and-half-year deal • Manager Slaven Bilic ‘one of the main reasons’ Byram chose West Ham West Ham United have completed the signing of the Leeds United full-back Sam Byram for an undisclosed fee. Everton were also interested in the 22-year-old but the Essex-born defender, who can also play as a wing-back, opted to join the London club on …

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• Senegal striker pictured walking away from the scene without injury • Sakho posts message on Twitter to confirm he was not hurt The West Ham striker Diafra Sakho escaped unhurt on Monday night after crashing his car into a wall in Essex. The Senegal international, currently out of action with a thigh injury , appeared to be pictured walking away from his new Lamborghini sports car in Hornchurch after it came off the road and …

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As the teams ran out on to the field to the soundtrack of Kanye West’s Power the scene felt more akin to a Bournemouth nightclub but in the end there was no cause for celebration. Eddie Howe’s squad was boosted by three new arrivals signed for almost £20m – Benik Afobe, Juan Iturbe and the returning Lewis Grabban. Only four years ago, Bournemouth shattered their transfer record on the now Portsmouth striker Matt Tubbs …

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Slaven Bilic can suddenly revel in his striking options after Nikica Jelavic’s work-rate was rewarded with his first goal for the club, against Wolves It has been far from plain sailing for Nikica Jelavic since joining West Ham United in September. The striker has had to bide his time for opportunities but on his 10th appearance, albeit only his second start, he finally broke his duck. Few would have been more pleased than his…

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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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• Srnicek was in induced coma after suffering cardiac arrest earlier this month • He also appeared for Sheffield Wednesday and West Ham The former Newcastle United, Sheffield Wednesday and West Ham goalkeeper Pavel Srnicek has died at the age of 47 his agent has confirmed. Srnicek suffered a cardiac arrest while out running in his native Czech Republic on 20 December and was left in a critical condition. He had been in an induced …

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Answer a simple question and you could be off to Upton Park to watch live Barclays Premier League football The Guardian has teamed up with Barclays, proud sponsors of the Barclays Premier League , to give away a pair of tickets to West Ham United v Stoke City on Saturday 12 December, to thank one lucky home fan for the passion and support they show to their club. Continue reading…

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• Midfielder allegedly elbowed West Ham’s Winston Reid • Referee Mark Clattenburg and assistants missed incident Bastian Schweinsteiger has told Manchester United he wants to fight a charge of violent conduct after his clash with Winston Reid during Saturday’s goalless draw against West Ham at Old Trafford. Schweinsteiger is facing a three-match ban after knocking Reid to the ground with his forearm but the Germany international does not believe it should warrant a suspension and has the backing of his…

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• Argentinian midfielder suffered quadriceps injury in training • Victor Moses awaiting results from scan on injured hamstring West Ham have confirmed Manuel Lanzini will be out for up to six weeks with a thigh injury he suffered in training. The Argentinian midfielder, who is on a season’s loan from UAE-based Al-Jazira, pulled out of the squad who drew 0-0 at Manchester United after suffering the injury to his quadriceps. West Ham hoped he would be available for Saturday’s…

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• Manager Pochettino calls 4-1 home victory ‘a complete performance’ • West Ham manager Slaven Bilic admits defeat could have been worse Mauricio Pochettino saluted a “complete performance” from his Tottenham Hotspur team in Sunday’s 4-1 home win over West Ham United and said that he believed they had the quality to finish in the Premier League’s top four. “After the game that we’ve played today, I think that we have quality enough,” Pochettino, the …

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• Senegal international was arrested in August • Police investigation clears Sakho of any wrongdoing West Ham’s Diafra Sakho will not face any charges after being arrested in August on suspicion of making threats to kill and intimidating a witness . The Senegal striker Sakho,currently out injured with a thigh strain, was questioned over an alleged domestic assault in August but a statement released by his management company on Tuesday confirmed that no action will be taken against…

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• On-loan Chelsea defender set up opener in 2-0 win over West Ham • Aké now first-choice left-back and above parent club in the table In August Nathan Aké left the league champions on a season-long loan, apparently to become third-choice left-back in a relegation fight at Watford, who had given Chelsea no guarantees about his first-team involvement. By the start of November he has made the position, for now, his own, …

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• Dutch coach expresses surprise at performance against West Ham • ‘Advocaat will be missed in the Premier League,’ says Slaven Bilic When Jeremain Lens’ exquisite lob gave Sunderland a two-goal lead Dick Advocaat began crying. A little later, the outgoing manager expressed surprise that his team had played so well. Those cameos confirmed two things: that Advocaat really was leaving and precisely why he wanted out. Sunderland’s best performance for months – …

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• Bilic: ‘With three away wins you expect us to beat everybody 6-0 at home’ • Wes Hoolahan provided a league-leading fifth assist of the campaign Sometimes success can have a perverse impact. Slaven Bilic certainly had a point after West Ham scraped a late draw against Norwich City to escape a third home defeat from four when he said their stunning away form has led to too much being read into the home record. Four points from two games is …

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West Ham’s curious season continues. They might look unbeatable in the Premier League away from home but in their final season at Upton Park their record reads one win, two defeats, and one draw – even if this point garnered at the death will have felt like a victory. This was a game that could have gone either way, with a plethora of chances afforded to both sides, but after Nathan…

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A supporter recalls many cherished memories watching his beloved team, first with his dad and then with his daughters, at their Upton Park ground, which is now to be redeveloped as flats This season my family will be losing an old friend: West Ham’s Boleyn ground, commonly known as Upton Park. The club is moving to the Olympic Stadium at Stratford and the old ground will become flats, and part of my family history will be erased. Once people had village churches to …

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West Ham’s history makers, having sprung surprise wins at Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City, face a different pressure against Norwich on the basis they will be expected to win. They were favourites in both defeats this season, against Leicester and Bournemouth, and have thus far revelled when the underdog. Saturday’s visitors have a dour away record in the top flight, winning only one of their past 14 on the road, but have only been…

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Andy King’s header in the second period of extra-time saw Leicester through to the fourth round of the Capital One Cup after a 2-1 win over West Ham at the King Power Stadium. The tie looked destined for a penalty shoot-out until King, captain for the night, guided a Christian Fuchs cross into the top corner of the net and beyond Adrián, who had kept his side in the game with a string of saves. Continue reading…

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• Manchester City midfielder says top flight is now more competitive • Touré rejects idea of being rested for Capital One Cup Yaya Touré believes the Arsenal Invincibles will never be emulated because the Premier League has become more competitive, while the midfielder is unconcerned after Manchester City lost their unbeaten domestic record to West Ham . The 2-1 defeat was the first time their defence had been breached in the league after City had recorded five wins from five games. It…

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• City lose 2-1 at home for second time in a week following Juventus loss • Second-placed West Ham have now beaten Arsenal, Liverpool and City away For perhaps the first time since Manuel Pellegrini’s Cool Hand Luke act arrived at Manchester City the Chilean’s mask slipped after this second 2-1 defeat at home in five days. West Ham United’s fine victory had a jubilant manager, Slaven Bilic, likening his emotion to entering a hostelry “full of girls” and Pellegrini visibly…

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Slaven Bilic’s West Ham are turning into away specialists. Three of their four victories this season have been on their travels and as the wins have come at the Emirates, Anfield and now the Etihad, no one could accuse them of going about it the easy way. This was not quite as gobsmacking as the first two, except that Manchester City did happen to be top of the league with a 100…

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Premier League updates from the 5.30pm BST kick-off at the Etihad Vincent Kompany’s passion makes him prone to injury, says Pellegrini And email nick.miller@theguardian.com or tweet @NickMiller79 6.50pm BST 60 mins: Change for West Ham, as Moses goes off and is replaced by Michail Antonio, the deadline day signing from Nottingham Forest. 6.50pm BST 59 mins: Kolarov lines up a shot from about 30 yards, and it sails well, well wide and…

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• Manchester City captain to miss visit of West Ham because of calf problem • Nicolás Otamendi likely to make first start since £32m move from Valencia Manuel Pellegrini believes Vincent Kompany’s intensity makes the defender vulnerable to injury, though he says it is difficult to ask Manchester City’s captain to change his approach. Kompany will miss Saturday’s game against West Ham United and Tuesday’s Capital One Cup trip …

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• Manuel Pellegrini confirms captain’s calf injury has not healed in time • Nicolás Otamendi could be brought in to replace Kompany Vincent Kompany will miss Manchester City’s games against West Ham United and Sunderland due to a calf problem and is to be assessed ahead of next week’s trip to Tottenham Hotspur. The captain suffered the injury in Tuesday evening’s 2-1 defeat to Juventus in the Champions League group match. It was the 10th occasion Kompany has …

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• London mayor: ‘I would be perfectly happy to publish the details’ • Information commissioner ruled controversial deal must be disclosed The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has insisted he is “perfectly happy” to see the details of West Ham’s Olympic Stadium contract published but claimed that the club was seeking to take legal action to block it. Johnson, who oversees the London Legacy Development Corporation as mayor but is no longer chairman of the …

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