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• Newcastle managing director Lee Charnley arrested in HMRC investigation • Offices at St James’ Park and London Stadium raided on Wednesday The offices of Newcastle United and West Ham were raided on Wednesday morning as part of an HMRC tax investigation into football transfers with Newcastle managing director Lee Charnley arrested just two days after the team clinched promotion to the Premier League. A statement issued by the HMRC stated: “HMRC has arrested …

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The Hammers’ 1-0 win over Swansea means they will probably avoid relegation, with their manager insisting the experience can make his team stronger Slaven Bilic once said he prefers to live life “on the front line”. He is not a man who believes sitting back and relaxing, having a pleasant time, is the way to get the most of the world. Given the season that West Ham are enduring, that might be just as…

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This week Slaven Bilic told his players that they must leave their egos in their beds if West Ham were to survive in the Premier League. Whether that was the decisive factor in the 1-0 win over Swansea that now leaves an eight-point gap between them and the bottom three is unclear, but the sighs of relief around the London Stadium at full-time could have knocked over the Orbit sculpture just outside. A Cheikhou Kouyaté …

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• Slaven Bilic fined for protesting at late West Brom equaliser • Bilic’s No2, Nikola Jurcevic, fined for reaction to ‘offside’ effort The West Ham manager, Slaven Bilic, and his assistant, Nikola Jurcevic, have each been fined £8,000 after admitting Football Association misconduct charges . Bilic and Jurcevic accepted the standard penalty in relation to incidents during the Premier League game against West Bromwich Albion . Related: West Brom’s Gareth McAuley denies West Ham a comeback win at the last

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Four years after he last played for his country, the West Ham forward’s swashbuckling presence makes him an irresistible choice for Gareth Southgate There was a genuine tremor of excitement this week at the news Gareth Southgate is planning to go to the London Stadium on Saturday to take a first-hand look at the irresistible, intoxicating Andy Carroll. England have a double-header against Germany and Slovakia coming up in March. Carroll last played for England four years …

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Our cartoonist reflects on the retirement of Frank Lampard, plus another thing or three Here is David’s archive of cartoons . Plus: David on … the transfer window | David on … football in the age of president Trump Continue reading…

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There are ways and means of winning matches in the Premier League and in condemning Southampton to their sixth defeat in seven matches, Slaven Bilic taught Claude Puel a severe lesson. The Saints have their moments and those moments can be bewitching. Manolo Gabbiadini’s debut goal was one such, the £14m striker smashing home off the bar from an acute angle to give his side a 12th-minute lead. But in certain …

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• Republic of Ireland striker Robbie Brady joins from Norwich for £13m • Aston Villa complete deal to sign Scott Hogan from Brentford Burnley have completed the signing of the Republic of Ireland international Robbie Brady for a club record fee of around £13m. Sean Dyche had made the versatile 25-year-old his priority in the January market despite also agreeing a fee for Hull City’s Andrew Robertson and eventually got his man, …

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Moments such as the West Ham star refusing to play are when people in other team sports must wonder why footballers find it so hard to maintain professional decency There is a passage in one of Sir Alex Ferguson’s latest books that seems deliberately designed to chop West Ham down to size and no doubt, as intended, would have pricked a few egos in the way he does better than anyone. What, Ferguson wanted to know, was…

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The days are long gone when you could offer a penny for someone’s thoughts. In modern football you might need thousands, tens of thousands, millions even, of hard currency. Whatever amount, an insight into Dimitri Payet’s mindset as he learned of West Ham United’s efforts without him would be fascinating. After a half of turgid football that summed up all the difficulties you would imagine a team to have when…

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West Ham’s Dimitri Payet does not want to play for the club again but these disputes often end up in an awkward truce, briefly convenient for both sides Dimitri Payet may never have heard of Pierre van Hooijdonk but during the spare time he may find he has on his hands in self-imposed exile from West Ham United , he could look up one of the first Premier League players to go on strike and see how that panned out. Van…

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• Argentinian striker has failed to settle following loan move • Galatasaray and Brazilian side Grêmio also interested in Calleri Jonathan Calleri is likely to leave West Ham United this month in search of first‑team football, with Fiorentina, Sampdoria and the Spanish side Las Palmas among the clubs interested in signing him. The 23-year-old striker, who played for Argentina in the 2016 Olympic Games, moved to West Ham on a season-long loan from the Uruguayan club Deportivo Maldonado last summer with …

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Hull City produced a display of scintillating passing and movement, created an endless succession of chances and lost to West Ham in a result that leaves Mike Phelan’s side bottom of the Premier League at Christmas. There was something inevitable about the result: a classic case of footballing sod’s law. Hull hit the post three times, squandered two one-on-ones and generally saw their positive, well-drilled endeavours founder at the final hurdle. West Ham were largely disjointed …

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Live score updates from all the evening’s Premier League games Follow Crystal Palace v Manchester United with Scott Murray Email tim.hill@theguardian.com or tweet @timmyhilleh 9.27pm GMT About 10 minutes left at Sunderland, Middlesbrough and West Ham . Chelsea look to be going six points clear. 9.25pm GMT It’s all square at Selhurst! Scott Murray has more: Related: Sunderland v Chelsea and more: Premier League clockwatch – live! 9.22pm GMT And…

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• Barrow v Rochdale; Sutton v AFC Wimbledon; Everton v Leicester • Manchester United v Reading; Chelsea v Notts County/Peterborough The FA Cup third-round draw brought a local derby but no glamorous rewards for the non-league teams left in this season’s competition, with Jaap Stam’s return to Manchester United as Reading manager one of the round’s few intriguing subplots. There will be four all-Premier League ties when the FA Cup resumes early next…

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• Spain midfielder set for exploratory surgery on plantaris tendon • Wenger admits frustration at Cazorla’s likely lengthy absence Arsène Wenger has admitted the loss of Santi Cazorla to injury for at least three months is “very bad news”, with the Arsenal manager unsure when the Spain midfielder will play again. Cazorla will travel to Sweden next week for surgery on a plantaris tendon after sustaining the injury in his right ankle in the 6-0 Champions League victory against Ludogorets in …

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EFL Cup quarter-final updates from the 8pm GMT game at Old Trafford West Ham warned not to raise bar too high for Carroll’s comeback And feel free to email scott.murray@theguardian.com 8.50pm GMT Half-time reading: Related: Gareth Southgate: no star power, no magic bullet, but a man for the times | Barney Ronay 8.49pm GMT That half flew by, and it ends with a scoreline that doesn’t reflect the balance of …

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• Former Coventry striker is wanted by manager Slaven Bilic in January • Senegal international Diafra Sakho ruled out until at least new year West Ham are preparing an offer worth up to £25m for Bournemouth’s Callum Wilson after it was confirmed Diafra Sakho will miss up to six weeks with the thigh injury he sustained against Manchester United. Related: Gareth Southgate confirmed as new England manager on four-year contract Continue

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• Slaven Bilic cautions against expecting miracles from returning striker • Carroll back to face Manchester United in League Cup quarter-final Although news of Andy Carroll’s return will send a shiver down the spine of Arsenal’s defenders, Slaven Bilic is taking care to manage expectations about a player who does not need anyone to show him round the treatment room at West Ham. The striker who scored a hat-trick in a 3-3 draw…

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A look back at previous replays in FA Cup finals, semi-finals and quarter-finals suggests we should be celebrating these historic fixtures rather than culling them By Richard Foster for The Agony and the Ecstasy of the Guardian Sport Network There was barely a flicker of resistance or a whisper of a protest when the FA announced that there will no more replays at the quarter-final stage of the FA …

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After London’s mayor Sadiq Khan ordered an inquiry into the inflated cost of the stadium, a look at how the Hammers got there, and who’s footing the bill The total cost of converting the Olympic Stadium from an athletics stadium into a multi-use venue has soared to £323m, taking the overall cost of West Ham United’s new home to £752m – largely borne by taxpayers. How did we …

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• Bill for converting former Olympic Stadium rises again to £323m • Sadiq Khan lambasts ‘total and utter mess’ left under Boris Johnson The mayor of London has ordered an independent inquiry into the soaring conversion costs for the former Olympic Stadium that is now home to West Ham United, after it emerged the bill had risen by another £51m to £323m. The Labour mayor Sadiq Khan, elected to succeed his Conservative predecessor…

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Romelu Lukaku got the goal he probably expected and Ross Barkley the goal he definitely needed as Everton signalled an important step in their development under Ronald Koeman. A 2-0 lead against West Ham United was the cue for Everton to implode at Goodison Park last season . Only Slaven Bilic’s defence collapsed this time out. Everton found relief not only in a first win in six matches but in the contribution of Barkley, who was involved in the breakthrough, started…

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• Wenger: ‘West Ham game not a good advert to come back to standing’ • Olivier Giroud and Aaron Ramsey fit again for Arsenal Arsène Wenger, outlining his support for the safe standing movement, has expressed his concern that Wednesday night’s crowd trouble at the match between West Ham and Chelsea could set back the debate. “It gives an argument, especially to people who are against it,” said Wenger. “Personally I…

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Violent incidents which marred EFL Cup tie against Chelsea could have been prevented with better policing and stewarding – but are West Ham supporters being unfairly singled out? Wednesday night was my third trip to West Ham’s new stadium and it was largely a deeply unpleasant experience that transported me back to the bad old days of the late 1980s when I first started going to football on a regular basis…

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Also featuring: @Dr_TonyXia; Diego Maradona; and how racism works Sun columnist Karren Brady on the game’s greed culture: “Allardyce lost his credibility… And for what? A greedy top-up and a help-yourself bonus that reveals a staggering sense of entitlement. I guess this is what they call chickens coming home to roost.” Related: West Ham’s stadium move and ‘rebrand’ a success, insists Karren Brady Related: Derby County part company with manager Nigel Pearson Continue reading…

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