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Also featuring: Palermo; striped shirts; and Silvio Berlusconi on press standards Karren Brady: defending West Ham’s £701m public-funded stadium rental deal , six months after voting in the Lords to cut tax credits . Brady set our her position on state aid last year : “I think it should always pay more to work than it should to be a burden on society.” Related: How West Ham struck the deal of the century with Olympic Stadium move Continue reading…

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From the £701m total cost to the £2,616 cost of a ‘Boleyn Package’ season ticket, how West Ham’s deal for the Olympic Stadium stacks up £280m Original projected cost of the Olympic Stadium in the build-up to the 2012 Games £701m Current projected total cost after conversion to allow for both football and athletics Related: How West Ham struck the deal of the century with Olympic Stadium move Related: Andy Carroll, the man with a head like…

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• Striker’s wonder goal sets Manchester United on path to FA Cup semi-final • West Ham’s Slaven Bilic rues his side’s lack of composure Louis van Gaal praised Marcus Rashford’s character after the teenager scored a fine individual goal to help secure Manchester United’s place in the FA Cup semi-finals. Rashford was substituted at half-time during United’s 3-0 defeat at Tottenham on Sunday and was surprisingly replaced up front by Ashley Young but he responded against West …

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FA Cup quarter-final replay updates from the 7pm BST kick-off Manchester United’s Van Gaal faces slim last chance at West Ham barry.glendenning@theguardian.com on email or tweet @bglendenning 6.12pm BST West Ham: Randolph, Antonio, Tomkins, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Kouyate, Noble, Valencia, Lanzini, Payet, Carroll. Subs: Adrian, Obiang, Collins, Moses, Emenike, Hendrie, Oxford. 6.10pm BST Manchester United were late for their match against Spurs last weekend, only arriving at White…

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• Bilic: ‘I expect us to win, and think we have a very good chance to beat them’ • West Ham manager scoffs at reports linking Diafra Sakho with PSG Slaven Bilic is bullish about West Ham United’s chances of beating Manchester United in the final FA Cup tie at Upton Park on Wednesday night but has warned his players not to underestimate Louis van Gaal’s side. With Manchester United under pressure after Sunday’s 3-0 defeat at …

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• Manchester United manager says his centre-backs must improve • Van Gaal praises ‘special qualities’ of West Ham striker before FA Cup replay Louis van Gaal will demand his centre-backs communicate better to deal with West Ham United’s Andy Carroll and keep alive Manchester United’s “last chance of a title” in the FA Cup. On Wednesday night the Dutchman’s side are at the Boleyn Ground for a quarter-final replay after …

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• Rooney played 60 minutes after two months out with knee injury • Watching Louis van Gaal has not ruled out Rooney’s return in FA Cup Wayne Rooney came through 60 minutes for Manchester United’s under-21 side at Old Trafford as he stepped up his recovery from a knee injury. Louis van Gaal, the United manager, and his No2, Ryan Giggs, were at the Premier League Division One game against Middlesbrough to …

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West Ham began their season with a 2-0 victory at the Emirates Stadium and their chances of finishing in the top four could rest on completing their first league double over Arsenal since the 2006-07 season. Yet Arsenal are in good form, thrashing Everton and Watford in their previous two matches, and victory at Upton Park would keep their title hopes alive. Jacob Steinberg Kick-off Saturday 12.45pm Continue reading…

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With the opening days’ fixtures reversed this weekend our writers look back to early August and gauge how each team compare to their pre-season targets Back in August, on the opening day of the season, Rudy Gestede leapt above the Bournemouth defence to head in the only goal of the game to kickstart Aston Villa’s campaign under Tim Sherwood. The future looked bright. Over in London José Mourinho railed at his medical staff …

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With most clubs having only seven or eight games left to play of an exhilarating season, our writers assess what they need to do to end the season on a high What they need to do to have a successful end to the season Arsène Wenger and his team have no further margin for error and, above all, they must show the mental strength that he constantly rabbits on about – in the face of mounting supporter …

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• Midfielder played for first time since June in 3-2 win over Holland • Manager Didier Deschamps to name squad for Euro 2016 on 12 May Dimitri Payet received a resounding vote of approval from Didier Deschamps after the West Ham United midfielder made an impressive return to international football with a starring role in France’s 3-2 win over Holland in Amsterdam on Friday. “He confirmed with us what he has been doing with his club,” said…

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• West Ham joint chairman says club are planning to offer Bilic new contract • Sullivan says talks will not open until January 2017 at the earliest West Ham are planning to reward manager Slaven Bilic with a new contract – but want to make sure he is not a “one-season wonder” first. West Ham joint chairman David Sullivan told the Mirror : “I will give Slaven a new deal in January. …

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• Argentinian midfielder signs four-year contract at West Ham • Midfielder was on season-long loan from Al Jazira West Ham have completed the signing of Manuel Lanzini on a four-year contract from Al Jazira. The 23-year-old midfielder had been on loan from the UAE club and has sealed a permanent switch to Upton Park. The deal, which includes an option for a further two years, is understood to be worth around

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• Joint-chairman says Hammers are given fewer spot kicks than other teams • ‘What hurts me is we get no such marginal calls our way’ The West Ham United joint-chairman David Sullivan claims his club have been getting a raw deal with penalty decisions for years. West Ham have been awarded just one spot-kick this term, and have not been given one away from home in the league in the past four seasons. …

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Chelsea interim manager Guus Hiddink looks ahead to his club’s Premier League match against West Ham United on Saturday at Stamford Bridge. Speaking on Friday, Hiddink praises West Ham but declines to comment on whether Antonio Conte will succeed him at the end of the season. He also defended Diego Costa following the player’s suspension West Ham enjoy view looking down on Chelsea – but challenge is to stay there Continue reading…

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• Former Arsenal midfielder Nordtveit out of contract this summer • West Ham manager Slaven Bilic confirms interest in Norwegian West Ham United are hopeful of signing Havard Nordtveit on a free transfer, with Slaven Bilic confirming his interest in the Borussia Mönchengladbach captain. Related: N’Golo Kanté to Mattia Destro: what Europe’s top signings teach us about how to spend Continue reading…

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Defeat to West Ham in the FA Cup, ahead of the Europa League tie against Liverpool and 171st Manchester derby on Sunday, could have spelled the end for the Dutchman, but Old Trafford’s Teflon Don lives on Anthony Martial’s late equaliser saved Manchester United and cast him as the man to throw Louis van Gaal a lifeline at the start of eight days which might have marked the beginning of the end …

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Mark Gevaux, the Rib Man, is a one-legged former butcher with a passion for ribs and West Ham If you want to know what “casual dining” in east London was like before the street-food boom, take a stroll from Upton Park tube station to West Ham’s stadium on match day. Not much has changed. The smoky line of stalls and takeaways offer the same rubbery burgers, wan hotdogs and greasy chips it has …

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Season tickets at Goodison Park come with a guarantee of entertainment and the promise of frustration. Those at the Olympic Stadium may come with the carrot of Champions League football. Everton announced on Friday that they are reducing prices for next season. West Ham United are raising expectations for it. An extraordinary comeback, featuring three goals in 12 minutes, turned defeat into victory and maintained their hopes of a top-four finish. Credibility was stretched as the points were pilfered. …

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West Ham United took advantage of a Blackburn Rovers implosion after Chris Taylor was needlessly sent off to secure passage into the FA Cup quarter-finals. As Paul Lambert, the Rovers manager, said: “I thought for 55 minutes we were very good. The sending-off kills us, it opens the game up. It’s hard enough against 11, let alone 10.” Continue reading…

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• Carroll suffered adductor injury in Premier League draw at Norwich • Injury-plagued striker had only just returned from treatment table Andy Carroll is back on the treatment table and will miss Sunday’s FA Cup fifth-round tie at Blackburn. The 27-year-old had just returned from a month out with a hamstring problem when he suffered an adductor injury after coming on as a substitute during last weekend’s 2-2 draw at…

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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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Newspaper tells readers of ‘lavish’ event with ‘posh’ auction lots attended by an oligarch, porn baron, Sun on Sunday columnist and a News UK executive The Sun carried a spread on Wednesday that heaped scorn on “a Tory fundraising bash” attended by David Cameron. “ Black, white and blue: inside the PM’s secretive fundraiser ”, said the headline over a piece that reported the guest list as including “mega-rich donors worth £26…

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Of all the ways to win a Cup game, this was cruel and joyous in equal measure. This had almost been the last such tie at this old ground, but Angelo Ogbonna rose after 121 long minutes to head West Ham into the fifth round – they will play at Blackburn – and break the young hearts of Liverpool. In a week where the cost of football has been in acute…

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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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