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West Ham win more matches, score more goals and are a stronger defensive unit when Andy Carroll is in the team By Martin Laurence for WhoScored? , part of the Guardian Sport Network When Slaven Bilic confirmed that Dimitri Payet had expressed his desire to leave West Ham , the club’s fans were understandably devastated. Despite a drop off in form and an increasingly questionable attitude, the France international was still their most creative threat…

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• ‘No one player is going to destroy anything’ says rejuvenated striker • Slaven Bilic says happy private life is key to Carroll’s resurgence Andy Carroll has revealed that West Ham United’s players have resolved not to allow the striking Dimitri Payet to “destroy” their season and believes the squad’s anger with the France midfielder is bonding them to match-winning effect. With Payet once again absent after downing tools in an attempt to provoke a transfer to Marseille…

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Andy Carroll not only scored twice but made a compelling case for an England recall as West Ham United’s mid-winter revival continued with a fifth win in seven league games. Much more of this from Slaven Bilic’s side and the striking Dimitri Payet will seem both increasingly dispensable and an even bigger idiot than he already appeared. Related: Bournemouth keep on digging to deny Watford thanks to Benik Afobe Related: Seamus Coleman strikes for Everton to keep Crystal Palace in drop zone…

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• Portugal defender will have medical at West Ham on Friday • Fonte has not played for Southampton since 2 January Jose Fonte, the Southampton captain, is to undergo a medical on Friday afternoon ahead of a proposed move to West Ham United, for a fee in the region of £8m. West Ham made it clear to the player, and his agent, Jorge Mendes, that they were keen to bring the Euro 2016 winner to the London…

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• Slaven Bilic may have to beat off competition from Everton • Fonte’s last appearance for Saints came in a defeat at Goodison Park West Ham are in advanced talks to sign Southampton’s José Fonte, although Slaven Bilic may have to beat off competition from Everton, among other clubs, to land the 33-year-old defender. Ronald Koeman, who coached Fonte at Southampton, is also an admirer of the player. Fonte, who could…

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• West Ham winger offered five-and-a-half year contract • Antonio has scored eight Premier League goals this season Michail Antonio is set to sign a five-and-a-half year contract at West Ham worth £70,000 a week as a reward for the impressive performances that have earned a call-up to the England squad. Related: Dimitri Payet and co cross a line with their striking self-indulgence |

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• Marseille have bid £20m for Dimitri Payet but West Ham want £30m • West Ham can resist selling Frenchman in summer if he stays until then West Ham United have warned Dimitri Payet that they will not be pushed into selling him in the summer if he does not leave during the current transfer window, with the club doubtful whether Marseille will come up with an acceptable offer…

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In the seven years since David Sullivan and David Gold took charge, West Ham United have signed 32 strikers who have managed 125 goals in 641 games Haggling with Brentford over the asking price for Scott Hogan , testing Sunderland’s sense of humour with a £4m offer for Jermain Defoe, steeling themselves for bids for the mutinous Dimitri Payet, waving goodbye to Simone Zaza and preparing to point Jonathan Calleri to the exit, how West Ham United savoured …

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• Co-chairman David Sullivan adamant club will not be bullied into sale • West Ham yet to return with fourth bid for Brentford’s Scott Hogan West Ham United have rejected a second bid from Marseille of around £20m for Dimitri Payet with the co-chairman David Sullivan adamant the wantaway France international should apologise to supporters before he is allowed to leave the club. Sullivan met the Marseille president, Jacques…

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• Forward’s agent refuses to discuss Monday meeting with French club • West Ham expected to sell Payet if they receive offer of £30m Dimitri Payet’s agent has refused to comment on reports that Marseille will meet West Ham officials this week to discuss his transfer, with the France international’s future in the Premier League looking increasingly doubtful. Related: Dimitri Payet and co cross a line with their striking self-indulgence

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Also featuring: Gianni Infantino; Donald Trump’s face; and six luxury watches Related: Fifa’s Infantino claims 48-team World Cup will boost football worldwide Continue reading…

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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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Updates from Satuday’s games across the Premier League and beyond Live scores | All of the latest tables Email your thoughts to Niall or tweet @niallmcveigh 2.37pm GMT Charlton v Millwall , usually a lively South London derby, is likely to be overshadowed by off-field matters. Elsewhere, League One’s top four all face sides from the bottom half today. Leaders Sheffield United visit Walsall, Scunthorpe go to managerless Northampton, Bolton…

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• Co-chairman insists Payet will not leave West Ham this month • ‘We will not sell Dimitri in the January transfer window’ says Sullivan The West Ham United co-chairman David Sullivan has vowed not to let wantaway forward Dimitri Payet leave this month. The France international this week told manager Slaven Bilic that he wishes to leave the club and has refused to play against Crystal Palace on Saturday afternoon. The 29-year-old, who signed a bumper £125,000-…

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Today’s fluff sat on the roof and kicked up the moss Dimitri Payet is either unavailable or up for sale, depending on which paper you read. Slaven Bilic insists, “We’re not going to sell him, not whatsoever,” but the Mirror says “it could take £30m to persuade the Hammers to sell” their wantaway forward, while the Times seems pretty sure they would let him go for a figure between £35m and £40m, well over …

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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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West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic says the club will not be selling Dimitri Payet, despite speaking publicly about the player’s desire to leave. Speaking at a news conference in London on Thursday, Bilic reveals that Payet has ‘refused to play’ for West Ham as he wants to leave in the transfer window and goes on to suggest that the forward may have been ‘tapped up by some clubs’ Dimitri Payet wants to…

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• Payet has refused to train and will not play against Crystal Palace • Bilic: ‘Payet does not want to play for us. He wants to leave’ Slaven Bilic, the West Ham manager, says he feels “angry” and “let down” by Dimitri Payet after revealing his star player has expressed his desire to leave the Premier League club. At his pre-match press conference on Thursday, Bilic also said Payet is not training with the club and …

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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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• Premier League side may have to match £15m valuation • Hammers manager Slaven Bilic could lose Simone Zaza Brentford are determined not to sell Scott Hogan for less than their £15m valuation after rejecting West Ham’s latest offer worth up to £12.5m for the striker. Slaven Bilic is desperate to add to his attacking options with Italy forward Simone Zaza likely to leave the club this month…

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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola reflects on their 5-0 FA Cup third-round victory over West Ham United at London Stadium on Friday. Slaven Bilić says it was a ‘very bad night’ for West Ham, due to Yaya Touré’s penalty, Havard Nordtveit’s own goal and strikes from David Silva, Sergio Agüero and John Stones London Stadium helped Manchester City beat West Ham, says Pep Guardiola Continue reading…

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• City manager claims his team felt they had more time at ‘bigger’ venue • ‘It was a bad night for us’ says Slaven Bilic after FA Cup third round loss Pep Guardiola said that Manchester City had enjoyed the feeling of time and space in possession thanks to the showpiece venue that is the London Stadium, as they strolled to a 5-0 FA Cup third-round victory over West Ham United. David Silva pulled the strings…

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Individual errors at vital moments left West Ham on the wrong end of a 5-0 scoreline against Manchester City and Slaven Bilic looking for a hole to climb into Nowhere in English football does the manager appear more isolated than at the London Stadium. This match had a television audience of millions, a stadium attendance of tens of thousands, a matchday staff in the hundreds, a few dozen players, coaches and physios and beyond them all, standing …

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It was cold, wet and horrible – the kind of night to make a continental manager pine for those winter breaks. There have been plenty of pictures doing the rounds in recent days of European players reclining on beach loungers in expensive-looking locations. Pep Guardiola’s pleasure was a first taste of the football’s oldest competition. It all turned out rather nicely. The spotlight had burned intensely on the Manchester City manager, a result of a few sketchy results in …

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City produce an excellent away performance to thrash West Ham and book their spot in the fourth round of the FA Cup 9.47pm GMT That was an excellent performance from Manchester City, and a dreadful home one from West Ham . City played with verve and skill for 90 minutes, and fully deserved their margin of victory, but West Ham were dismal. They gave City time and space, and just failed to muster anything in attack. Maybe it would have been different …

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