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There is much to like about the earring-sporting guitar player who sacrificed his career for Croatia at France 98 but the jury is still out on his management In January 2012 Slaven Bilic had an operation. Doctors attended to an old injury, one that had made him walk a little funny for years, putting all his weight on one foot as he made every other step. The injury dated back to the most glorious episode of his playing days but it …

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• Former Croatia and Besiktas manager signs three-year deal • Bilic: I’m really glad to be back with West Ham United West Ham United have confirmed Slaven Bilic as their new manager to replace Sam Allardyce on a three-year deal. The former defender spent 18 months as a player at Upton Park and has previous managerial experience with Hajduk Split, Croatia and Besiktas, who he left last month having guided them to

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• Marseille coach is preferred target for Hammers but may stay at Ligue 1 club • Bilic was interviewed by co-owners and Karren Brady last weekend Slaven Bilic is confident he will be confirmed as West Ham United’s manager within the next 48 hours, although the success of his application may hinge on the club’s current first choice, Marcelo Bielsa, signing a contract extension with Marseille. The club’s co-owners, David Gold and David Sullivan, and the vice-chairman, Karren Brady, interviewed Bilic …

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• Club release statement saying search has entered final stages • Former defender Slaven Bilic is the favourite to succeed Sam Allardyce West Ham have revealed that they intend to announce their new manager “within the next 48 hours”. After Sam Allardyce’s departure within minutes of their final match of the season against Newcastle, West Ham’s co-owners David Sullivan and David Gold have led the search to appoint a replacement. Related: Harry Redknapp: I’d like to see Rio Ferdinand as West…

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• Former Hammers manager backs recently retired player for role at West Ham • Redknapp adds: ‘He has a great football brain. He always had good ideas’ Harry Redknapp has backed Rio Ferdinand to become manager of West Ham. Redknapp spent seven years in charge at the Hammers and brought Ferdinand through the youth ranks before giving him his professional debut in 1996. Later in their careers the two linked up again when …

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• Former Swansea manager had been linked with Newcastle and West Ham • Laudrup guided Lekhwiya SC to league and cup double last season The former Swansea manager Michael Laudrup is set to sign a contract extension with Qatari champions Lekhwiya SC, his agent has confirmed. Laudrup, 50, had been linked with the vacant managerial positions at both Newcastle and West Ham after guiding Lekhwiya to a league and cup double in his first season. Michael Laudrup after…

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• Sevilla coach extends contract to 2017 • Spaniard has won Europa League in last two seasons with Sevilla Unai Emery, the double Europa League-winning coach, has distanced himself from a possible move to West Ham by committing his future to Sevilla until 2017. The 43-year-old, who last month secured a second straight Europa League when Sevilla beat Dnipro in Warsaw, was reportedly the No1 candidate to replace Sam Allardyce at Upton…

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• McDonald was West Ham’s assistant manager under Sam Allardyce • New manager says: ‘I’ve got to try to stabilise it first of all’ Blackpool have turned to Neil McDonald to reverse their slide down the leagues. The club, who will play in League One next season, have handed Sam Allardyce’s former No2 a rolling one-year deal as manager. The 49-year-old has also been on the staff at Preston, Bolton Wanderers, Crystal …

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Managers must now decide their transfer targets for next season and move quickly to sign them. Here is our team-by-team assessment: The three most obvious positions where Arsenal require an upgrade are goalkeeper, centre-forward and defensive midfielder. In goal, Wojciech Szczesny and David Ospina have had too many jittery and unreliable moments. Up top, on days when Olivier Giroud has strained to make an impression, the need for an…

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• Thirty-one-year-old striker to leave Upton Park for second time • ‘I’ve grown from being a boy to a man here’ Carlton Cole has announced he has been released by West Ham for the second time in two years. The striker was let go by the club in the summer of 2013 but rejoined on a short-term deal five months later before signing an 18-month contract in January 2014. However, the striker has taken to …

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• West Ham set for early kick-off with first Europa League round on 2 July • Europa League qualifying draw takes place on 22 June • West Ham confirm Sam Allardyce’s contract will not be renewed West Ham’s new manager will have Europa League football to contend with after the club qualified through the fair play league. Just days after the end of the season and Sam Allardyce’s departure, West Ham have secured …

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• Club’s search for successor to Sam Allardyce already under way • Slaven Bilic and Michael Laudrup expected to be in the running • Ancelotti’s surgery to rule him out of running for West Ham job • West Ham are taking a big gamble by getting rid of Big Sam West Ham will demonstrate their ambition by promising significant transfer funds plus a lucrative contract as they seek to lure a successor to Sam Allardyce to…

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We round up our favourite pictures from Sunday’s matches in the English top flight, the final matches of the 2014/15 season Continue reading…

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Magpies’ manager John Carver says fans can look forward to new ‘players coming through the door’ as club assures him that money will be spent. Newcastle narrowly avoided relegation with a 2-0 win over West Ham United on Sunday, finishing 15th in the Premier League, a victory which Carver calls ’emotional’ Continue reading…

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Allardyce’s exit is no surprise as he seemed to clash with West Ham’s core values. But by the time they head to the Olympic Stadium will the club be sorry they parted company with the man who nursed them back to health? • West Ham confirm Allardyce’s contract will not be renewed Four years ago, when David Sullivan and David Gold surveyed the wreckage left by Avram Grant and wondered how on earth they were going to rectify…

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• Italian manager expected to leave Real Madrid this week • Ancelotti says he will take a year sabbatical to address medical issue • Bilic paves way for West Ham return after confirming Beskitas exit West Ham United’s faint hopes of convincing Carlo Ancelotti to be their new manager appear to have been dashed after the Italian, who is expected to be dismissed by Real Madrid this week, revealed he will have surgery this summer on a spinal condition. The…

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Outgoing Hammers’ manager Sam Allardyce comments on his time at the club and his plans now that he has been let go. His departure was confirmed just minutes after the London team went down 2-0 to Newcastle United in the last match of the season on Sunday. West Ham finished 12th in the Premier League Continue reading…

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From Leicester City’s destruction of Louis van Gaal’s Manchester United to freescoring Chelsea’s superb win at Goodison, here are five contenders for match of the season. Now submit your suggestions • Have your say in the other categories too Welcome to theguardian.com review of the 2014-15 Premier League season . Now that the campaign has ended we would like you to help us choose your favourite goal, the best referee and the best manager, and other winners in a …

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Chances are that José Mourinho would agree with us that he deserves a place on this shortlist but Ronald Koeman, Garry Monk, Alan Pardew and, yes, Sam Allardyce have also had tremendous seasons • Have your say in the other categories too Welcome to theguardian.com review of the 2014-15 Premier League season . Now that the campaign has ended we would like you to help us choose your favourite goal, the best referee and the best manager, and…

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• Former Croatia international to leave Turkey at end of season • Has been heavily linked with replacing Sam Allardyce at Upton Park Slaven Bilic has confirmed he will leave Besiktas at the end of the season, a decision which is likely to see the former West Ham defender linked even stronger with a return to the east London club as a replacement for Sam Allardyce. “I won’t be Besiktas’ manager next season. I’m proud of what I’ve done…

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• Hull City manager says a ‘contract means nothing in football’ • Sam Allardyce claims ‘I knew it was coming’ of West Ham departure • Mike Ashley says he is shocked at position Newcastle have been in Steve Bruce left his future as Hull City manager in doubt after the club were relegated and Newcastle United survived on a tumultuous final day on which West Ham United also confirmed Sam Allardyce’s contract would not be renewed …

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When it was all over, as Newcastle looked back over the wreckage of their season and basked in a pleasure that had been a long time coming, one moment stood out. There was bitterness and there was rancour. Yet the mutiny, for once, was not that of Newcastle’s fans. “Fuck off Sam Allardyce,” came the song from the most vertiginous part of the Leazes End where the away fans were …

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• Club posted statement on website within minutes of defeat at Newcastle • Shortlist for Allardyce’s replacement has already been compiled • Newcastle avoid drop as Jonás Gutiérrez finishes off West Ham West Ham have confirmed that Sam Allardyce’s contract will not be renewed next season. The club posted a statement on their website within minutes of the final whistle of their 2-0 defeat to Newcastle on Sunday which thanked Allardyce for his …

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Live Premier League updates from final day of the season Click here for Hull v Manchester United with Tom Lutz Click here for Nick Ames’ Premier League Clockwatch Click here for the league table and click here for live scores Email john.ashdown@theguardian.com | Tweet @John_Ashdown 3.43pm BST 43 min: Burke muscles Cisse off the ball and sends an optimistic shot in the vague direction of goal from about 40 yards. It hits a defender and bobbles apologetically through to Krul. 3.43pm BST…

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• Newcastle manager haunted by memories of 2009 • Papiss Cissé in fitness test for match against West Ham • John Carver reminds Newcastle players about cost of relegation John Carver will never forget the look on Alan Shearer’s face immediately after Newcastle United were relegated at Aston Villa six years ago and is fervently hoping he does not experience similar torture on Sunday. “I’d come back from Canada and I was watching on television in a pub,” said the Tynesider, who…

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It is a little over seven years since Newcastle sacked Sam Allardyce. Now, on what seems virtually certain to be his final game in charge of the visitors, he can possibly help push his old club into the Championship. If John Carver has been heartened to learn that West Ham’s players were all given most of this week off, his team’s recent record of does not inspire confidence. After collecting a solitary point from their past 10 games…

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