Aston Villa vs West Ham: £14m man pushing for debut, Moyes may shuffle pack

Aston Villa vs West Ham: £14m man pushing for debut, Moyes may shuffle pack – originally posted on Sportslens.com Aston Villa and West Ham United go head-to-head on Wednesday aiming to boost their respective chances of a top four finish in the Premier League. Villa head into the game ninth in the table, three points […]

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January 2021 Premier League transfer window: the losers

Jose Mourinho doesn’t want the toy but won’t let anyone else play with it either. Dele Alli is one of the biggest transfer window losers. Head here for the winners.   Dele Alli There is a laboured analogy in there somewhere about the prodigal son wanting to return to the care of the only guardian […]

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One per club: Players stuck after January transfer window shut

Not everybody got out in the transfer window…   Arsenal – Reiss Nelson Joe Willock and Ainsley Maitland-Niles both got away from the Emirates to play some football for half a season, but Nelson was left behind on deadline day. The winger was available for a loan but, like Calum Chambers, no suitable offers were […]

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Moyes names ‘best player in Premier League right now’

David Moyes claims Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish is the “best player in the Premier League right now”. Moyes’ West Ham take on Grealish and Villa on Wednesday – two sides hoping to push for a place in Europe. West Ham currently sit fifth in the table but will be leapfrogged by ninth-placed Villa should […]

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Moyes ‘keeping his money’ to ‘rebuild’ Hammers this summer

David Moyes has revealed that he had “money to spend” to sign a new striker this window, but he decided to save it for the summer. West Ham allowed £45m signing Sebastien Haller to join Ajax in January in a deal worth around £20m. Moyes had hoped to sign a new forward this window to […]

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Relive all the thrills and spills of January deadline day 2021

For all the completed Premier League deals, head here. 00:08: Right, that’s us done. Will Minamino to Southampton go through? In a word: probably yes. Will we wait up for that to happen? No. Is it a genuinely good and potentially exciting move on a day of meh? Very much so, to the extent that […]

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January 2021 Premier League transfer window: the winners

It was a January transfer window. That much is certain. But beyond that what can we ascertain from a quiet month? This lot should be cheery.   Jesse Lingard Both men would likely have pondered their career choices and lamented where it presumably all went wrong if Jesse Lingard and David Moyes were told in […]

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Merson: West Ham have signed a ‘diamond’ in Lingard

Paul Merson has claimed that West Ham’s Premier League rivals will be left “scratching their head” after turning down a move for Jesse Lingard. Lingard came through the ranks with Man United and he made his senior debut for them in 2014/15. He has been a regular first-teamer from the 2015/16 season onwards for the […]

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On This Day – 10th December

Newcastle United’s 1960/61 team Newcastle United and West Ham United played out a 5-5 draw at St James’s Park on this day in 1960.A rather meagre 20,106 crowd turned up for the game but were treated to a ten goal classic, with nine different players getting their name on the scoresheet! Newcastle’s Len White scored […]

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Iconic Moments in Football No.66

This week’s ‘Iconic Moment’ comes from the 1980 FA Cup Final between West Ham United and Arsenal.Arsenal were red-hot favourites going into the Final as West Ham were a Second Division side at the time. All the pressure was off the East London club and they managed to pull off a historic FA Cup shock. […]

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