West Ham manager Sam Allardyce believes a move to the Olympic Stadium could see the club grow to become as big as Manchester United or Arsenal reports the BBC.
The Hammers have made no secret of their desire to take over the 80,000 seater stadium, and will look to step up their efforts when the Paralympic Games end next month.
And Allardyce believes a successful move would see West Ham rival Manchester United and Arsenal for size and atmosphere.
“We could be that size in a brand new stadium, with that atmosphere,” he claimed.
West Ham are currently one of four bidders for the stadium, and have already had a deal scrapped due to legal issues.
Allardyce added: “It would be awesome to walk a team out on that pitch and say ‘this is West Ham’s new home and the creation of what could possibly be a new modern history hopefully’.”
Upton Park has been West Ham’s home for the past 108 years, and has a 35,000 capacity.
Meanwhile, Allardyce has explained how a deal for Wolves winger Matt Jarvis has stalled while he prepares his team for their Premier League opener against Aston Villa.
“For me, it is on the backburner because Saturday is the most important thing,” said Allardyce.
“Then if it is to be done after Saturday we’ll see where we are.”
One player who almost certainly will not be joining West Ham, is Liverpool forward Andy Carroll.
West Ham have made no secret of their admiration for the big striker, and made an ambitious loan move earlier in the month.
But Allardyce explained:
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“We never agreed with Liverpool any deal to be able to speak to Andy Carroll to see if he would join us.
“Whatever deal we put forward to Liverpool was not agreed by Liverpool.
“He would have been a massive signing for us and, like everything else, when you see an opportunity you try to go for it.”
The season has begun with some of Liverpool’s brightest players from last season finding themselves second in line to the new faces at the club. Is Kenny Dalglish making a mistake persisting with youth over experience?
We are only five games into the new season, but there are murmurings of discontent on Merseyside at the patience being shown to a number of new faces at the club. The likes of Jordan Henderson and Andy Carroll are starting week in week out, at the expense of players who are vastly more experienced and have shown a lot more in a Liverpool shirt over the years.
Liverpool seem to have lacked the spark shown at the end of last season, and it is no coincidence that players who did well during Dalglish’s first few months in charge, like Maxi Rodriguez and Dirk Kuyt, have not been in the starting line up during the club’s indifferent start to the season.
A lot of money was spent over the summer on new players, but surely a new face should have to earn his place in the side and not just be thrust straight into it, ahead of established first team players. Regardless of how hefty the price tags they arrived with, the likes of Carroll and Henderson have no automatic right to start every game. They were bought with the future in mind, and so they should feature more as squad players at the present time and be gradually integrated and phased into the starting eleven.
Dirk Kuyt is just one of the experienced players who has had to content himself with a role on the bench so far this season. He linked up well with Craig Bellamy, Maxi and Luis Suarez in Liverpool’s Carling Cup win over Brighton. Together they showed a fluidity that has been lacking from Liverpool’s displays so far this season, which makes it difficult to understand why they aren’t featuring in the Liverpool side every week.
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Kuyt offers Liverpool a different option, and should be in the starting line up whether as a right winger or a striker. He isn’t the most natural right winger, but he certainly offers more in that role at this time than Henderson, who has looked completely out of his depth and has not really done anything of note. Kuyt gives 110% every time, chases everything down, and can fit into the Liverpool pass and move system. He also seems to be on the same wavelength as Suarez, something which Carroll hasn’t quite yet mastered. Liverpool look more inventive, aggressive and fluid with Kuyt alongside Suarez.
As well as options going forward, Kuyt also offers good cover at the back, and certainly would have offered more help to Martin Skrtel in the Tottenham game than the Slovakian received from Henderson. It was astonishing that he didn’t start, or at least come on to shore things up after Charlie Adam was sent off. His vast experience would have paid off in that situation, and he would have run himself into the ground for the sake of the team.
Kuyt offers a different option, as well as his attacking abilities, he is always willing to drop back and help out, and his maximum effort rubs off on the others around him, with the team playing at a higher tempo. He isn’t the most technically gifted player of all time, but at this time he is the best option Liverpool have, either wide on the right, or supporting Suarez up front. Even if he isn’t at his best, he still puts a shift in, and that commitment and passion is what epitomizes the club best and what they need at the present time.
It seems that too much respect is being shown to spent money, and there is a stubbornness shown by Dalglish in sticking with the players he has purchased. The players playing clearly aren’t ready for the Liverpool first team, and experienced players must be played ahead of them, especially in the biggest and most important games. At the age of 31, Kuyt certainly isn’t past it, and he should be starting, with the younger players, like Henderson, coming on to replace him in the second half, gradually phasing them in, rather than throwing them straight into the deep end.
There comes a point where you can’t continue to keep sticking with something that isn’t working. New players have had a valid chance to prove their worth and they have yet to show that. Now is the time to bring in the old experienced heads, to sure up the Liverpool side and teach the young players a thing or two.
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Tottenham welcome Bolton to White Hart Lane on Saturday hoping to further their push for a top-four spot in the English Premier League.
Spurs’ Champions League rivals Chelsea were bolstered by the signing of star striker Fernando Torres on Monday, while Tottenham’s own rumoured big-money move for a striker – said to be Villarreal poacher Guiseppe Rossi – came to nothing.
With the Blues three points above Spurs in fifth, Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp concedes tracking down their London rivals had become even more difficult.
Redknapp believes Chelsea could now be so strong with Torres they could defend their crown, despite lying 10 points behind league-leaders Manchester United.
“For us to finish above them would be a real feat. They have spent about 70 million pounds in the transfer market. We have just got to keep going and it would be a fantastic achievement,” he said.
“I would not write Chelsea off from winning the championship. Although Manchester United look as though they keep getting results, they are not playing as well as they have done in the past.”
“They are red-hot favourites but Chelsea have won the championship and have Torres to come in.”
“They could go on a run and be a big danger to everyone.”
The strength of Spurs’ squad was highlighted on Wednesday, however, when they beat Blackburn 1-0 at Ewood Park minus key players Luka Modric, Gareth Bale, Younes Kaboul, Steven Pienaar and Tom Huddlestone.
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Bolton were fortunate 1-0 winners over Wolverhampton on Wednesday, courtesy of a late Daniel Sturridge strike on debut for Owen Coyle’s men.
The Chelsea striker vindicated his switch to the Reebok on loan with the match-winning goal, and will be keen to back up his performance against his parent club’s bitter rivals.
The last time the two sides met, Bolton defied a late Spurs rally to win 4-2 at the Reebok in November.
To suggest that the manner in which Mark Hughes executed his survival plan for Queens Park Rangers was both calculated and expected is laughable. Losses to Wolves, Fulham, Blackburn and Bolton left the west London club with what appeared an impossible task.
Having lost to all three teams who would eventually be relegated, Hughes’ men would need some unlikely victories against some of the league’s top clubs. Despite numerous suspensions, injuries and problems with ill-discipline, QPR recorded wins against Liverpool, Spurs and Arsenal in a tempestuous final run of form that saw them almost beat Manchester City away on the final day of the season.
Some argued that the maintenance of their Premier League status was slightly fortuitous yet ultimately they got the job done, not without the help of a few summer signings though.
As well as getting himself sent off twice in five games Djibril Cisse scored some important goals for his new club. Both Mark Hughes and Tony Fernandes will be hoping that this summer’s signings can go some way to reinstating QPR as a regular fixture in England’s top flight.
Upon joining the club, Hughes signed Nedum Onouha, Bobby Zamora and Djibril Cisse. This summer he has already added Robert Green, Andy Johnson, Ryan Nelsen, Samba Diakite and Park Ji-Sung to that list.
Combined with the players bought last summer, The R’s line up will be almost unrecognisable from the one that won promotion in 2011. It might only be the club’s second season since rejoining the Premier League but 14 of their signings since that time have considerably more experience at the top level than that. Some even have international and Champions League experience under their belt.
Man Utd’ Park Ji Sung was a coup not just because he still has valuable playing time left in him but because he must have been suitably impressed with the club’s ambition in order to sign for them and no other team – he will undoubtedly have had offers from Asia.
Mark Hughes’ team weren’t quite as bad as the final table suggested last season. They didn’t help themselves though. Discipline was a real problem. Barton was definitely at fault but he wasn’t alone. Cisse was sent off twice in five games and Samba Diakite was also sent off.
Without these complications QPR could have been safer a lot earlier than they were. They wouldn’t have had to go in to the last day of the season relying on beating City or hoping their rivals lose. Hughes will hope that the turbulent final few months of the season will serve as a lesson to his players, at least to some of them.
Despite all their signings, there are two original players that it will be crucial for Hughes to really motivate. The first is Alejandro Faurlin. It was no coincidence that The R’s initial downturn in form coincided with Faurlin’s injury. He had been playing in a slightly deeper position to his role in the Championship but he was hugely effective performing in a similar role to Lucas for Liverpool or Arteta for Arsenal. He was able to break up play and move the ball on in a way that Derry, Barton and others struggled to do as effectively all season.
Secondly, Hughes need to motivate Adel Taarabt. He might not be the player he thinks he is, but he is still a quality footballer. If they can find a way to get him to train hard, improve his work ethic and perhaps pass a little more than they have a player capable of earning them survival on their own.
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QPR have the ingredients for success. Their team boasts experience from every level of football including players to have played in the final of both the Champions league and the Europa League.
Amit Bhatia and Mark Hughes have signalled their intent for the club. Since their promotion just over a year ago the club have purchased 19 players totalling almost £28m. Now that ambition needs to be matched with on-field performances.
At 3pm on Sunday Manchester City fans must have thought their superb five-star display away at Tottenham would have guaranteed the headlines for the Monday morning newspapers but by 6pm Manchester United had blown away Arsenal and as a result had once again up-staged their City rivals by dislodging them from the top of the Premier League.
This isn’t the first time that City have been upstaged by their local rivals and the day City ended their 35-year wait for a trophy at Wembley in May was the same day that United clinched their record 19th title. While in 1968 even when City pipped their neighbours to league title they still managed to upstage them two weeks later when Man United became the first English team to win the European Cup.
Throughout history they have been struggling to get out of United’s shadow and I think this trend is likely to continue into this season despite all the money City’s owners have thrown at it.
The United performance was an emphatic message from Ferguson and United to their neighbours that going to hand over their crown to the oil rich City club. Scoring eight goals against a side that has finished in the top four for the last 14 seasons is hugely impressive despite Arsenal’s problems and they definitely stole City’s thunder once again.
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City look an quality side this season and many people were taken aback by their mauling of Tottenham who will be aiming to challenge for a top four spot at the end of the season. Sheikh Mansour’s investment looks to be reaping the rewards at the start of the new season which has been enhanced by the purchase of world class players in Sergio Aguero and Samir Nasri during the recent transfer window.
It promises to be a fantastic title race between the two Manchester clubs if they can sustain their bright starts to the season and I for one cannot wait until the first Manchester derby of the season on 23 October which will certainly be worth waiting for.
During the huge success and stockpiling of trophies at Old Trafford their neighbours have had to suffer the humiliation of being relegated to the third tier of English football and had won nothing for 35 years until last season’s FA Cup.
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The club has come a long way since they were fighting relegation from the Premier League every year and not always successfully. After qualifying for the Champions League group stages they are now genuine contenders for the Premier League. There is a chance that the tide is finally turning to the blue side of Manchester but there is no doubt that United will not let their reign go without a fight.
Now City are so close to completing their ascent to the highest echelons of the English game but I think until they join the elite club of teams who have won the Premier League they will forever be living in the shadow of the men from Old Trafford.
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It was recently confirmed that Blackpool’s Charlie Adam handed in a transfer request to leave the Seasiders and join England’s most decorated club – Liverpool.
Without a doubt, legendary manager Ian Holloway had the first words to say on the matter, claiming that £4 million was not enough for the player – but you know what? He’s exactly right.
It is possible that Charlie Adam is not worth the outrageous, even funny, Holloway estimation of forty odd million, but he does represent a player that one of England’s top clubs need, and should not be allowed to leave for such a small amount.
Damien Comolli reportedly approached the Blackpool board on numerous occasions, offering sums of money which he thought the club would accept generally because Blackpool are Blackpool and Liverpool are Liverpool – who remain European giants, no matter how bad the season.
There was no element of surprise to Adam’s transfer request, as he is allowed the opportunity to play with the country’s finest players shall such occasion arise. However there is a difference between a player who wants to leave, and a player who can leave. Remember that Adam has still got a lengthy time on his contract yet to fulfil, and Blackpool are not exactly keen on letting their player of the season leave without a hefty wad of those $100 American bills John Henry is so kindly willing to provide.
“He ain’t going for that price, he’s got too long left on his contract and he’s much too important to us. Liverpool needed to start talks at around four times that amount; now it’s time for them to put up or shut up,” said Holloway.
The Reds have been in all kinds of mess over recent months, with previous manger Roy Hodgson sacked because he failed to turn the club around in a mere six months, and recruiting a squad full of players who were inevitably not good enough for a quality of Liverpool’s calibre.
New owners, new managers and a new assistant coach stemming from Mourinho’s era at Chelsea, it is obvious that the red part of Merseyside is undergoing massive transformation, and ‘specialised’ directors of football such as Damien Comolli believe that Liverpool need someone of Charlie Adam’s strength to complete the squad.
Holloway made a solid point about Liverpool not successfully replacing Xabi Alonso upon his departure, yet whether his claims that Adam was their man remains a tad ambiguous. It is true that he is a great passer of the ball, but he could arrive at Anfield and realise that he is way out of his depth, then again he could be exactly what the club need – someone who is in form and can provide Torres with sufficient ammunition to get him back to old ways.
Dirk Kuyt revealed on Sunday that Liverpool needed a new striker, and that it was the only way to get them climbing back up the ladder in the Premier League. Summer signings such as Raul Meireles have begun to perk up, but transfer hopefuls like Joe Cole have simply not stepped up to the mark. Their interest to snatch Luis Suarez from Ajax could be key to realising Europa League football again next season.
Adam could fit in nicely at Liverpool, and Holloway is right not to let him go for so little, but he is not worth double-digits and the fact that a club as big as Liverpool actually want a player who is in his mid-twenties who plays for Blackpool, should be sufficient ammunition for Adam to step it up a gear and really tell Blackpool that he wishes to leave.
If Liverpool do not get Adam in the winter transfer window and Blackpool go on and slip into the relegation zone, it is highly doubtful that Comolli will attempt to sign him again, mainly because Liverpool don’t sign players from Blackpool unless they are the next 17-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Adam is not worth millions upon millions of pounds, but he must bear in mind that this is possibly the chance of his career to move to one of the Premier League’s elite, and should probably begin to push for the transfer a bit more, as Comolli is keen on him joining Liverpool.
The ex-Rangers midfielder has caused a fair amount of upset so far this season, ruining relations between Holloway and Aston Villa manger Gerard Houllier, after another Holloway classic of providing his stern opinion to the media.
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It’s been a fantastic season for Heung-min Son, especially at Wembley where the South Korean international has netted 14 times and assisted four goals across all competitions – including nine strikes in the Premier League.
But with the end of the campaign now in sight, perhaps the versatile attacker – who Transfermarkt value at £31.5million – is starting to run out of steam. Son’s failed to find the net during his last two appearances and when coupled with his three international outings for South Korea, his goalless streak now stands at five games – his last goal coming in the 4-1 win over Bournemouth.
In contrast, Erik Lamela has really come into his own since returning from injury, adding real aggression and tricky ingenuity to this Tottenham side. The 23-cap Argentine has steadily improved with practically every performance and had a big influence in the 3-1 over Chelsea.
So, Spurs fans, with the Lilywhites facing a huge test at Wembley this weekend in the form of champions in waiting Manchester City, which attacking midfielder would you prefer to see in the starting XI? Let us know by voting below…
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As this year’s Championship promotion race heats up, unusually there is no standout team running away with the division. Even at this late point in the season, there are still a number of teams who could lift the trophy come May.
So does the fact that no teams have dominated the division mean that any teams who do gain promotion, will subsequently be relegated straight away?
A common suggestion heard around football grounds is ‘We are not ready to get promoted, we will just come straight back down.’ Particularly at my club Wolves, the idea of promotion is met with scepticism and optimism in the same amounts. If they are not good enough to win the league, they will of course be embarrassed in the Premier League. Or will they?
A look at last year’s Championship, would be the argument against any such assumption. Leicester City were by far and away the best team in the division, beating everyone in their wake to win the league with a superb 102 points. Far too good for the second tier, so it could be presumed they would be by far the best of the promoted sides.
Wrong.
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With only 19 points, they prop up this year’s Premier League and seem almost certain for the drop. Their dominance in the division below has clearly not transferred into the top flight. Burnley and QPR both finished well behind the Foxes last term but both boast, albeit slightly, better chances of survival.
If we look at the campaign before last, a similar pattern emerges. Cardiff City had won the Championship at a canter, a far superior team to the other two promoted sides, Hull City and Crystal Palace. While Hull and Palace survived their first Premier League season comfortably, Cardiff City were relegated. In bottom place.
One season previous, Reading’s Championship title meant little in their following season. It was only a distant memory when they were relegated after only one term in the top flight.
So although winning the title and dominating the division should logically give a side a better chance of adapting to the top flight, it is certainly not always the case.
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The chasing pack in the Championship should take note. Promotion can never come too soon. Palace are the perfect example, a team who were promoted on the back of a campaign built on momentum. Now of course, there subsequent managerial appointments have meant they can now look to establish themselves as a fixture in the top division.
Those opportunities would have almost certainly not materialised, had they not grasped the chance of promotion glory when it came around.
The level of praise aimed at Arsenal following their two most recent wins in the league and Champions League indicates that maybe there is hope to be had from a formation that was adopted to suit Cesc Fabregas. But while this is a team whose mental fragility regularly comes to the fore, you have to ask how much good any group of players can do – no matter their quality – in a system that isn’t set up for them.
It doesn’t help when the players aren’t properly prepared to carry out the orders of a specific formation. Wanting to replicate Barcelona is ok – because who wouldn’t encourage that style of play? But doing it lazily and with only half the conviction amounts to results that we regularly see at the Emirates. Yes, there is a great deal of importance laid at the quality of players in the team, but it’s very much the willingness to work that transforms a good team on paper to a very good team on the pitch.
There’s been a lot said about the lack of a real defensive midfielder, a powerhouse of a player who knows how to break up opposition play and who has the discipline to protect the back line. That much is true, in that without the pressure high up the pitch from the forwards, a stronger body is essential to sit in front of the defence.
The frustration is that this Arsenal team is capable of producing performances which complement the formation and helps to produce results. Wins against Chelsea, Milan, Tottenham, and Barcelona has given plenty of evidence that working for 90 minutes is in this team, where Arsenal have outscored those four teams over four games by a combined total of 13-4. It’s not that the defence were always particularly outstanding, but it’s that the opposition hardly had a consistent run at the Arsenal back line due to the pressure put on by Wenger’s side high up the pitch. That is, of course, with the exception of the win over Barcelona at the Emirates.
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Yet even the 2-1 win over Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona showed that the collective is capable of brilliance. It once again comes down to tactical preparation and a desire to win, rather than surrendering the fight long before it’s over. Arsenal were never going to see more of the ball in that game, yet victory was achieved because the players understood and carried out what was needed for that formation to be a success.
The most recent set of Arsenal wins are unlikely to have been won with players like Arshavin in the line-up. As talented as the Russian is, he has regularly shown a lack of willingness to play the defensive side of the game. Players like Aaron Ramsey, on the other hand, never seem to shy away, even when poor displays frustrate and anger supporters.
We’ve seen recently that the 4-3-3 formation, or any variation of it, can be a success when used with a deep defensive line. What we can take from those wins is that real tactical preparation is a must. Sending out clear instructions to each set of players is essential. Barcelona had problems with underperforming players, but the root cause of their recent troubles is that Jordi Roura is nothing of a coach compared to either Guardiola or Tito Vilanova.
This current formation for Arsenal clearly isn’t best for what Wenger has in his squad. By now, it’s clear this group of players do not have it in them to churn out high-pressure performances each week. There isn’t too much wrong with the formation and how it affects the defence. It’s about defending high up the pitch as a unit, and the problem is that these players are not good enough mentally to perform in a manner that Barcelona or Dortmund do.
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Yes, the focus has been shifted now to the defensive aspect of the formation, where even the result against Sunderland showed that this team are capable of digging deep. But it’s losses against Tottenham, Bayern, and allowing a late goal against Swansea when Kieran Gibbs’ effort was enough to seal the win that highlights the inconsistency.
The formation can work, but it needs one of two things to be far more successful than Arsenal currently are: either a natural defensive midfielder, or the pressing game that has become a constant at both Barcelona and Dortmund – but preferably both. When the manager doesn’t demand the work ethic that’s required from all over the pitch, the defence ultimately suffers.
Manchester United defender Victor Lindelof has hailed Alexis Sanchez for the Chilean’s performance against Swansea City in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon.
Sanchez has largely struggled to make his mark for the Red Devils since switching from Arsenal during the January transfer window.
The attacker netted on his home debut for the club against Huddersfield Town, but found it difficult to make an impression as the Red Devils bowed out of the Champions League.
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Sanchez enjoyed arguably his best game in a United shirt at the weekend, however, as he set up Romelu Lukaku for the game’s opener before netting the second in the 2-0 success.
Lindelof, who now seems to be winning over the United fans, has revealed that he was ‘very happy’ for Sanchez due to the struggles that the 29-year-old has endured during his short time at the Theatre of Dreams.
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Lindelof told MUTV:
“I think Alexis also had a very good game and he showed his movement and quality with the ball is great so I am very happy for him as well.”
Next up for United is a trip to Manchester City in the Premier League this weekend, and defeat for Jose Mourinho’s side at the Etihad Stadium would hand their bitter rivals the title.