tuesday's news 2nd june includes west ham

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Nice handbag. My missus would love that.

It doesn't have a handle so it's called a clutch bag. Get it right, mate.

Cheers, CH.

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Cheers CH nice BOTD at last it's not forbidden.

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Carroll training?
What is the latest on his injury, will he be fit for the start of the season?

[EastLondonHammer]

Thanks CH.

[Hambrosia Stu]

Good stuff, as always CH. Thanks again

I have to take issue with the article about Henderson
It's just drivel. Goes to show that any moron can get their views published...

Apart from constantly contradicting himself, and writing in a style you'd be disappointed to find a 15 year old using, it's just b*llocks.
Talk about waffle....

All Over Before It Even Began?


There have been very obvious strange signings by all managers, at all clubs. However, none seem stranger than Stephen Henderson’s.

This signing has dumbfounded me for some time...

I can understand the logic behind the signing, and the reasoning for the signing.

Well can you? Can't you? Do you? Don't you?

All that guff to essentially make the point that he couldn't see why we brought Henderson to the club....

It is becoming apparent that Allardyce has either lost ‘interest’ with Henderson, or he never favoured him in the first place

Not it isn't...

Seems blindingly obvious to me. There's no hidden agenda, Sam hasn't lost interest, and it's unlikely he'd have brought a player to the club he never favoured in the first place....

How about, Sam signed a young player with potential and promise, who had in no way proved himself. As is often the case with young "prospects", you hope the player will improve and step up, but it's no great surprise if they don't. After watching him for a year Sam has come to the conclusion that he's not going to step up to the point where he is anywhere near good enough for West Ham.....

No different to say, Maynard or Baldock. It's not about Sam Allardyce and his transfer policy on goalkeepers . It's just simply the case that you win some, and you lose some, and on this occasion the player hasn't been good enough

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Who wrote that article?

Henderson's agent or Henderson's mum!

Manager signs promising keeper who on reflection turns out to be not so promising. Manager loses good experienced goalkeeper and replaces with good experienced goalkeeper.

Looks for promising young keeper (Speigel) to bolster strength in goalkeeping squad. Then signs very promising keeper with view to replacement of ageing experienced keeper.

Frustrating policy on goalkeeping? Sounds like a well thought out process to me.

On the few occasions I have seen Henderson play, he has not excelled in any performance. Looked decidely nervous which I always take as a very bad sign in a keeper.

[Gabriel]

Henderson was purchased for around £500 k if I remember correctly. he was bought from a Portsmouth side in the Championship at the same time as West Ham, a Portsmouth side in grave danger going out of business and didn't have enough money to finish the season.

Reports at the time suggested West Ham would lose 6 points if Portsmouth were to drop out of the league. Therefore West Ham gambled £500 k helping Portsmouth to financially fininsh the league and helping West Ham gain promotion and at the same time geting a promising young goalkeeper.

Ok, it may not work out for Henderson but still £500 k well spent in my opinion.

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Cheers CH nice BOTD at last it's not forbidden.

itis a case of finding sites that let me put them up i am down to my last three

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Jack Wilshere has urged Arsenal to sign Wayne Rooney - claiming he would win them the title and put 'fear' into their rivals....Ray Wilkins last night accused Roman Abramovich of damaging the England team during his decade as Chelsea owner.


DAILY STAR

Manchester United are set to make an improved £16m bid for Leighton Baines in the hope of luring him to Old Trafford.



DAILY MIRROR

Bayern Munich are to launch a £35million bid for Chelsea defender David Luiz.

New Manchester United boss David Moyes has turned down an approach from Arsenal for Wayne Rooney - but is now bracing himself for a bid from Chelsea.

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Stephan El Shaarawy: heading to the Premier League?
There are worrying signs this morning that no one is paying the blindest bit of attention any more to Professor Tony Adams. The respected scholar recently warned against trying to lure Wayne Rooney to the big city for fear that all the cars, buildings and computation machines, or "computers" as they're being called, could overwhelm the Mowgli-like 27-year-old, who has spent all of his life up to now roaming free in the unspoilt savannahs of remotest Liverpool and Manchester. Despite these forebodings, clubs from across Europe are plotting to wrench Crocodile Rooney from his primitive existence in the English outback and plunge him straight into a concrete jungle, where he will have to fend for himself with nothing but a sharpened stick and a salary of over £250,000 per week.

London seems the most likely destination, with both Arsenal and Chelsea said to be eager to civilise the naive savage. Indeed, Jack Wilshere has gone so far as to say that his club "must" sign the stone-age striker, at least that is the The Sun's translation of the midfielder's statement that "if it happens, it would be amazing". The Daily Telegraph, however, informs us that Rooney would prefer a move to Chelsea because of his simple worshipping of José Mourinho, which might leave Arsenal having to make do with Fernando Torres, although TalkSport tells us that Chelsea are trying to flog Torres to Milan in part-exchange for the 20-year-old cockatoo, Stephan El Shaarawy. The Daily Express reckons the striker that Chelsea really want is Edinson Cavani, for whom they are poised to offer Napoli £40m plus Ramires. Or, perhaps, £54m plus Torres.

Nicklas Bendtner could finally be a thing of Arsenal's past this week, as he looks set to join Eintracht Frankfurt.

The Ashley Williams-to-Liverpool rumours could finally be a thing of the Mill's past this week as the club looks set to finally get the deal done for the Swansea captain, having momentarily contemplated going for PSG's Mamadou Sakho instead. Jonjo Shelvey won't be around to welcome the newcomer, as he's being shunted off to Crystal Palace, where he'll be able to say hello to Grant Holt instead.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan will not be following Williams to Anfield because he can do much better, at least that's the verdict of the Shakhtar Donetsk manager Mircea Lucescu, who professed to being baffled as to why a top player would want to go to Liverpool. "I can understand the urge to leave if he has a chance to go to a club that surpasses Shakhtar, like Barcelona or Real Madrid, but not many clubs are beyond our level – not clubs like Liverpool or Tottenham," exclaimed Lucescu, who has apparently not considered that Mkhitaryan may want to go to Liverpool for the lifestyle; after all, there's a lot to be said for growing up in the great outdoors, surrounded by nothing but enchanting flora and neighbourly antelopes.

David Moyes still wants to offer Thiago Alcântara a similar experience in Manchester, and will treble the wages that the midfielder earns at Barcelona to make it happen.

The Newcastle director of football, Joe Kinnear, wants to make Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang his first signing, which possibly means he'll wind up making inquiries with the striker's French club, Sampdoria, about Barack Obama.

André Villas-Boas is to lead an expedition to the Himalayas in search of the Abominable Snowman, which he fully expects to find some time before Tottenham Hotspur manage to nab him a proper striker. Still, someone at White Hart Lane is trying to convince the Portuguese that the club really has made a substantial offer for Valencia's Roberto Soldado.

Mark Hughes will signal his determination to move Stoke on from the Tony Pulis era by signing … another centre-back. But not a rugged, no-nonsense one, rather a diffident, quite a lot of nonsense one: Michael Mancienne.

After last season's fiasco with Peter Odemiwingie, Steve Clarke wants to sign a totally dependable striker who's not going to throw any strops. Naturally, then, he has set his sights on Nicolas Anelka. The Frenchman, who has just been released by Juventus, can be expected to get goals, so to have a well-balanced attack WBA will also make a move for a striker who probably won't get many: Wigan's Franco Di Santo.

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David Moyes has officially joined Manchester United and faces a decision over whether to sell Wayne Rooney to Chelsea for £20m.
Arsenal have been told that Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Lars Bender is not for sale after they made a formal inquiry.
Spurs are on the verge of completing a £17m deal for Paulinho.
Liverpool will pocket a minimum £2.8m windfall from the sale of Thomas Ince to Cardiff from Blackpool.
Arsenal defender Johann Djourou has joined Hamburg on a season-long loan.
Titus Bramble is training with West Ham as he looks for a new club.

Mark Schwarzer has left Fulham.





Jack Wilshere has urged Arsenal to sign Wayne Rooney.
Emmanuel Adebayor could be about to swap Tottenham for Turkey, with Besiktas lining up a £5m swoop.
Steven Nzonzi has been told to forget a move from Stoke.
Arsenal's hopes of landing goalkeeper Julio Cesar have been boosted as the Brazilian wants to stay in London.
West Brom are lining up a move for Nicolas Anelka.
Christopher Samba is to make a shock return to Russians Anzhi Makhachkala from QPR.
Crystal Palace hope to beat Swansea to the £5m signing of Jonjo Shelvey.
Mark Schwarzer, Simon Davies, Chris Baird, Giorgos Karagounis and Mladen Petric are all on the way out of Fulham.
Scotland 'keeper Allan McGregor will complete his £1.8m switch from Besiktas to Hull today.





Bayern Munich are to launch a £35m bid for Chelsea's David Luiz.
New Manchester United boss David Moyes has turned down an approach from Arsenal for Wayne Rooney - but is now bracing himself for a bid from Chelsea.
Everton are going to pay £5m up front for wantaway Wigan striker Arouna Kone.
West Brom boss Steve Clarke hopes to bring Salomon Kalou back to the Premier League.
Leeds have won the race to sign £1.2m-rated Luke Murphy.
Crystal Palace are in the race to sign Liverpool's Jonjo Shelvey and are prepared to pay the £5m fee.
Atletico Mineiro admit Tottenham target Bernard is likely to leave the Brazilian club within the next few weeks.





West Brom are considering a move for Nicolas Anelka.
Crystal Palace have made an enquiry for Liverpool's Jonjo Shelvey.
Malaga will discuss a deal for Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner.
Cardiff have agreed terms of £35,000 per week for Blackpool's Tom Ince.
Everton hope to buy Wigan's Arouna Kone and Antolin Alcaraz today.
Blackburn have made a bid for Kiko of Vitoria Setubal and are also talking to out-of-contract Matt Kilgallon.
Tottenham have won the fight to land Brazilian midfielder Paulinho.
Titus Bramble is training with West Ham as he looks for a new club.

Jack Wilshere wants Wayne Rooney to join him at Arsenal.





Sunderland have signed Modibo Diakite, Valentin Roberge and Cabral.
Norwich have won the race for Birmingham winger Nathan Redmond for £3.2m.
Stoke are weighing up a move for ex-Chelsea defender Michael Mancienne.
Crystal Palace have become the latest club to enquire about Jonjo Shelvey.
Chelsea have been warned off Norwich 'keeper John Ruddy.
Galatasaray have joined the hunt with Juventus and Inter Milan for Manchester City's unsettled Aleksandar Kolarov.





Manchester United are set to make an improved £16m bid for Leighton Baines.
Tottenham have made a £17m bid for Roberto Soldado.
Joleon Lescott will quit Manchester City this summer unless he is part of Manuel Pellegrini's plans.
Bristol City have rejected £850,000 bids from Wigan and Crystal Palace for Albert Adomah.





AC Milan have admitted they may have to sell Stephan Al Shaarawy and may consider taking Fernando Torres of Chelsea as part of any deal.
Arsenal will offer Real Madrid a final bid of £22m for Gonzalo Higuain.
Swansea are close to signing Wilfried Bony after the Vitesse Arnhem striker had a medical last night.
Tottenham technical director Franco Baldini has returned to his former club Roma in a bid to sign Miralem Pjanic.
Aston Villa have told Tottenham Christian Benteke will cost as much as £25m.
Besiktas have enquired about Romelu Lukaku but he is expected to stay at Chelsea.
Jack Wilshere has urged Wayne Rooney to join Arsenal.