West Ham United: Hammers News..!!

West Ham manager Alan Pardew has confirmed he is interested in re-uniting former Tottenham team-mates Teddy Sheringham and Sergei Rebrov at Upton Park.

Sheringham signed for the Hammers on a one-year contract last week and is currently training with Rebrov, who is looking for a new club.

Be good if they can get rebrov, he never got a good run in the spurs side and he is a good striker. If they do get him the wages could be a problem but it would be a steal if spurs let him go for virtually nothing.

There was a rumor that Parlour might be interested in comming to Upton Park but that has not happened as he has signed for Middlesborough. As for Rebrov it looks like Spurs want us to pay half his wages to take him on loan. Havn't a clue what he earns a week, maybe 30 grand a week. I can't see us paying him 15 grand a week...

Sergei Rebrov will attempt to resurrect his flagging career after signing for West Ham on a free transfer.

The 30-year-old Ukrainian international is the second former Tottenham player to sign for the Hammers in a fortnight following Teddy Sheringham's move to Upton Park.

But Rebrov has more to prove than Sheringham, having flopped dramatically in four years at White Hart Lane despite the 11million Spurs paid Dynamo Kiev for his services.

At Kiev he terrorised all of Europe alongside Andrei Shevchenko but managed just 10 league goals for Spurs, who released him this summer following a spell on loan at Fenerbahce.

But Rebrov impressed Alan Pardew after being invited to train with West Ham, and the Hammers boss hopes he can recapture past form at Upton Park and help West Ham back into the top-flight.

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Midfielder Steve Lomas is unlikely to be fit for the start of West Ham's season after suffering an ankle injury. He had surgery on his ankle last season and is doubtful with the opener against Leicester just over a week away.

Alan Pardew fears West Ham will be forced to accept a cut-price offer for Michael Carrick or risk losing him for nothing at the end of the season. The Hammers boss is resigned to losing his midfield playmaker, with Portsmouth reportedly joining Crystal Palace in the hunt for his signature. West Ham rejected a 2.5 million bid from Palace for the 23-year-old, who is a free agent in a year's time, but Pardew hinted they may be forced to cut their losses if no improved offer is made.

West Ham are set to sign Manchester United midfielder Luke Chadwick, the club have confirmed.

The 23-year-old will have a medical at Upton Park and is expected to sign a one-year deal with the Coca-Cola Championship side.

Chadwick spent time under Hammers boss Alan Pardew during a loan spell at Reading. He spent last season on loan at Burnley where he made 23 league starts.

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West Ham United have wrapped up the signing of Luke Chadwick on a free transfer from Manchester United.

Chadwick is believed to have inked a one-year deal with The Hammers after clinching his departure from The Red Devils.

The 23-year-old never fully established himself at Old Trafford, only sporadically featuring for Sir Alex Ferguson's side.

Though he was taken on the club's pre-season tour of the United States, he has quickly tied up his move to Upton Park.

Great signing.

I was quite surprised they got him, he can play on the right wing where they have been lacking. Things don't look so bad at west ham now.

They have got some good players in. It's going to be a real hard league this year. Harder than last season. The Hammers need to get off to a good start.

It looks like Pompey have bid for Carrick and if they have and the bid is enough he will go. Saying that he has been an in and out performer the last few seasons so it might not be a great loss. He is only 23 so he has a long career in front of him and i bet he will be like Lampard, improve when he leaves West Ham.

Portsmouth have been told their 2.5m club record bid for midfielder Michael Carrick is unacceptable - but West Ham made it clear the door is not closed on negotiations.

Fine details in the financial package offered by Pompey are believed to be the only sticking points that remain and they could have their man by the end of the week.

Hammers manager Alan Pardew has warned his club they could be in serious money trouble unless Carrick either signs a new contract or is sold before the end of the year.

West Ham manager Alan Pardew has revealed the club have received another bid for midfielder Michael Carrick.

Portsmouth failed with a 2.5m offer for Carrick this week, but they are no longer favourites to sign him, with Pardew revealing a higher offer has been made.

He said: "There is a bid on the table which is higher than Portsmouth's valuation.

"There are more than two clubs involved now and rightly so because he's a top-class player.

Michael Carrick looks increasingly likely to have played his last game for West Ham as the battle to sign the midfielder hots up.

Portsmouth, who had a club record 2.5million bid for the player rejected this week, have submitted an improved offer and Barclays Premiership rivals Crystal Palace and Everton have also confirmed their interest.

Hammers boss Alan Pardew has revealed the club have now received a bid closer to their valuation of the 23-year-old, who is out of contract next summer.

Pardew's suggestion that Carrick could miss the Coca-Cola Championship opener against Leicester on Saturday has also increased speculation that a deal could be done soon.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has admitted he is interested in West Ham midfielder Michael Carrick.

And Wenger admits that a deal could go through, irrespective of whether Patrick Vieira leaves for Real Madrid.

The Frenchman admitted: "He has always been a player that I loved.

"If we sign Michael Carrick, it could happen even if Patrick stays - but nothing has been done on that front though."

Well we got a draw today away to Leicester. I guess that wasn't a bad result as they are favourites to win the league.

Dion Dublin was sent off after only 18 minutes on his Leicester debut.
Dublin was dismissed by referee Michael Ryan after 18 minutes following a clash with Rufus Brevett, who was booked then also dismissed near the end.

Lilian Nalis hit the bar for Leicester in the first half, while Marlon Harewood wasted West Ham's best chance.

And as time ran out in a disappointing encounter, Brevett received a second yellow card in the closing minutes for a senseless foul on James Scowcroft.

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It wasn't that bad a result, but we should have taken the advantage of Leicester having 10 men. We need to improve though, i watched the highlights and we didn't look that impressive.

They should have won, they had 10 men. It's games like this you need to puit in that extra effort and win.

We looked crap for the opening game of the season. Things had better improve or we are staying where we are. They was down to 10 men and we still couldn't score. This was our problem last season we didn't score enough goals. On a bright note at least we never conceded a goal.

They need to get off to a good start.

This season there is some tougher teams in the league and alot of the teams have made a few new signings to strenghten their squads. While the Hammers havn't brought in hardly anyone.