West Ham are likely to fall short in their attempt to sign Matty Cash unless they raise their £12m bid for the Nottingham Forest right-back.

David Moyes is desperate to strengthen his struggling side and, with Ryan Fredericks unavailable with a hamstring injury, he is after a right-back. West Ham’s proposal would have seen them pay £10m plus £2m in add-ons but Forest have little incentive to sell the 22-year-old for that amount. Milan have reportedly put together a package worth £15m, Southampton are monitoring the situation and Forest, fourth in the Championship, do not want to undermine their promotion push by losing one of their best players on the cheap.

Cash, also capable of playing in midfield, is not short of suitors after an impressive campaign and Sabri Lamouchi is keen to keep him at the City Ground. “Don’t talk about players going out,” Forest’s manager said this week. “We want to talk about players who can come in. We are doing well.”

West Ham are battling for Premier League survival, out of the bottom three only because they have a better goal difference than Bournemouth. They have been hit by injuries and Moyes wants to bolster a light squad, particularly in central midfield. West Ham are monitoring Sampdoria’s Ronaldo Vieira and Slavia Prague’s Tomas Soucek, Stoke’s Joe Allen remains of interest and there could be attempts to sign Milan’s Franck Kessié and Nantes’ Abdoulaye Touré on loan.

Moyes would also like to improve his attacking options and West Ham have been offered the CSKA Moscow striker Fyodor Chalov, who has been targeted by Chelsea. A loan with an option to make the deal permanent for £25m has been mooted but there are doubts over whether the 21-year-old Russian would adjust to the pace of English football.

West Ham will not recall Grady Diangana from his loan at West Brom, who have agreed to pay £1.5m to keep the winger until the end of the season. Diangana is out with a hamstring injury.

You can't have Matty Cash, we'll be swapping leagues next year anyway

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Nothing has changed under Moyes
In fact it’s got worse

No but every club that changed mangers got something out of them reaction
He hasn’t where worse
Wasn’t right choice imo
Like I said befor sparrow Slav got **** over by payet which effect everthing wasn’t bad manger
Put his trust in french ****

You just have to

Pellegrini who are simply hopeless

Yep along with Moyes

Fook me, best last season you ever saw, you must be easily pleased!!! Even I didnt mind watching some of your past teams, played proper football, Brooking Devonshire etc, they wanted to play for you.

Well that was depressing. Never seen a team so low on confidence.

Balbuena gave the ball away 3 times in the first 20 minutes. In his own half. Liverpool would have scored on each occasion. The crowd started ironic cheers when he found a teammate. People were laughing at Sanchez. The man's a fraud.

West Brom made 8 changes, us 4. They should have won by 3 goals at least.

On the way home Noble was interviewed by talk sport. He said the club should not be relying on him at his age. He was told he was not due to play but had to come on at HT as it was so dire.

Rice was shaking his head during the game, baffled by it all.

50k+ there. Amazing support. That place would rock if the football was decent.

We are down. NO way this turns around imo. Last time Moyes had Arnie. This time he has a statue called Haller.

Moyes has a blindsport with Lanzini who stank the place out for 90 minutes. He's shot to pieces. Fornals off at HT which was bizarre.

Pellegrini has spent it all unfortunately.

David Moyes has said West Ham have to stop buying players with no resale value and he hopes the impending arrival of Slavia Prague’s Tomas Soucek is the start of the club adopting a more progressive recruitment policy.

West Ham could drop into the Premier League’s bottom three on goal difference if they lose heavily at home against Liverpool on Wednesday evening and there is a worrying admission about “serious financial consequences” of relegation in their latest accounts, which reveal a pre-tax loss of £28.8m in the last financial year. While the club pointed to a net spend of £214.4m on signings since moving to the London Stadium in 2016, the stark reality is their work in the transfer market has lacked coherence.


Too many buys have disappointed and not enough money has been recouped in sales. West Ham are trying to find a buyer for Carlos Sánchez before the transfer window shuts on Friday night – the 33-year-old Colombian midfielder earns around £65,000 a week – and the decision to hand the injury-prone Jack Wilshere a three‑year deal in the summer of 2018 has backfired. The former Arsenal midfielder is set to have a hernia operation on Wednesday.

It is no surprise that Moyes, who replaced Manuel Pellegrini last month, wants to target young players. West Ham’s manager is highly optimistic about Soucek, a 24-year-old midfielder who is set to join on loan with an option to buy in the summer, despite late interest from Brighton. The deal is worth €20m, with a loan fee of around €4m and the rest payable if the Czech Republic international stays. West Ham intend to keep him if they remain in the Premier League and he would realistically leave in the event of relegation.

Moyes revealed that a “proper bid” is in for another player, believed to be Red Bull Salzburg’s 22-year-old right‑back Rasmus Kristensen. Ryan Fredericks’ hamstring injury has heightened the need for West Ham to sign a right-back and they have already failed to secure a loan deal for Tottenham’s Kyle Walker-Peters, who is set to join Southampton until the end of the season. An alternative to Kristensen is Genk’s Joakim Mæhle.


“I can tell you what my approach has always been,” Moyes said. “We didn’t have much to spend at Everton and my idea was always to bring players in with resale value that I could sell back into the market. I want to stop the idea that always what we’re doing is just buying someone to fill the gap.

“I want it to be the vision for the club that we are looking to bring in young, attractive and hungry players who are saying: ‘We are going to make West Ham better.’ Whatever is said in the accounts, I am telling you what my vision is. I think if I get given the opportunity to do that, I will turn it around.”


Joe Cole’s observations stung after West Bromwich Albion knocked West Ham out of the FA Cup last weekend. The former West Ham midfielder said too many players join the club to have a holiday. “What we have been saying in recent years is that we can buy someone ready made who can come straight in,” Moyes said. “I am saying: ‘Stop. Stop.’ Let’s go for people who we think are young, future internationals. We need to bring people in who have got a chance, not just ones who are plugging the gap and not giving us anything at the end of it.”

Moyes, who insisted West Ham have no plans to raise money by selling Declan Rice, warned that Soucek will need time to settle in England. “I watched him play twice against England and all his Champions League games this season, and I’ve got to say he scored some incredible goals, mainly with his head. I’m hoping we’ve got a balance of something, if we need him to play deeper, if we need him as an attacking midfielder.

“To expect someone to come in in January and hit the ground, they need to be somebody right out the Premier League. The one player who comes, makes an unbelievable difference and changes the whole season, I think everybody would be amazed if that happened. We’d need to get Messi in. That’s why my focus is on the big group and getting the best out of them.”

West Ham sign Hull forward Jarrod Bowen for £22m on deadline.

Full story here.......https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jan/31/west-ham-united-jarrod-bowen-hull-city-transfer-window-january

Bottom 3 where will we stay
Unless moyes plays rice at centre half

You just have to

West Ham have appointed former captain Kevin Nolan to be part of David Moyes’s coaching staff.

Former England coach Paul Nevin has also been brought in to assist Moyes as the Hammers battle relegation.

Nolan, 37, was West Ham skipper under Sam Allardyce and made 157 appearances during four years at Upton Park between 2011 and 2015.

Manchester City's home Premier League match against West Ham has been rescheduled for Wednesday, 19 February at 19:30 GMT.

The match was originally scheduled for Sunday, 9 February but adverse weather conditions, caused by Storm Ciara, forced its postponement.

The game will be on the same night as some Champions League last-16 fixtures.

It will be City's first match since the 2-0 defeat at Tottenham on 2 February.

The Hammers, who will play their first match since their 3-3 draw against Brighton on 1 February, will offer free coach travel to their fans.

The rearranged fixture has interrupted both teams' original scheduled winter break which had been scheduled between 9 February and 22 February - the start of the next full round of Premier League fixtures.

Playing with 10 against the pool

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Oh no its not!!!

Heartbreaking in the end but an excellent performance when all is said and done. How many teams score twice at Anfield these days?
Fabianski is usually so reliable but any keeper can make a bad mistake now and again whereas a striker is always forgiven for a miss or two. Agree that Anderson is a waste of time.