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Deano excited by Teddy role
Dean Ashton believes West Ham United's forwards will learn a lot from
attacking coach Teddy Sheringham
26.06.2014
Teddy Sheringham is the perfect man to teach West Ham United's forwards how
to open Barclays Premier League defences. That is the view of former Hammers
striker Dean Ashton, who played and trained alongside Sheringham on numerous
occasions during the pair's time at the Boleyn Ground. With the 48-year-old
returning to east London as an attacking coach in July, Ashton is excited
about the prospect of the one-time Manchester United and England star
working with the likes of Andy Carroll, Carlton Cole and new boy Mauro
Zarate. "Teddy was here when I first joined West Ham and I learned a huge
amount from him," said Ashton, who joined forces with Sheringham to fire the
Hammers to the 2006 FA Cup final. "He brought on my game a hell of a lot and
I'm sure he will do the same with the likes of Andy Carroll with the
experience he's got. "Not too many players have played as many games and
scored the goals he has done in the Premier League. He will admit that he
never had a huge amount of pace, but the way he read the game and got
himself into position when crosses came in was superb. That's what I learned
from him - where to move when the ball was in certain areas and how to make
the most of myself. "I didn't have a lot of pace myself, but I was then able
to make the most of opportunities that I learned from Teddy."
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Transfer latest
Filed: Thursday, 26th June 2014
By: Staff Writer
Reports from South America claim West Ham have made enquiries into the
availability of Boca Juniors full back Emanuel Insua.
The 23-year-old, left sided defender is yet to feature for the Argentine
national team but is said to have been the subject of at least one firm
offer by West Ham, which was rejected by Xeneizes. Torino are also said to
be monitoring Insua's situation closely.
* Ross McCormack, a Hammers target since the last transfer window will not
be leaving Leeds according to new manager David Hockaday. The Whites new
boss, who was plucked out of relative obscurity (aka Forest Green Rovers) to
land the Championship job has indicated that he wants to retain the services
of the striker. "Ross is a Leeds United player who signed a four-year deal
and has put it out that he is really happy here," he said. "I'm looking
forward to coaching Ross and working with him."
* Jefferson Montero, who has recently been linked with a move to West Ham
has announced he will be leaving current club Monarcas Morelia after
receiving an offer from an unnamed European club. "It's certain that I'll
leave the league. We expect to sort it out within the next few days," he
told ESPN Deportes. "I already have an offer, the club are handling it. I
can tell you that it won't be in Mexico; it will be Europe."
* Antonio Nocerino, the Italian midfielder who spent the latter half of the
2013/14 campaign on loan at West Ham could be set to join Serie A club
Torino. Noce, who has less than 12 months of his current deal with Milan
remaining has been offered a four-year contract by Gli Azzurri and may move
before the new campaign begins.
* Sources in Europe claim that West Ham have made a firm 3million offer for
Nice's Timothy 'Kolo' Kolodziejczak. The 22-year-old, like Emanuel Insua,
plays on the left side of defence and has represented France at all levels
from Under 16 to Under 20.
* Roger Johnson will not be re-joining West Ham according to Jack Sullivan,
son of co-owner David. "Rumours of signing Johnson not true!," he tweeted.
"Even thought he is a lovely man and we wish him all the best! I know he
will do a great job somewhere." Johnson has privately revealed at the
weekend how he hoped to negotiate a new contract at West Ham following
preliminary discussions between the two parties.
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Junior's a go-go
Filed: Thursday, 26th June 2014
By: Staff Writer
Junior Stanislas' return to the Premier League has been postponed after the
former Hammers winger parted company with newly-promoted Burnley.
24-year-old Stanislas, a product of Tony Carr's Chadwell Heath Academy left
the Clarets today after failing to agree terms on a new contract following
the expiration of the three-year deal he signed when moving to Burnley from
West Ham in 2011. News of his departure was confirmed by the Premier League
newcomers this afternoon. A disappointed Stanislas said: "After careful
deliberation I have decided to turn down the offer of a contract extension
with Burnley Football Club and move on to pastures new. "I would like to
thank the Burnley fans for their support over the three years and I wish my
team mates, the fans and all the staff every success for the coming season
in the Premier League."
Born in Kidbrooke, Stanislas joined West Ham at the age of 10 and stayed at
the club for the next decade before a lack of first team opportunities
forced him to look for a new club. Having made his debut under Alan
Curbishley, Stanislas made 47 first team appearances during his spell with
the Hammers, scoring eight goals - the most notable being his 87th-minute
equaliser against Millwall back in August 2009 when he scored a brace in the
Hammers' 3-1 extra time win.
* Hayden Mullins, who made 217 appearances for West Ham between 2003 and
2009 has been named as the new club captain of League One club Notts County.
Mullins, 35, replaces Alan Sheehan, now at Bradford, as captain of the club
he joined on a permanent basis last month.
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Dirty Suarez to miss Boleyn trip
Filed: Thursday, 26th June 2014
By: Staff Writer
Premier League runners-up Liverpool with have to do without Luis Suarez when
they visit the Boleyn Ground on September 20. Following the World Cup biting
incident - in which Suarez was captured on TV sinking his teeth into the
shoulder of Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini - the Uruguayan international
has been banned from all football for four months. That means Suarez will
miss Liverpool's first nine games of the Premier League season, including
the trip to the Boleyn Ground on September 20th - West Ham's fifth game of
the 2014/15 season. The 27-year-old featured in the last encounter between
the two teams back in April, when Liverpool snatched a 2-1 win at the
Boleyn. During that match Suarez won a penalty for Liverpool by
deliberately kicking the ball at James Tomkins' hand, fell to the floor
theatrically on a number of occasions following minimum contact and then had
the audacity to ask the referee to book an opponent
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New deal for teenage prodigy
Filed: Thursday, 26th June 2014
By: Staff Writer
West Ham have confirmed that teenage defender Josh Pask has signed a new
deal with the club. Pask, a 16-year-old defender was the subject of interest
from a number of top flight clubs, including Arsenal, but chose instead to
remain with the Hammers whom he first joined at the age of eight. Academy
Director Tony Carr told whufc.com: "We are delighted that he has stayed
loyal to his local club. Many top clubs, including Champions League clubs,
were chasing Josh, so we were delighted to fight them off for his signature.
"He is a centre-back who is very tall and lean, quick over the ground and
good on the ball and in the air. He has a great attitude and goes about his
game in a quiet but effective way. We look forward greatly to working with
him and moving him up to the Under-21s as soon as possible."
A local lad hailing from Manor Park, Pask has already represented the Under
18s on ten occasions (starting in eight of those) and will begin life as a
full-time scholar when Chadwell Heath re-opens for pre-season training next
week.
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THE LIFE OF A WEST HAM SCHOLAR
By Sean Whetstone 26 Jun 2014 at 13:19
Tony Carr was recently Interviewed by West Ham TV for about the life of a
new West Ham scholar.
"The new intake of scholars for next season starting in July begins with an
induction evening including the signing of their scholarship contracts, the
parents come with the young players. We paint the picture of what the next
two years will be about, what we expect, where we draw the line. It's their
introduction to full time football, a lot different to being at school and
just coming to train, It's a big step for these boys and it is the start of
hopefully a very long career but as we know it's full of pitfalls and all
sorts so they go in with their eyes wide open and hopefully at the end of it
in four or five years times there is one of these boys turning out for us at
the Olympic Stadium for the first team."
"We have had a day release programme during their under 16 and under 15
school years where they come out for a couple of days per week and train
like the scholars would train on a day time basis rather than just the
evenings. It prepares them a little, it like a mini scholarship for the last
couple of years but there is nothing like full time training, it's now your
job, it's now your employment. It's about being on-time, disciplines that go
with that, training every day and the demands of that, the standards that
are set so for some of them it takes a while to get used to, some hit the
ground running then hit a brick wall in October but that's part and parcel
of starting that process so hopefully we won't have too many problems this
year."
"Obviously they are going to be with us every day now, 24 × 7 in effect,
they will play Saturday and sometimes Sundays and may have to come to watch
the first team. All those things are expected of them so there no exact
routine, they have got to be prepared to be adaptable and adjust to that but
I think the most important thing they have to adjust to and the most
difficult thing to adjust to is training every day and the demands of that
training session with terms of the standard and the level you would expect
every day.Physically it pushes them to the limits, physiologically he tests
them and makes demands of them looking them constantly to improve, we've got
two years to turn them into young professionals so they is no time like the
present so every day is a challenge to them."
"Education is part of the scholarship system, we have got our own class
rooms now and we do teach in house, they will have a class room session
every day which will run from 8.30am to 10am every day, at 10 o'clock they
come into the changing rooms, get changed and go out for training for
10.30am. It's full on every day and physically, technically and mentality we
going to ask a lot of them and also they have to keep one eye on their
education in case the worst happens."
"Some find it hard to make the next level, some relish it and push on very
quickly but at this stage we just don't know so we give them all a chance,
give them all an opportunity and hopefully they will grab that opportunity
with both hands. Football and education can go hand in glove, Robert Clack
School who we have a partnership with in Dagenham is run Sir Paul Grant, a
famous headmaster, we have a great relationship and it's working very, very
well."
"They are starting work now, they are starting employment now and although
it is not a lot of money it's only apprenticeship wages they are getting
paid for it. They have to be on-time , they have to do it right, the
discipline goes with going to work every day, same if you worked in Marks
and Spencers , if you are late every day you won't last very long!"
Earlier this week WHUFC.com confirmed one of these scholars is 16 year old
promising defender Josh Pask.
The youngster has chosen to continue his development at the Academy of
Football after rejecting interest from Arsenal and several other leading
clubs.
Tony Carr MBE said:
"Many top clubs, including Champions League clubs, were chasing Josh, so we
were delighted to fight them off for his signature. Josh spent most of last
season with the Under-18s and quickly proved himself as a 16-year-old. We
now look forward to developing him over the next few seasons and hope he
will be a first-team player for West Ham in the not too distant future. Josh
has been with us since he was eight and is from Manor Park, so he is a local
boy and we are delighted that he has stayed loyal to his local Club, He is a
centre-back who is very tall and lean, quick over the ground and good on the
ball and in the air. He has a great attitude and goes about his game in a
quiet but effective way. We look forward greatly to working with him and
moving him up to the Under-21s as soon as possible."
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SAM'S SHOPPING LIST
By Sean Whetstone 26 Jun 2014 at 08:22
Sam Allardyce speaking to West Ham TV this week about transfers has said:
"Our main focus is on the outfield players at the moment, recruiting the
best players we can possibly find and hopefully we can clinch as many as we
can as quick as we can We've made many bids out there and there are many
negotiations ongoing through David Sullivan and the recruitment office,
Martin Glover and myself and we are trying all we can and too clinch as many
players as we can of the right quality as quick as we can so it's an ongoing
process day by day and hopefully we will be successful in the near future.
We particularly into a left-back position of course, I think possibly find
another centre half that would be something we look at as well as we have
gone with three centre halves last two premier League seasons and found it
difficult around Christmas particularly this Christmas when all three of our
centre halves got injured so I think one more there, midfield obviously
another area and then at least two more for the front line I think so that
gives us a nice healthy squad for strength and depth and hopefully the new
players will come in to make a big impact .We know we are short of goals and
finding goal scorers is a difficult part of our recruitment policy because
generally they are the most expensive but obviously Zarate had a very good
year in Argentina and I spoke to Jose who was rest of the world manager [In
Soccer Aid 2014] and he said when he was in Italy this guy played
very, very well in the year he was there so hopefully he can produce that
form for us when he comes to West Ham"
Update: I understand this interview was done in the run up to Soccer Aid so
slightly out of date now despite being recently released on West Ham TV, a
source close to the club revealed this morning that the Interview with Sam
was made before Kouyate was signed so the comments about another centre half
are no longer relevant because Kouyate can play in the centre back position.
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Irons react to Montero speculation
Posted by Hugh5outhon1895 on June 26, 2014 in Whispers
West Ham have today denied any interest in Ecuador winger Jefferson Montero
who claims to have received an offer from a European club. The 24-year-old
has been linked with the Irons along with Arsenal and Swansea in recent
weeks and says he expects to leave Mexican side Monarcas Morelia this
summer.
But as far as ClaretandHugh can ascertain he will not be on his way to the
Boleyn after a source told us: "We do not hold an interest in the player."
Montero said: "I already have an offer, the club are handling it. Let's see
where I'll go but for now I have some days off." He added: "I can tell you
that it won't be Mexico. It will be Europe and thank God we are working on
it, I hope it works out." But asked directly whether the player was involved
in talks or likely to be a a second Irons source said simply: "No."
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Irons wage kitty covers four more signings
Posted by Hugh5outhon1895 on June 26, 2014 in Whispers
West Ham have enough in the wages pot to cover four more signings! And they
are hoping they can find buyers or loan clubs for Modibo Maiga and Alou
Diarra as that would give them an opportunity to bring in a couple more.
Reims midfielder Prince Oninague is currently holding talks with David
Sullivan and Karen Brady although as explained elsewhere on ClaretandHugh a
deal is in the balance as the manager and directors come to a decision on
the midfielder's abilities. They are working very closely on all deals and
we understand there is now agreement that in Cheikhou Kouyate they have
sufficient cover at central defence. A source explained to us: "There's just
enough left in the wages pot to cover four more players but it would really
help if the club could do something on the Modibo Maiga and Alou Diarra
fronts. "They are continuing to work on it and there's always the
possibility that clubs will come in for others of ours – it's still early
days in the transfer market."
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Hammers muse midfielder "gamble"
Posted by Hugh5outhon1895 on June 26, 2014 in Whispers
Congolese international Prince Oniangue is heading for talks with Irons
co-owner David Sullivan as the club ponder a £2 million move for the Reims
defensive midfielder. The player has been on the Hammers' radar for some
weeks and the manager and chairman will run careful checks on him before any
final decision is made. The player scored eight goals from 20 games for his
club last season has made 14 international appearances for one goal. And
despite French website L'union claiming we have agreed a £2 million fee,
Claretandhugh was told this morning that "this is not a done deal." A well
placed and trusted source said: "The player is certainly going to have talks
with the co-chairman and he and the manager will then make up their minds.
"The player is still very raw and its a question of whether the bosses can
make the deal cheap enough to take the gamble."
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Young Jack kills Johnson speculation
Posted by Hugh5outhon1895 on June 26, 2014 in Whispers
Jack Sullivan has killed stone dead rumours that Roger Johnson is to get
another Upton Park deal. ClaretandHugh is too kind to declare where this one
started.
But it gained credence pretty quickly among the Hammers fans that the Wolves
loanee of last season was on his way back to the club permanently. The story
was assisted by manager Sam Allardyce's announcement that ideally he would
like another central defender despite the presence of Winston Reid, James
Tomkins and James Collins along with Cheikhou Kouyate who can cover at the
back. Young Jack was very quick to clear up the story yesterday when
tweeting emphatically: "Rumours of signing Johnson not true! Even thought he
is a lovely man and we wish him all the best! I know he will do a great job
somewhere
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