West Ham United Soccer News

LONDON (AP) _ West Ham is in talks with Inter Milan over a loan deal for Brazil striker Adriano. ``The possible deal is in its early stages and money has not yet been discussed,'' a West Ham statement said late Tuesday. ``The club are investigating the possibility of a loan deal at this stage.'' Inter wants Adriano to leave the club, preferably for a temporary period, after disciplinary problems and a loss of form last season. It ...

Alan Curbishley is interested in replacing Alan Pardew as West Ham's manager. A day after West Ham fired Pardew, Curbishley, who had a successful 15 years as coach at Charlton, said on Tuesday he would listen to whatever the east London club had to offer. ``West Ham want to talk to me and I would love to know what they have to say,'' Curbishley wrote in his column in the ...

West Ham defender Anton Ferdinand was charged with assault and violent disorder Wednesday in connection with a disturbance outside a London nightclub. Police said the incident took place outside Faces nightclub in Ilford, east London, on Oct. 2. The 21-year-old Ferdinand, brother of Manchester United and England defender Rio Ferdinand, will appear before magistrates on Friday. ``He maintains his innocence and believes his actions were justified and that because of ...

West Ham became the sixth English Premier League club to fall into foreign ownership when it accepted an 85-million-pound (C$185.1 million) takeover bid Tuesday from an Iceland consortium. WH Holding Ltd. is controlled by Eggert Magnusson, president of the Football Association of Iceland and a member of UEFA's executive committee, and investor Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson. Magnusson, who plans to become chairman of the east London club, will keep Alan Pardew as ...

Chelsea and West Ham are far apart in the standings, though the ties between the two London clubs are very close. They meet in the Premier League on Saturday at Stamford Bridge. Two-time defending champion Chelsea is just three points off the lead behind Manchester United, while the Hammers are teetering two points above the relegation zone in 16th place. ``I've had a few abusive texts from the lads,'' said ...

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and West Ham's Alan Pardew were both charged with improper conduct by England's Football Association on Wednesday following their weekend sideline scuffle. The FA cited the two for ``aggressive and confrontational behaviour'' during West Ham's 1-0 Premier League win over the Gunners at Upton Park on Sunday. The two had to be separated by fourth match official Andy D'Urso after Pardew celebrated Marlon Harewood's 88th-minute goal ...

Premier League club West Ham is in ``serious negotiations'' to move into London's Olympic Stadium after the 2012 games. West Ham's current stadium is the 35,300-seat Boleyn Ground. Although London Olympic organizers have previously said the 80,000-seat Olympic Stadium would be turned into a 25,000-seat track facility, it would accommodate more if turned into a soccer stadium. West Ham's home since 1904 is in the Upton Park district of east ...

West Ham has promoted Keith Peacock to be assistant to manager Alan Pardew. Peacock replaces Peter Grant, who became Norwich's new manager on Tuesday. Peacock used to be West Ham's first team coach. He was in turn replaced by Kevin Keen, who has been promoted from reserve team coach. ``I have always promoted from within, and I am delighted to be able to offer these new roles to Kevin and Keith,'' West Ham manager Alan Pardew said. ``It will ...

The arrival of Argentina stars Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano hasn't done much for West Ham. The Hammers have lost five games in a row without scoring a goal and have already been ousted from the UEFA Cup, with Alan Pardew's new signings making little impact. Without a victory since the opening day of the season, West Ham is 16th in the 20-team standings and faces uncertainty off the field ...

West Ham has turned a sizable loss into a six-million-pound (C$12.6 million) profit after gaining promotion to the Premier League. Although the figures relate to the 12 months before the arrival of Argentina stars Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano at the end of August, the Hammers reported a big turnaround from the 5.1-million-pound (C$10.7 million) loss from the season before. The change is largely because of increased TV revenue from ...

Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano are only just getting used to life in the English Premier League. Now they get their first taste of European competition. After the most surprising move of the transfer window, the two Argentine stars are set to line up for West Ham in the UEFA Cup on Thursday when the Hammers return to Europe for the first time in six years. Acquired from Brazilian club ...