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      Eric Dier ‘targeted by Premier League rivals for shock January transfer with Tottenham to sign replacement THIS WEEK’

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      WEST HAM are reportedly keen on signing Eric Dier from Tottenham, who have already identified a new centre-back to replace him this week.Ange Postecoglou’s side are in advanced talks with Genoa centre-back Radu Dragusin.
      West Ham are targeting Spur’s Eric DierCredit: Getty
      Tottenham are set to sign Dier’s replacement Genoa’s Radu Dragusin this weekCredit: AP
      Spurs outcast Dier has started just one match in all competitions this season – a 2-1 defeat against Wolves in November.
      Despite centre-back Mickey van de Ven out injured with a hamstring issue, 29-year-old Dier has still struggled for game time.
      Postecoglou has chosen to rely on full-backs Emerson Royal and Ben Davies in a central role with the English defender still out of the picture.
      According to ESPN, Dier has been told he can find a new club this month as his Tottenham contract is set to expire this summer.
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      And David Moyes’ Hammers are among the clubs monitoring the defender alongside his old side Sporting Lisbon.
      West Ham are keen to sign another defender as Angelo Ogbonna, who turns 36 in May, is edging the end of his career with his contract set to expire in the summer.
      Fabrizio Romano confirmed Spurs’ upcoming deal with 21-year-old Dragusin to happen this week, meaning the England international could be shown the exit door sooner than expected.
      The transfer guru tweeted: “Radu Dragusin has accepted all details of Tottenham contract proposal as personal terms have been agreed, as revealed last week.
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      “Despite public statements on new deal, he’s now waiting for Spurs. Spurs and Genoa remain in talks to get the deal done very soon.”
      Dier arrived at Spurs in 2014 on a £4million transfer after spending his youth and early senior career at Sporting.
      Since he arrived in North London he has made over 365 appearances for the club.
      If Dier has hopes of reaching Gareth Southgate’s Euro 2024 squad for Germany this summer he will need to pick up more playing time.
      The England star has 49 caps for the Three Lions featuring in the Euro 2016 squad and 2018 and 2022 World Cup team. More

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      Sir Jim Ratcliffe arrives at Old Trafford for first time since £1.03billion investment as he begins Man Utd reign

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      SIR Jim Ratcliffe has vowed to get used to the Manchester rain after being greeted by a downpour during his first visit to Old Trafford since his minority share takeover was revealed. The billionaire businessman spent two hours at Old Trafford chatting with executives before departing. 
      Sir Jim Ratcliffe visited Old Trafford for the first time since his takeoverCredit: Zenpix
      The billionaire businessman spent two hours at Old TraffordCredit: Zenpix
      Ratcliffe was all smiles after his trip to the Theatre of DreamsCredit: Zenpix
      But he will have to get used to the pouring rainCredit: Zenpix
      When offered a welcome and asked what he thought about the torrential rain, he laughed and said: “I’ll have to get used to it!”
      Ratcliffe first walked into the main entrance smiling protected from the Manchester rain by a security guard wielding an umbrella.
      The Ineos boss, who agreed a deal on Christmas Eve to take a 25 per cent share in the club and to take control of football operations, met with key United staff including interim CEO Patrick Stewart and Chief Operating Officer Collette Roche.
      The group – which didn’t include any members of the Glazer family – took a working lunch and spent time discussing initial ideas to improve United’s fortunes on the pitch.
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      Sir Jim and his Ineos team can’t have an active role in running United until the deal is ratified next month.
      He must first pass the Premier League’s fit and proper person test and his acquisition of Class-A shares is approved by the New York Stock Exchange.
      But Ratcliffe’s team will continue meetings at United’s Carrington training base on Wednesday where he may meet under fire manager Erik ten Hag.
      Ratcliffe’s right hand man Sir Dave Brailsford – also sporting director at chemical company Ineos – met Ten Hag at Carrington on Sunday.
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      Brailsford has also watched United’s last two games from the stands and was guided around Carrington by United’s interim chief executive Patrick Stewart and football director John Murtough.
      Ineos chief exec Jean-Claude Blanc is expected to take over as United CEO and Brailsford could appoint a new football director.
      But Stewart and Murtough are still expected to have roles in the new set-up.
      Ten Hag’s future, though, remains in doubt with SunSport revealing Ratcliffe has lined up ex-Chelsea boss Graham Potter as a replacement.
      United sit seventh in the league with only one win in their last five.
      But at the end of December, Ten Hag did speak out to insist he will be given a chance under United’s new ownership.
      He said: “They want to work with me, I want to work with them, we will have the conversations, the meetings, we will see.”
      The Dutchman was recently pictured spending New Year in Barcelona with his family.
      But he looks to return in time for crunch talks with his new boss.
      Erik ten Hag is set for talks with RatcliffeCredit: Getty
      Ratcliffe on Christmas Eve saw his 25 per cent takeover confirmedCredit: Zenpix
      Ratcliffe flew into Manchester by private jet before arriving at 3pmCredit: Zenpix
      Ratcliffe was all smiles as he arrived at the Theatre of DreamsCredit: Zenpix
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      Jadon Sancho linked with shock transfer to ambitious Premier League club as Man Utd look to offload £250k-a-week outcast

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      JADON SANCHO is a January target for West Ham, according to reports.The Manchester United winger has been strongly linked with a move away from Old Trafford this month.
      Jadon Sancho has been linked with a move to West Ham in JanuaryCredit: Getty
      Sancho remains banished from the first-team squad, with the Red Devils looking to offload the outcast during the current window.
      The 23-year-old has not played for United since August after his public falling out with Erik ten Hag.
      With the transfer window now open again, multiple clubs are monitoring Sancho’s situation, report the Daily Mail.
      West Ham are said to be amongst those clubs, although David Moyes is reluctant to take him on loan.
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      Sancho’s £250,000-per-week wages are also a reported stumbling block for the move.
      Borussia Dortmund, Juventus and RB Leipzig have all been linked with Sancho in recent weeks.
      Meanwhile, Saudi side Al-Ettifaq failed with a deadline day loan bid in the summer.
      The report adds, however, that a move to Saudi Arabia for Sancho is unlikely this month.
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      Sancho’s United career appears to be over with his feud with Ten Hag still unresolved.
      However, he does appear as the January player in the Red Devils’ new 2024 calendar.
      Despite that, the Englishman could soon be out the door, with the club reportedly prepared to rip up his contract, which expires in 2026.
      Manchester United are looking to offload Sancho during the current transfer windowCredit: Getty More

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      Man Utd ‘joined by Chelsea in Jean-Clair Todibo transfer race but top Premier League rivals pull out of race’

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      CHELSEA are now competing alongside Manchester United to sign Nice defender Jean-Clair Todibo, a report claims.But Premier League rivals Tottenham have pulled out of the race to sign the French centre-back.
      Chelsea join Manchester United in the race to sign Nice’s Jean-Clair Todibo
      Tottenham have pulled out of their efforts to sign centre-back TodiboCredit: Getty
      Chelsea are desperate to recruit a new centre-back as Mauricio Pochettino is looking to bolster his defensive options amid the club’s injury crisis.
      Wesley Fofana and Trevoh Chalobah are both currently sidelined, while full-backs Reece James, Marc Cucurella and Ben Chilwell are all out of action with injuries. 
      According to reporter Fabrizio Romano, the Blues join Man Utd in the race to sign 23-year-old Todibo.
      But the two clubs will no longer have to face Tottenham as the report claims the deal has “collapsed” between the North London club and the Ligue 1 star.
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      Tottenham tried to grab the two-cap France international but they could not agree on a move and are now forced to look elsewhere.
      Spurs were desperate to sign Todibo this month as they needed a centre-back after Cristian Romero’s Christmas Eve injury blow.
      The transfer guru confirmed Ange Postecoglou’s side may have already moved on as they have agreed on “personal terms to sign Genoa centre-back Radu Dragusin”.
      Meanwhile, Todibo is valued at £35m with his contract set to expire in 2027, having arrived at Nice from Barcelona in 2021. 
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      He has started fourteen games this term having also made 46 appearances last season for Nice across all competitions. 
      With Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s recent 25 per cent takeover of United, he is keen on finding new stars to help Erik ten Hag’s struggling side.
      And his other football investment Nice, which is owned by his company INEOS, could swiftly line United up with Todibo’s signature. More

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      West Ham 0 Brighton 0: Seagulls bag first clean sheet of season in London Stadium snoozefest

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      WHICHEVER Sky Sports bigwig opted to whack the darts on ahead of this deserves a raise.The Premier League would not have been happy to see their greatest cheerleader opt for the Ally Pally action on their Main Event channel last night, but no one could blame them as West Ham and Brighton served up a display which suggested they were all thoroughly fed up with festive football.
      West Ham and Brighton played out a goalless draw at the London StadiumCredit: AFP

      It was a night where, with illness, injury and suspension abound, both managers would have shaken on a draw beforehand and moved on – the point taking Brighton above Manchester United into seventh.
      Both David Moyes and Roberto De Zerbi had to shuffle things somewhat, with 16 first team players absent between the two clubs.
      For the Hammers it was their first test without the threat of Mohammed Kudus, who has a hamstring injury but will join Ghana for the Africa Cup of Nations shortly. Moyes was also missing playmaker Lucas Paqueta with a knee injury and both were sorely missed as Alphonse Areola starred for the hosts making eight crucial stops.
      West Ham being the first team who failed to score against the Seagulls in 23 Prem games does not bode well for their chances without Kudus.
      De Zerbi was without nine players himself, the Italian was at least able to welcome Adam Webster back from injury, making his first appearance since November.
      The Seagulls did, however, have to start veteran James Milner at left-wing, the ex-Liverpool man making his 632nd Prem appearance, joining Ryan Giggs at second in the all-time list behind Gareth Barry, on the day before his 38th birthday.
      It took the Hammers almost half an hour to shake off the January blues and start making something happen.
      Jason Steele then had to stop well from James Ward-Prowse’s close range effort before Konstantinos Mavropanos headed over.
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      Brighton were struggling to break the Hammers down, but Alphonse Areola almost handed Jack Hinshelwood a goal when he flapped a cross straight to the Seagulls youngster.
      The Frenchman recovered well to save his effort and also did well to stop Pascal Gross from heading in Milner’s cross from close range.
      Despite West Ham being the more enterprising, Brighton were crafting the better chances and Areola again did well to deny Danny Welbeck and Joao Pedro shortly after the restart.
      Brighton were coming back into it but West Ham continued to threaten at the other end.
      Pablo Fornals, given his chance with Paqueta injured, fired a low shot at Steele before Tomas Soucek missed a sitter moments later – prodding wide from just eight yards out with the goal at his mercy.
      The cutting edge was still lacking for the Hammers in the absence of Kudus.
      Moyes had called on his fringe players, Fornals and Said Benrahma, to step up and show what they could do when given a chance – but neither grabbed the moment.
      The Seagulls kept their first clean sheet of the season in the drawCredit: AFP
      Benrahma could be leaving the club this month with Lyon and clubs in Saudi Arabia chasing a deal.
      West Ham want up to £20million for the former Brentford winger, but his valuation would have taken a dip with almost every touch against the Seagulls.
      While Moyes had little to turn to on his bench to sharpen things up, De Zerbi could send on teenager Evan Ferguson, who flashed one just wide moments after coming on.
      Moyes sent on his own teenage striker, Divin Mubama, though as Brighton pushed for a winner he had far more work to do off the ball than on it.
      But West Ham held firm, just – Jakub Moder blasting a late chance over at the far post before Areola again saved from Adam Lallana.
      De Zerbi dropped to his knees in response, looking like someone ready for a short break after a hectic few weeks.
      David Moyes’ side missed the chance to close the gap on the top fourCredit: Alamy More

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      West Ham vs Brighton LIVE SCORE: Latest updates and team news as Hammers welcome the Seagulls

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      WEST HAM welcome Brighton to the London Stadium hoping to make it four wins from their last four in the Premier League.In-form West Ham have secured impressive victories over Arsenal and Manchester United over the Christmas period, while Brighton are looking to follow up on an excellent 4-2 win over Tottenham last time out.

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      Former Man City star ‘set for shock Premier League return’ to rivals after starring in Bundesliga

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      KO ITAKURA is reportedly set for a Premier League return with Liverpool and Tottenham reportedly interested in the Borussia Monchengladbach star.The former Manchester City centre-back has caught the attention of the Premier League again after his impressive spell in the Bundesliga.
      Liverpool and Tottenham are interested in signing Borussia Monchengladbach’s Ko ItakuraCredit: Getty
      Itakura joined Monchengladbach for £4million during the summer of 2022 after helping former side Schalke get promoted to the Bundesliga.
      The Japanese star has since made 34 appearances for Monchengladbach.
      And in August last year, the 26-year-old won the club’s Player of the Month award.
      But according to reporter Fabrizio Romano Itakura is “one to watch in 2024 as top clubs are monitoring Japanese CB.”
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      The transfer guru added that Liverpool “have sent their scouts multiple times to follow Itakura’s performances”.
      And Ange Postecoglou is “monitoring” the defender who he also eyed up while managing at his former club Celtic.
      The ex-City star, who never played for Pep Guardiola’s side, is still tied to the German club until 2026.
      And Romano confirmed his “release clause is NOT valid in January.”
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      Itakura is currently valued at £13million according to Transfermarkt.
      In January 2019, he joined City but was immediately loaned to Eredivisie club Groningen until the summer of 2021 before heading to then tier two side Schalke.
      The 21-cap Japan international can play both in centre-back and defensive midfielder positions which could suit Jurgen Klopp as Joel Matip and Stefan Bajcetic are out with injuries.
      Postecoglou’s side need defensive reinforcement after losing Cristian Romero to a hamstring injury on Christmas Eve to add to Spurs’ injury crisis. More

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      Man Utd terminate Sergio Reguilon’s loan transfer from Tottenham after just 12 games

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      SERGIO REGUILON has returned to Tottenham after having his loan spell at Manchester United cut. United signed for full-back in the summer on an initial 12-month deal to help cover their backline.
      Sergio Reguilon has returned to Tottenham after having his loan at Manchester United cutCredit: Rex
      But he never managed to make a consistent breakthrough in Erik ten Hag’s line up with just seven starts.
      And following only 12 games in total, Reguilon will return to parent club Spurs.
      According to The Athletic, United triggered a break clause in the contract that allowed them to terminate the loan move.
      Reguilon was initially signed to provide back up to Luke Shaw and Tyrell Malacia.
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      But Shaw has returned from injury and Malacia is also nearing full fitness.
      And with United out of Europe and the Carabao Cup, the decision was made to send Reguilon back to Spurs as fixtures have thinned.
      Ten Hag in December confirmed that the 27-year-old Spaniard did have a break clause in his loan contract.
      He said: “We have to make a final decision on Reguilon. But also there is Spurs who are involved in that conversation as well.”
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      Spurs currently have Destiny Udogie and Ben Davies occupying their left-back position.
      And Udogie – signed from Udinese in 2022 for £18million – has been one of manager Ange Postecoglou’s finest performers this season.

      His form saw Spurs reward him with a bumper new six-and-a-half-year deal in December.
      Udogie said: “I’m really happy because I think to be here at this club is a big joy for me, so I’m really happy for this opportunity and it’s a pleasure.
      “From the first day I came here, I’ve felt at home with the players, the coaching staff and the club. I feel so welcome and I’m happy to be here.” More