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      West Ham ‘accept they will have to sell Declan Rice in summer’ as Arsenal, Chelsea and Man Utd eye £100million transfer

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      WEST HAM have reportedly accepted that they will have to sell Declan Rice this summer.The club captain has attracted interest from top clubs in the Premier League for his form at the club over the last couple of seasons.
      West Ham are reportedly willing to sell Declan RiceCredit: Rex
      The Hammers have been able to keep hold of him following the retirement of veteran Mark Noble.
      But according to the Daily Mail, the East London side are prepared to sell Rice, 24, if an appropriate offer comes in for him.
      Rice’s contract expires in 2024, but there is an option to extend the deal by a further year for the club.
      West Ham will use this clause in their negotiations and argue that his contract is valid until 2025.
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      The England international is valued at £100million and is believed to be a target for Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United.
      And if the club receive a bid that matches their price tag, they will be willing to let him go.
      Rice has already stated that he wants to be competing for the biggest trophies.
      Since breaking into the team Rice has become one of the most complete midfielders in the Premier League, making 200 appearances in the competition.
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      Manager David Moyes previously stated that the midfielder will be very expensive for interested clubs.
      However, there is still some hope at the club that if they win the Europa Conference League and qualify for the Europa League, Rice may be willing to extend terms with the club.
      West Ham play their first leg of the semi-finals against AZ Alkmaar at the London Stadium on Thursday. More

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      West Ham identify former Arsenal star to replace Declan Rice who is Gunners’ top transfer target in the summer

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      WEST HAM are reportedly interested in signing Marseille midfielder Matteo Guendouzi.The Hammers are set to lose Declan Rice this summer, with Arsenal understood to be leading the race for the 24-year-old.
      Rice is expected to leave West Ham in the summerCredit: AFP
      The Hammers reportedly want to sign Guendouzi as his replacementCredit: Getty
      And according to The Athletic, David Moyes and his team have set their sights on former Gunner Guendouzi as the midfielder’s potential replacement.
      The Frenchman spent four years with Arsenal after joining from FC Lorient in 2018.
      He scored once in 82 appearances before leaving North London to join Marseille on a permanent transfer last summer.
      Guendouzi has registered five goals and five assists in 40 appearances for the Ligue 1 giants so far this season.
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      And his fine form has attracted interest from multiple Premier League clubs.
      Aston Villa are also understood to be considering a swoop for Guendouzi.
      Villa boss Unai Emery, who signed Guendouzi when he became manager of Arsenal in 2018, is eager to reunite with the midfielder.
      Marseille have already lined up a replacement for the Frenchman, who is expected to leave when the summer transfer window opens.
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      The Olympians want to sign Chelsea loanee Denis Zakaria from Juventus.
      The Swiss international joined the Blues from Juve in the summer on a temporary deal with an option to buy, but the club is unlikely to trigger the purchase option. More

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      Arsenal ‘confident of Declan Rice transfer’ with Gunners ready to ‘QUADRUPLE’ West Ham star’s salary

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      ARSENAL believe they can seal a deal for West Ham midfielder Declan Rice this summer, according to reports.The Gunners have held an interest in the 24-year-old since January.
      Arsenal are willing to make Rice one of the club’s highest earnersCredit: Getty
      And according to The Star, they are willing to pull out all the stops in order to secure his signature.
      Rice currently earns £60,000-a-week at West Ham, but Arsenal are expected to QUADRUPLE that after negotiating a transfer fee.
      The Hammers are understood to be demanding £100million for their star man.
      But because the midfielder has just one year remaining on his contract, and he is expected to decline any offers of extension, Arsenal could attempt to sign him for less.
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      While on England duty at the World Cup, Rice admitted that he would love to play in the Champions League.
      He said: “One hundred per cent I want to play in the Champions League. For the last two or three years, I’ve been saying that.

      “I’ve been playing consistently well for my club, and I feel like I really want to keep pushing. I see my friends here who are playing Champions League and for big trophies.
      “You only get one career, and at the end, you want to look back at what you’ve won and the biggest games you’ve played in.”
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      West Ham have already lined up a potential replacement for Rice.
      Rob Newman, the club’s head of recruitment, is believed to have been monitoring Eintracht Frankfurt midfielder Djibril Sow. More

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      Manager who Tottenham turned down throws hat in the ring for West Ham job if club sack David Moyes

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      PAULO FONSECA remains interested in the West Ham job should David Moyes depart.The Hammers have identified the Portuguese coach – who is currently at Ligue 1 club Lille – as a potential replacement.
      David Moyes’ future at West Ham remains uncertainCredit: Reuters
      Lille boss Paulo Fonseca is keeping tabs on a potential openingCredit: MAX ROSSI
      Moyes, 60, recently revealed he is already planning for next season – but there are question marks over his long-term future after a poor Premier League campaign.
      And SunSport understands that Fonseca, 50, is keeping an eye on the situation in East London from afar.
      It is also understood that Fonseca is open to leaving Lille this summer should he not receive assurances over available transfer funds, despite being under contract until 2024.
      Jobless pair Graham Potter and Brendan Rodgers, as well as Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso, have also been linked.
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      Fonseca came close joining West Ham in 2018 at the end of Moyes’ first spell, meeting with owner David Sullivan, only for Manuel Pellegrini to take over for a brief stint.
      Since then, he has managed Roma and then Lille, taking the latter from 10th to fifth this season – yet they are still 10 points off a Champions League spot with five games left.
      Fonseca is known for his attacking style of play, one which almost saw him land the Tottenham job in 2021 only for negotiations to break down late on.
      The message from inside West Ham is that Moyes is expected to be in charge next season – yet this is largely dependent on results in their final four games.
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      Despite spending £160m last summer, relegation is still on the cards after Wednesday’s 3-0 loss to Manchester City, sitting in 15th just four points above the bottom three.
      The run-in is a tricky one, welcoming Manchester United to the London Stadium on Sunday before a trip to Brentford followed by two defining clashes against 17th-placed Leeds and 16th-placed Leicester.
      West Ham are also tipped to reach the Europa Conference League final with this month’s semi-final versus AZ Alkmaar considered a favourable one.
      Lifting the club’s first piece of silverware since 1980 – and securing European football for a third successive year – could buy Moyes more time.
      However, fans are wary that Moyes would then be entrusted with yet another squad rebuild, especially given the fact skipper Declan Rice is likely to leave for a hefty fee. More

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      Arsenal in Declan Rice transfer boost as West Ham line up World Cup star as replacement

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      WEST HAM are looking at Eintracht Frankfurt midfielder Djibril Sow as a potential replacement for Declan Rice.Hammers head of recruitment Rob Newman is believed to have watched the Swiss international in last weekend’s Bundesliga clash with Borussia Dortmund.
      Declan Rice looks set to leave West Ham in the summerCredit: Rex
      And Sow, 26, is on the shortlist if West Ham captain Rice leaves this summer — with Arsenal favourites to land the England star.
      Sow was already on the Hammers’ radar after being part of the Frankfurt side that beat them in last season’s Europa League semi-final.
      The German side went on to win the competition, earning a spot in the Champions League.
      Sow played every minute of Frankfurt’s Champions League games and has four goals in 41 appearances in all competitions.
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      He also started all four of Switzerland’s games at the World Cup.
      Sow is about to enter the final year of his contract and could be available for as little as £20million — especially as Frankfurt are set to miss out on European qualification.
      Rice is reportedly top of an all-star target list for Arsenal ahead of this summer’s transfer window, according to reports.
      Arsenal are stepping up plans to revamp the squad after guaranteeing a spot in next season’s Champions League.
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      They have placed Declan Rice high on their priority list as they want a high-class midfielder.
      Boss Mikel Arteta has made Rice, 24, a top pick for the centre of the pitch due to his technical ability and strength.
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      But SunSport has learned Arteta is reconsidering Arsenal’s summer transfer strategy following this week’s painful defeat at Manchester City.
      The club had been planning to make just two major signings and had allocated up to £150million to bid for Rice and Moises Caicedo.
      But Arteta feels other areas of his squad also need strengthening.
      And now they are exploring ways to finance moves for two more defenders and possibly another winger. More

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      I’m a former Prem star but lost millions in divorce.. I’ve tried pro golf, dog breeding and owning a pub to claw it back

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      A PREMIER LEAGUE football hardman has told of battling back from bankruptcy through a cocktail of golf, breeding dogs and serving behind the bar.The former Liverpool defender lost his top-flight fortune after splitting from his wife.
      Julian Dicks played 315 times for West Ham but hit tough times after retiringCredit: Getty – Contributor
      Julian Dicks tried his hand at professional golf after hanging up his bootsCredit: PA:Empics Sport
      But West Ham legend Julian Dicks – known for his tough tackling, frequent red cards and fierce spot-kicks – has insisted he is on the up again after a string of post-retirement setbacks.
      And his modern-day fans include Lionesses all-time top scorer Ellen White, a key part of the England team which won the European Championship last summer.
      Dicks notched four England Under-21 caps in a career which began at Birmingham City, took him to West Ham and then a £3million transfer to Graeme Souness’s Liverpool in 1993 – before a return to the Hammers a year later.
      Yet despite his multi-million-pound earnings in the early years of the lucrative new Premier League, financial strife struck after Dicks’ final match for West Ham against Arsenal in February 1999.
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      The player nicknamed “The Terminator” married wife Kay in 1998, the same year they had twin daughters Jessica and Katie – and the couple ran a dog kennels business after winning planning permission for their £500,000 Essex country home.
      Yet the pair split in 2001, saying at the time 12-year-old Jessica would live with him while Katie stayed with their mother – and Dicks paid a hefty price in the divorce settlement.
      He recalled: “When I quit West Ham I had enough money in the bank to never work again.
      “Then, in 2001, I got divorced and my wife took it all. We’d set up professional kennels and were looking after other people’s dogs.
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      “That was great because I love animals, especially English Bull Terriers. Some people find them threatening but it depends on how you bring them up.
      “I had 13 of them at one time and two young girls and there was never any problem.”
      Keen golfer Dicks was encouraged to take up the game professionally, including by a surgeon treating him for the knee injury that ended his football career.
      Dicks trained with Denis Pugh, a golfing pro at his local club who had previously coached Ryder Cup winner Colin Montgomerie.
      But his new career was short-lived, with Dicks admitting: “There’s only so many times you can pay £500 to play in a competition and not get anything back.”
      He then went into the pub trade, buying the Shepherd and Dog in Langham, near Colchester, with new partner Andrea Milton in 2002.
      In his landlord days, Dicks told: “We have loads of football supporters come in just to say hello to me – not just West Ham fans but Arsenal and Tottenham fans too.
      “They used to boo me from the terraces but now we have a laugh.
      “Mostly they give me stick about the tackles I used to make.
      “When it’s closing time there’s no need for me to give it The Terminator treatment, because people know they’ve got to drink up.
      “I don’t think I’ve ever lost my temper in the pub, although there was one time recently when a couple of kids had too much to drink.
      “That was it. I just chucked them out. Most punters know that closing time’s closing time. They know there’s not going to be a lock-in, because I just want to go home and get to bed.
      “I always give 110 per cent in whatever I do, it doesn’t matter if it’s playing football, playing golf or running my pub.”
      Julian Dicks revealed all about his love of animals, especially dogsCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
      But he put the pub up for sale in 2005 and went back into football, coaching non-league clubs such as Wivenhoe Town and Grays Athletic – both in Essex – before a stint as ex-West Ham team-mate Slaven Bilic’s assistant at Championship side Watford last year.
      He also played a cameo role in 2014 comedy movie The Hooligan Factory, which also featured actors Danny Dyer and Craig Fairbrass and Towie personality Chloe Sims.
      During his football career the Bristol-born defender was tipped for a full England call-up by then-manager Terry Venables in 1995, but his hopes were hampered by a series of disciplinary problems.
      And Dicks had no luck with Venables’ successor Glenn Hoddle either – though assistant manager John Gorman, bumping into him on holiday, told skinhead Dicks he might have a better chance if he grew his hair longer.
      But Dicks insisted in 1997: “I don’t want to play for England. It doesn’t interest me anymore. If they rang me up, I wouldn’t play.”
      He has, however, tipped current Hammers captain Declan Rice to wear the Three Lions armband in future.
      Dicks was sent off nine times in his career, including one for a foul on Arsenal and England striker Ian Wright at Highbury in September 1995.
      And his hot-headed nature was not just confined to the football field.
      He has confessed: “Golf’s meant to be a gentleman’s sport but I tended to lose my rag when I fluffed a shot.
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      “I ended up smashing loads of my clubs.
      “That’s me though – I like to do things properly and I can get frustrated if things aren’t working out.” More

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      Liverpool legend emerges as shock contender for West Ham job if David Moyes leave Hammers this summer

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      XABI ALONSO is emerging as a strong candidate to be the next West Ham manager — if David Moyes leaves.Current Hammers boss Moyes is adamant he is already planning for next season and has no intention of going this summer.
      Xabi Alonso has emerged as a shock contender for the West Ham jobCredit: Getty
      David Moyes has vowed to stay at West Ham this summerCredit: Rex
      But if West Ham and the Scot do part company, Liverpool icon Alonso will be in the frame after putting himself firmly on the club’s radar this season.
      The ex-Bayern Munich midfielder, 41, is making a real name for himself after transforming Bayer Leverkusen in his first big job.
      When Alonso arrived in October, after three years in charge of Real Sociedad’s B team, Leverkusen were second bottom in the Bundesliga.
      Now they are in the top six and the semi finals of the Europa League as the man who won the World Cup and European Championship as a player starts building his coaching career.

      Alonso, 41, is developing the reputation of a young progressive coach in the mould of childhood friend Mikel Arteta, now the Arsenal manager, and Burnley boss Vincent Kompany.
      It is understood that senior figures at West Ham are well aware of the buzz surrounding Alonso and consider him a real possibility to replace Moyes, despite his relative lack of experience.
      The former Spain international knows the Premier League after spending five seasons with Liverpool, during which he helped them win the Champions League and FA Cup.
      Alonso went on to be a European and Spanish champion with Real Madrid before winning three Bundesliga titles at Bayern.
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      The first two of those championships came under Pep Guardiola, who would go on to have Arteta as his assistant at Manchester City.
      Liverpool fans are already talking about Alonso as a future Anfield boss, ahead of his former midfield partner Steven Gerrard.
      But West Ham could offer him the chance to prove his mettle in the Premier League. More

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      West Ham 4 KAA Gent 1 (5-2): Hammers a completely different side in Europe as Rice and Antonio help them ease to semis

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      AND just like that, the good times are back in east London.David Moyes is dancing down the touchline like a lunatic. Declan Rice is scoring worldies. West Ham are back in a European semi-final.
      West Ham progressed into the Europa Conference League semi-finalCredit: Getty
      Declan Rice helped inspire the comebackCredit: Rex
      Make no mistake, their Premier League campaign has been an utter misery, one that still sees them fighting for their lives in one of the tightest scraps in top-flight history.
      But boy, do they still know how to get the job done in Europe under Moyes’ guidance.
      Level at half time as Michail Antonio cancelled out Hugo Cuypers’ 26th-minute tap-in, the floodgates opened thanks to Lucas Paqueta’s 55th-minute penalty.
      A flurry followed in the space of ten mad minutes. Rice ran the length of the pitch for a superb third before Antonio curled in his second and West Ham’s fourth. Game over.
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      You could sense many in the London Stadium were having flashbacks to last season’s run to the Europa League semi-finals that saw continental heavyweights Sevilla and Lyon flattened.
      The Europa Conference League’s opposition has been significantly less sexy. Two Danish minnows, a fallen Romanian giant and the best that Belgium have to offer among them.
      Not that Moyes gives a jot, nor do the fans. For the second year on the spin, the Hammers are two games away from a first major European final since 1976.
      Just under twelve months ago, West Ham had their hearts broken by Eintracht Frankfurt in the semis. This time around, Holland’s AZ Alkmaar stand in their way.
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      Victory away at Bournemouth this weekend could just about secure Prem survival, leaving the Irons free to once more dream of lifting their first piece of silverware for 43 years.
      After an impressive display to earn a draw versus Arsenal, Antonio was given another chance to lead the line – first-leg scorer Danny Ings on the bench again.
      Having rotated out in Gent, Moyes opted for full strength to get the job done here.
      The visiting coach Hein Vanhaezebrouck wanted to delay kick-off by 15 minutes as their coach got stuck in Stratford traffic, moaning about the disruption to their routine.
      He need not have worried with West Ham a bundle of nerves on the ball. Paqueta sloppily gave away possession in his own half in the 25th minute.
      Sixty seconds later, the hosts were behind. Hyunseok Hong fed dangerman Orban, who drove into the box and crossed to the back post for Matisse Samoise to scuff his shot.

      An early slice of luck for the Belgians, the ball falling kindly at the feet of Cuypers to nudge goal wards, somehow escaping Nayef Aguerd’s attempted block on the line.
      This was the first time West Ham had gone behind in this competition since a group stage trip to Silkeborg in September. Their 11-game Conference League unbeaten streak was under threat.
      A needless handball from defender Alessio Castro-Montes then gave Jarrod Bowen the chance to deliver a free-kick with whip and precision, and Antonio’s near-post headed flick made the most of it.
      The onslaught began within seconds of the restart. Tomas Soucek smacked the bar from six yards. Bowen forced Davy Roef into a good stop. Joseph Okumu then produced a blatant handball in the box.
      Referee Orel Grinfeeld bizarrely let play go on as Antonio hit the post, only to review the monitor on VAR’s recommendation. Penalty awarded. Paqueta succeeded with a stutter.
      Gent quickly lost their heads. With 58 minutes on the clock, Rice won back the ball outside his own box and drove majestically until finishing low into the corner.

      Five minutes on and Antonio was celebrating his second, a curled effort to make him West Ham’s joint-highest goalscorer in Europe with eight, now level with Bowen.
      Moyes has spent most of this season fighting to keep his job. Should West Ham reach the final in Prague on June 7, he has the chance to become immortal in these parts. More