West Ham in the Papers

With West Ham in serious trouble a number of newspapers have decided that Pardew's days are numbered. The Sunday People and The Sunday Mirror both speculate that Pardew may soon be replaced, with the People repeating the rumour that Magnusson has recently been seen with ex-England manager Eriksson. The Mirror claims that Magnusson will be meeting Pardew tomorrow and that this could be "the final throw of the dice for Pardew." However the paper also quote Magnusson as repeating the fact that West Ham are too good for relegation,

"I am not worried about going down you can keep asking but I say the club is not going down. As far as I am concerned the players are far too good but it will help if we can improve the squad with a few more players.".

The People also claim that Konchesky wants to leave West Ham in January, although they fail to mention if anyone would actually want to buy him on current form.

A number of papers also speculate on who West Ham are likely to buy in January. Apart from the unlikely prospect of Shaun Wright-Philips West Ham are linked with Colchester United right back Greg Halford (£2.5 million), WBA defender Curtis Davies (£8 million), Reading's Steve Sidwell (£4 million), Ajax's right back Zdenek Grygera.