No Yossi Rift

Alan Curbishley has denied there is a rift between himself and Yossi Benayoun. Before Yossi's appearance on Wednesday it was rumoured that Curbishley was refusing to pick the Israeli and that Yossi would be leaving the club in the summer.

Curbishley insists however that Yossi Benayoun had no quarrel with his recent omission from the West Ham team,

"When Yossi was out of the side, we won those three games and I wanted to keep it as it was. Yossi didn't have a problem with not being in the side, he understood that."