West Ham in the Sundays

The News of the World say that West Ham will fly to Italy this week to attempt to lure Ghana midfielder Stephen Appiah to Upton Park.

Curbishley has told the Daily Mirror that Behrami is as good as two signings, "We've lost two players on that side and he can replace them both. He's a raiding fullback and a winger."

A couple of the papers are reporting that Blackburn are trying to hijack Sebastian Pinto's move to West Ham. "Ince stepped in when the Santos hit-man walked out on the Hammers after a row between boss Alan Curbishley and technical director Gianluca Nani."

The Guardian Series say Parker and Ashton 'should' be in West Ham's squad for today's game.