West Ham in the Sunday Papers

The News of the World have the startling news that Zola and Clarke have compensation clauses in their contracts, so that if they leave for other clubs West Ham will receive over £3 million. The News of the World have put two and two together and come up with fifteen.

They seem to think that this compensation clause, which every other manager in the Premier League presumably has, means that they could join Chelsea in the summer. Bizarrely, in the very same issue, the NoW also claim that Carlo Ancelloti has signed a pre-contract deal with Chelsea to become their next manager.


The News of the World also claim that Carlos Tevez has said he is leaving Manchester United in the summer but wants to stay in the Premiership.

Other news (for any teams that might be in need of forwards) - the newspapers claim that Darren Bent, Michael Owen and Didier Drogba are all leaving their clubs in the summer.