Gudjohnsen Set to Sign

The Mirror say that Eidur ­Gudjohnsen is set to snub Liverpool in favour of joining West Ham.

The paper say that ­Gudjohnsen is expected to fly into England tonight to seal a four month loan deal. They claim ­Gudjohnsen agreed personal terms with West Ham on Friday but Liverpool tried to hijack the deal by matching the offer. However ­Gudjohnsen is keen to keen to link up again with Gianfranco Zola and Steve Clarke.

In other news, The Mirror claim that West Ham made a £2million bid for ­Blackburn’s Benni ­McCarthy, but pulled out of the deal on Thursday when Rovers said they would not entertain a bid until they had found a replacement.