Martin O Neill is reportedly in line to replace Avram Grant as West Ham United manager, regardless of the outcome of Saturday s match against Arsenal.
West Ham are bottom of the English Premier League, but have lost only one of their last seven games under Grant, seemingly earning the former Chelsea manager a stay of execution.
West Ham beat Birmingham City 2-1 in a Carling Cup semi-final first leg on Tuesday, but it appears even having one foot in a Wembley final will not be enough to dissuade West Ham owners David Gold and David Sullivan from showing Grant the exit.
The 55-year-old Israeli, who took over at Upton Park with a four-year deal in June 2010, has been consistently linked with the sack throughout a difficult first half of the season for West Ham.
(GSM) Liverpool have enough left to work for in the UEFA Europa League after losing their round of sixteen first leg game at Sporting Braga. Porto, Villarreal and FC Twente got important wins.
Underdogs Sporting Braga hosted Liverpool in Portugal and opened the scoring after 18 minutes. Sotiros Kyrgiakos fouled Marcio Mossoro in the penalty area and Alan made no mistake from the spot, 1-0.
Liverpool failed to get an equaliser or even convince in the remainder of the game, which was later dubbed terrible by Reds manager Kenny Dalglish.
On a generally disappointing game for English teams, Manchester City suffered a 2-0 defeat at Dynamo Kyiv in Ukraine.
Former AC Milan and Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko scored the opener for Dynamo in the 25 minutes, and…
Swansea City coach Alan Curtis says Swansea City s international contingent shows how far the club has progressed in recent years.
The Welsh outfit have seen 11 players called up during the current break for qualifiers and friendlies, including the likes of Federico Fernandez, Ki Sung-yueng and Wilfried Bony.
After defeating Hull City on the final day of the 2002-03 season to stay in the Football League, Swansea have enjoyed a meteoric rise over the past 12 years.
Three promotions in seven seasons saw them reach the Premier League for the 2011-12 campaign, and three years of consolidation and a League Cup win in 2013 duly followed.
And long-serving coach Curtis, who works on manager Garry Monk s staff, believes Swansea s international talent is a sign of …
Napoli could offer Alberto Aquilani an escape route from Liverpool after Juventus pulled out of a deal to sign the midfielder.
Aquilani, 26, has made just 18 appearances for Liverpool and was loaned to Serie A side Juventus for much of last season.
The Turin club were expected to agree a permanent transfer in the off-season, but the departure of Gigi Delneri and arrival of Antonio Conte as head coach has seen the move fall apart.
It now appears Napoli, who earned a route into the Champions League with a third-place finish last season, could be Aquilani s best chance of remaining in Italy.
Aquilani to Napoli? I don’t think it would be an easy negotiation but if the will is there why not, Aquilani s agent Franco Zavaglia said.
I have not spoken…