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Having spent most of the entire season juggling with injury problems that decimated his squad, Hammers manager Manuel Pellegrini is in the enviable position of having top quality players available on a continuous basis. Only Andrily Yarmolenko, Winston Reid and Carlos Sanchez along with proverbial sick notes Andy Carroll and Jack Wilshere are unavailable for selection, a far cry from earlier in the season.

From a fan’s perspective, team sponsorships tend to blend in over time. However, they do affect things for fans, in that they help determine a team’s image and, of course, directly impact any kits or other ear people might invest in. Thus, every now and then it’s worthwhile to check in on your club’s sponsorship agreements, so as to get a feel for what partnerships are working, which ones may soon expire, and things of that nature.

You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you might find you get what you need - These old Rolling Stones lyrics pretty much sum up where West Ham United are in the great scheme of things, not tragic in any way but not where they were supposed to be. The issue of course is that compared to their European rivals, Barclays Premier league clubs are cash rich and therefore even relegation candidates are able to chase player targets that in the past would have been completely out of their reach.