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"West Ham in race against clock to get Kurt Zouma registered in time to play Crystal Palace"

That is a rather confusing leading line, but one that the majority of news sources are 'churning out' today. Sky lead with "West Ham have until 12pm tomorrow (Friday) to get Kurt Zouma registered in time to play against Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Saturday", that is according to Dharmesh Sheth who when speaking on Sky Sports News on Wednesday, reported that Hammers are “close to agreeing a deal” for the 26 year old Chelsea centre back.

Manchester United have been drawn against West Ham in the Carabao Cup third round, the 'Moose' Cup game will be held at Old Trafford and will be decided via penalties if required, with no replays. The tie will be played on the midweek of September the 22nd or 23rd.

Hammers have done remarkably well, last season and so far this season, the bedrock of Hammers surprising surge to becoming a genuine top six club has been the club's stoic defence, as well as it's astonishing counter attacking prowess.

Playing in one of Europe’s top two continental competitions is a tremendous honour, with West Ham United making their way into the Europa League by virtue of their sixth place finish last season.

Over 580 days in the waiting and a whole world of events had been and gone ahead of last night's game against Leicester City, while fans had been absent David Moyes and his staff oversaw the metamorphosis of a team of relegation battlers into a slick top six of the table club.

West Ham: Fabiański, Coufal, Dawson, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Rice (c), Souček, Bowen, Fornals, Benrahma, Antonio Subs: Areola (GK), Fredericks, Johnson, Baptiste, Diop, Coventry, Lanzini, Noble, Yarmolenko
Leicester: Schmeichel; Ricardo, Vestergaard, Soyuncu, Thomas; Ndidi, Tielemans; Perez, Maddison, Barnes; Vardy.

As we have previously written, there seems to be some extraordinary coincidences involving other clubs when West Ham show interest in acquiring a player, whether this is because since David Moyes' arrival at the club the transfer strategy has shifted seismically or not is a matter of debate.

It may seem a little more than co-incidence to some Hammers fans when they see 'one of their own' come out in the media in support of an aggressive take over bid for the club they 'love', the fact that said person has just lost their job with a major sports platform after nearly 20 years can't have anything to do with it can it?

Expect organised chaos if you are attending the London 'Dome' tomorrow, Judging by how other London clubs have coped with the additional resources required to check fan's Covid vaccine status and /or lateral flow testing, it is going to be a long hard slog to get through the entry 'pinch points'.

Hmm, the mischief makers can't resist a free hit at West Ham's expense, by opening up the 'Declan Rice unhappy' story, yet again. 'Declan Rice is ready to run down his West Ham contract amid interest from Man Utd as the midfielder feels his £100 price tag has prevented him from securing a move away, the 22-year-old feels as though his £100m valuation has priced him out of a move away and is now ready to run down his current deal', reports the Telegraph.