Ahead of a return to Women's Super League action against Chelsea, West Ham boss Rehanne Skinner said her side could cause problems for their table-topping opponents. In her defence, the Hammers have picked up seven of their eight Women's Super League points this season at home,

The centre-back would become West Ham's first signing of the January transfer window and fills a position that was a priority for manager Rehanne Skinner. She has picked up 13 caps for her country having spent the majority of her career playing in Sweden after coming through the youth team at Finnish club PK-35 Vantaa.

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West Ham have a good track record at bringing in players from the Championship, including Antonio, Bowen, Aaron Cresswell and Crysencio Summerville. But stalling on targets has seen the club miss out on signing James Maddison, now of Tottenham Hotspur, in 2018 and Eberechi Eze, now of Crystal Palace, in 2020.

West Ham United manager Graham Potter admits his side struggled to keep up Crystal Palace's instensity in their 2-0 defeat.

Jean-Philippe Mateta scored twice in the second half as Crystal Palace completed a 2-0 Premier League away win at a toothless West Ham United on Saturday, more evidence for new manager Graham Potter of the difficult job at hand in east London.

West Ham United head coach Graham Potter says Jarrod Bowen could return ahead of schedule in his recovery from a fractured foot. Bowen sustained the injury in the 5-0 loss against Liverpool and was expected to be sidelined for at least six weeks,

Julen Lopetegui has been fired by West Ham after less than a year in the job and with the Premier League club in danger of being dragged into a relegation fight.

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In part that is because Eze is yet to hit top form. The new England manager, Thomas Tuchel, was in attendance at the London Stadium, but where once Eze might have held out hope of an England recall, it is difficult to see how that would be justified based on this season’s performances.

That said, contrary to popular belief there’s no evidence that left-footed players are generally more “one-footed” than right-footed players. It seems that, because left-footed players are rarer and therefore their left-footedness is a bigger part of their identity, we simply notice it more when they use their weaker side.