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West Ham assistant manager Alan Irvine admits that he is unaware of the club being close to making any new signings.

A quite lifeless performance saw the misery of pre-season carry on into the real football as Newcastle took all three points once more from the London Stadium.

You all know the one about buses, you wait for an hour and three come along at once. Only David Sullivan would be grateful, he needs a whole fleet of them to cope with the amount of people thrown under their wheels in that TalkSport interview.

When I first started to go to Upton Park in the 1950s one of the key members of the West Ham team was defensive midfielder, Andy Malcolm.

Oversexed, overpaid and over here… that's how they used to talk about the Yanks back in the day. I'm not sure about the first bit but they are certainly here looking for football clubs to buy – and they have the money.

West Ham's pre-season came to an end in fairly humiliating fashion as David Moyes side conceded FIVE goals against Championship opposition at the London Olympic Stadium.

West Ham ran out comfortable 3-0 winners at home to Charlton Athletic as the second round of the Carabao Cup provided David Moyes and his side their first win of the season.

West Ham United assistant manager Alan Irvine says the first team squad have been given a clear bill of health after the latest round of coronavirus testing.