West Ham Vice Chairman Karren Brady resigned on Monday as Chairman of Taveta, the holding company for Sir Philip’s Arcadia group while refusing to say why.

Manuel Lanzini – probably more than any other player – deserves a huge end of season after the eight month battle he staged following the shocking cruciate injury he suffered during World Cup training.

Forgotten man Winston Reid returned to first-team training this week as he attempts to gain match fitness, however, with no-preseason the New Zealander is pretty much starting from scratch and faces a long road of up to three months to re-gain that match sharpness.

Felipe Anderson’s form has caught the eye of his Brazlian national team boss!