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Bilic ready to become Man Utd fan

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Slaven-Bilic-Louis-van-GaalSlaven Bilic is set to be wearing ‘Manchester Red’ on Cup Final day …on behalf of West Ham United!

The Irons are currently in sixth place – at the moment the final Europa League qualifying spot, and one point ahead of Liverpool with only four games remaining.

Victory for United over Crystal Palace in next month’s FA Cup final would see an additional Europa League slot allocated to the Premier League, increasing West Ham’s chances of European football.

And speaking to FourFourTwo the Irons boss said: “Of course, we would like to see Manchester United win the FA Cup to give us a cushion.

“Everything is in our hands, so we would rather do it ourselves than wait a week after the season and be a Manchester United fan.” We remain eight points adrift of fourth placed Arsenal meaning Champions League qualification is unlikely.

The Hammers manager continued: “We are still approaching each game as it comes, starting with West Brom. We have a full squad and it’s a big boost for us.

“Top six is a target and has been for quite a while. With four games to go, we have a little gap but we can’t afford to lose games” Bilic’s side travel to West Brom on Saturday and still have to play Swansea and Louis van Gaal’s men at Upton Park, finishing the season away to Stoke on 15th May.

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Hugh Southon is a lifelong Iron and the founding editor of ClaretandHugh. He is a national newspaper journalist of many years experience and was Bobby Moore's 'ghost' writer during the great man's lifetime. He describes ClaretandHugh as "the Hammers daily newspaper!"

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6 comments

  • mattefumi27 says:

    Nah, that’s not necessary: Manure will be defeated by Leicester this Sunday, we win against WBA and then we destroy Manure at the Boleyn, our last home match there (so sad)… Manure will lose the FA Cup final against Palace and so they’ll go home with their tail between their legs. Another disastrous season after spending tens of millions of pounds. My crystal ball never lies… lol 😉

  • Billy the Hammer says:

    Finally it is time for football again.Not just bullsh#t,lol,thanks for your prediction Myatic Matte 🙂

  • bubs says:

    That will do for me matte,
    Then we put them to the sword on our last great day at home,

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