Hammers may sue FA over Downing
The rumour first emerged on Twitter last night via @Ironviews and was confirmed as true by a highly placed source inside Upton Park to ClaretandHugh within the last few minutes.
Downing was reported to have taken a knock while training with England but claimed after the game he was likely to play at Everton on Saturday after being involved in the first 45 minutes of the international.
Now Boleyn officials and Sam Allardyce are utterly furious that England boss Roy Hodgson chose to play this season’s key man after being given an injection.
The original tweet declared: “Hearing a rumour that Sam Allardyce is furious with Hodgson for playing Downing with a painkilling injection. Club talking about suing FA.”
And when we approached highly reliable sources inside the club a few minutes ago we were told: “Yes that’s 110 per cent true. It’s possible we will sue although the FA may accept responsibility and pay compensation.”