Diego Tristan got 45 minutes under his belt for the reserves tonight. Tristan played the first half in West Ham Reserves 2-0 loss to Sp@rs Reserves. Tristan was subbed at half time, hopefully as a precaution, after taking a knock to one of his feet.

Kia Joorabchian has told Sky Sports that West Ham will make an announcement on Wednesday or Thursday concerning the new West Ham manager,”They [West Ham] are moving quite fast because they are sensitive to the fact that they want to get someone in. Within 48 to 72 hours you’ll probably get some news coming out of them.”However most of tomorrow’s newspapers seem to think they don’t have to wait until the announcement and claim West Ham have appointed Gianfranco Zola.So it seems West Ham are set to replace an English manager with huge experience in the English Premier League with an Italian with no experience of club management. I guess only time will tell how risky a gamble that will be.It certainly seems that West Ham were not able to tempt Bilic or Roberto Mancini and I can’t help wondering if that was because the board were unwilling to tempt them with a sizeable transfer kitty. There have also been rumours that Nani has been keen on Zola as he sees him as someone who will not threaten his position at the club.One thing that does seem certain is that Zola is not the fans’ preferred choice. A survey by Kumb of West Ham fans had Zola in last place out of the candidates for the West Ham job with just one per cent of the votes.

West Ham target Djibril Cisse will remain a Marseille player next season according to chairman Pape Diouf.

Barcelona have sparked a transfer scramble among Premier League clubs after confirming that Eidur Gudjohnsen is free to move on this summer.

West Ham United, Aston Villa and Fulham have all been linked with moves for the former Chelsea and Bolton …

Opta delve into the player pool and try to fish out a few potential targets for Premier League clubs this summer.

The transfer window is now officially open and with it comes the inevitable gusts of rampant rumour-mongering and drip-drip of the most infuriating transfer sagas. Setantasports. com assesses where each club stands at the start of the speculation storm.

Alvaro Negredo’s future will be decided next week, after reports suggested two Premier League club’s had launched bids to land him.

Alan Curbishley has told Dean Ashton’s admirers that he has no intention of selling the powerful forward this summer.