West Ham to stand by their man

Soccer: West Ham say they are committed to retaining manager Avram Grant after weeks of speculation over his future at Upton…

Soccer:West Ham say they are committed to retaining manager Avram Grant after weeks of speculation over his future at Upton Park. The Israeli appeared on the brink of the sack, with reports at the weekend linking Martin O'Neill with the post.

However, the club issued a statement this morning insisting they were standing by Grant, despite the club sitting bottom of the Premier League with just four wins from their first 20 matches.

That O’Neill appeared to have ruled himself out of the running to succeed Grant may over the last 24 hours may be entirely coincidental.

A statement posted on www.whufc.com read: “The club are committed to retaining Avram Grant as manager and have identified potential transfer targets to give us the best possible chance of retaining Premier League status.”

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The 55-year-old Grant is due to take training at the club’s training ground this morning. Today’s statement should appease supporters to a certain extent after they urged the Hammers board to either back or sack Grant.