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West Ham are without Valon Behrami, who is out for up to six months with a cruciate knee ligament injury, and Carlton Cole who is suspended; Savio Nsereko may therefore get his chance to partner David Di Michele up front. Jack Collison is also out with a knee injury.West Brom's on-loan striker Jay Simpson is being evaluated by boss Tony Mowbray ahead of the clash at Upton Park, with Marc-Antoine Fortune and Luke Moore also challenging for a place in attack."The plan is still to strengthen the team this summer. But first of all we need to achieve our targets this year, then we can think about going on and pushing the team on."

On the prospect of European football, Zola enthused: "It might be possible that seventh spot is enough for Europe this season and that would be a great thing for this club.

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West Ham argued their own research into the real cost of relegation, when all the savings from wages and recruitment had been taken into account, was no greater than £5m.

It appears a final settlement in the region of £10m has been agreed upon, which represents a victory for Sheffield United - but on terms acceptable to West Ham.

Sheffield United's claim for damages was supported last year by an independent FA tribunal chaired by Lord Griffiths.

West Ham are close to finalising a compensation agreement with Sheffield United worth around £10 million to end the long-running Carlos Tevez saga.