The West Ham board have agreed a fee of £5m for ex Juventus Midfielder Stephen Appiah and have sent staff out to Turin to finalise the deal.

Stephen Appiah should be at Upton Park for a medical on Friday and all going well he will be training with the squad during the weekend.

The sale of Ferdinand for £8m has obviously given Curbs a little spending power hence why all of a sudden after weeks of negotiations this deal is at its latter stages.

Appiah did have a long spell from training and competing in  matches due to injuries, but now is 100% fit and ready to join the Hammers and to give Curbs some relief in an area that is lacking talent.

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The Amauri deal involving Lanzafame who will be part owned by Palermo and Juventus has taken a sudden twist, it is now believed that Juve and palermo will agree a deal to let Lanzafame take advantage of a season long loan at West Ham, where he will achieve Premier League status and then like Tevez, he may attract the attention of larger Premier League clubs.

West Ham may get first option to buy Lanzafame after the loan, but only if the price and wages are agreed.
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West Ham and Palermo are in a tug of war for the impressive Davide Lanzafame.

Yet despite what is going on it seems the young lad wants to join the hammers for a loan season - and this would be superb for our club, who have had limited goals and options upfront last season, with Bellamy out for most of the games and Zamora and Ashton also struggling with injuries.

He is a rising star with great potential and again showed this against Turkey in the under 21’s in a game that had plenty of bookings. But as reported on newsnow west ham united, he was one of the few players who kept his cool, aswell as scoring an opening goal.

If Nani’s influence can bring this young talent to Upton Park, then this will add even more strength to our firepower come the start of next season. And with Ashton, Bellamy, and our hardworking Zamora on board, it is a season to look forward to; providing Palermo don’t get Read the full story

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According to Footylatest

Palermo’s star striker will be a Juventus player within the next week according to the players agent. It seemed for a while that Amauri was going to choose AC Milan, but when they failed to secure a Champions League place for next season, Juventus got the nod.

Juventus have agreed to a £9m deal with Palermo that will see Antonio Nocerino and Davide Lanzafame go to Sicily as make-weights.

The Grimaldi brothers, who act as Amauri’s agents, met with Juventus directors Jean-Claude Blanc and Alessio Secco yesterday to finalise the deal.

“The negotiations have reached a good stage, in fact excellent,”

a statement from the agents read.

“We are satisfied and there are only a few small details still to be

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West Ham¿s bid for Juventus starlet Davide Lanzafame could be set for failure because of Amauri’s impeding move to Turin.

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By Ian Salisbury

Todays article in the Daily Mail:
West Ham are in talks with Juventus to take Italy Under-21 star Davide Lanzfame on loan.
The attacking midfielder, 21, is owned by the Turin club but has spent this season at Bari in Serie B.
The signing could be the first for Italian Gianluca Nani, who was appointed in March as the club’s technical director responsible for transfers.
Highlights the impact that Gianluca Nani might be starting to have on WHU, with his background knowledge and contacts we could be on the edge of one of the most exciting periods in our clubs history. Arsenal have for the Arsene Wenger tenure relied very much upon the acquisition of young upcoming exciting players who very few people knew much about, and then have developed them to their current potential.
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Davide Lanzafame 21 yrs old and Under 21 player for Italy, is expected to be loaned out to West Ham next season.

the Juventus ace has been on loan to Bari and has scored 10 goals in 33 games.

In early April 2008, Bari coach Antonio Conte compared him to possibly reaching levels in his football career like Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo.

“Lanzafame has improved tactically,” he told the Gazzetta dello Sport. “He is explosive, he sniffs the goal, and imposes his speed outside the area. If he

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Well Well its all about Italians this week.

Now it seems one of the worlds finest managers wants to work as a Premier League Manager, I know a position he could have!!

Italy’s World Cup-winning coach Marcello Lippi has refused to rule out a move to the Premier League at some point in the future.

Lippi, who has been out of work since leading Italy to success in the 2006 World Cup, has been continually linked with a move to England.

The former Juventus chief is believed to be keen on a return to management and admits he would be interested in a switch to the Premier League

“It [working in the Premier League] could be an interesting experience, but I can’t go knocking on the doors of clubs,” Lippi told Sky Sports News.

“If a club were to come to me, we could talk.

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