Rumours have started to circulate that West Ham have struck a deal with Avram Grant, paving the way for Martin O'Neill to take over. But, apparently, the West Ham boss won't be sacked until after today's game with Arsenal and that the deal was struck on Thursday.

Grant has appeared to be a dead man walking for a number of weeks now and with nobody from the West Ham board ever coming out to defend Grant or support his position, this has been on the cards for some time.