Bolton back på lån till West Ham tillbaka till Bolton! Uppdaterad.
Alan Pardew har börjat med att ta in förstärkningar igen, men det föll på mållinjen.
West Ham's försök att tag in backen Anthony Barness på en månads lån från Premier League-klubben Bolton Wanderers har gått i stöpet. Gaffer Allardyce har inte lyckats med att ta in en ersättare på lån och har då tvingats ta tillbaka Barness. En dags lån, inte illa. Det måste vara nytt rekord.
30-åringen har haft svårt att ta en plats i a-laget och han sägs ha varit glad över att få chansen att komma tillbaka till London, där han även spelat för Charlton och Chelsea.
Om man skall tro West Ham's hemsida är Barness en riktig Hammer. Följande text kommer från www.whufc.com:
"I was hoping I could sort something out but I didn't think it would be West Ham, because that just seemed too good.
"I used to support West Ham and my family and everything are all West Ham supporters - so I couldn't really believe it when I got the call.
"I used to go and watch before I became an apprentice; I was still at school and I used to get along sometimes after South-East Counties games - but ever since then I haven't seen a game other than on telly.
"I used to go in the South stand, which is now the Bobby Moore, with a couple of mates.
"I was watching around 85, 86, 87, - it was a good period because McAvennie and Cottee were doing well.
"I liked Devonshire - he was one of my favourites - and I have to mention Alvin Martin because I am a defender!
Fellow fan Rob Lee said when he signed at Upton Park that it had taken him 20 years to get there - for Anthony, also a former Charlton player, a little less.
Family and friends are delighted, and he adds:
"I had my cousin phone me up today and he said everyone at his work all had season tickets, and he has had more emails and phone calls today than he has had all month.
"I have family who live in Essex and Southend and my dad was from Tilbury; I have uncles and cousins all over the place there.
"It has been an ambition of mine to play for West Ham so I couldn't believe it when Sam Allardyce came and told me what could potentially happen - I just jumped at the chance to come down."
Som sagts tidigare på både hemsidan och forumet, det behövs krigare i det läge som West Ham nu befinner sig i.
Målvaktsjakten fortsätter. Bland de namn som förekommit finns Sunderland's Mart Poom, Thomas Myhre (för tillfället utlånad till Crystal Palace och IFK Göteborgs Bengt Andersson.
De rykten som förekommit att Jermaine Defoe skulle vara på väg till Arsenal för 5 miljoner pund, avvisas av både Arsene Wenger och Alan Pardew. Med andra ord, cirkusen är i full gång.
