Our man inside the game is baffled by rumours of Crouch or Carroll to Chelsea. But he’s no longer bitter

Brighton 0 - Chelsea 4: Chelsea’s 4-0 victory at Brighton at the weekend has quietened the critics who suggested there was a crisis building at Stamford Bridge but it hasn’t ended speculation about their search for a striker after manager Antonio Conte challenged Michy Batshuayi to fill the void – but also left the door open for him to leave.

Chelsea head coach Antonio Conte is prepared to be patient over the club’s transfer activity this month and again declined to comment on the Blues’ rumoured targets.

Chelsea have reportedly turned their attention to Stoke striker Peter Crouch after Andy Carroll suffered another injury blow.

Here's your morning news bulletin...

Stubbornly holding on to a player can be fatal in Fantasy Premier League - but managers have been finding out recently that selling one too soon can be every bit as calamitous.

Chelsea were last night linked with a shock move for veteran Stoke City striker Peter Crouch after an ankle injury to Andy Carroll ruled out a January switch to Stamford Bridge for the West Ham target man.

Arsenal goalkeeping issue just another crisis...

Son Heung-min and Pedro Obiang each scored a stunner as Tottenham were held by West Ham to a draw at Wembley.

Mauricio Pochettino has refused to complain about Tottenham’s “difficult” task of playing two Premier League games in the space of 48 hours.

Arsenal 1 West Ham 0: Arsenal, even with 11 changes and one eye looking over their shoulder at Liverpool arriving on Friday, are in the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup and in with a chance of winning the trophy for the first time under Arsene Wenger.

David Moyes believes he could manage any team in the world and wants to prove it at West Ham.

Moyes admits he is also rebuilding his reputation after ill-fated spells in charge of Manchester United, Real Sociedad and Sunderland.

West Ham secured their first point under David Moyes as Cheikhou Kouyate's header earned a draw with Leicester.

David Moyes has leapt to the defence of Andy Carroll, insisting the West Ham striker is more sinned against than sinner.

Tottenham 2 West Ham 3: West Ham eased the pressure on manager Slaven Bilic by fighting back from two goals down to beat Tottenham 3-2 in the Carabao Cup fourth round last night.

Monday Morning Quarterback.

West Ham and Tottenham have been charged by the Football Association for failing to control their players in Saturday's Premier League clash.

Injury-plagued striker Andy Carroll faces a make-or-break season at West Ham.

Slaven Bilic got the birthday present he so desperately needed as West Ham hauled themselves off the foot of the Premier League table with a 2-0 victory over Huddersfield.

A serial thief has been convicted of attempting to rob Premier League striker Andy Carroll of his £22,000 wristwatch in a drive-by heist.

A jury has started deliberations in the trial of a man accused of attempting to rob West Ham striker Andy Carroll of his £22,000 wristwatch.

Liverpool have finally kick-started their summer recruitment drive in earnest after completing a deal for Roma winger Mohamed Salah.

Roma winger Mohamed Salah is to undergo a medical at Liverpool on Thursday after the clubs agreed a €39m fee.

Disclosure time. The TV programme on RTÉ One this evening, GAA Nua, is a project that is well known to me.

After the fairytale of Leicester City’s unexpected success last year, this season marked a brutal back to business return for the Billionaire Boys from The Bridge, writes Nick Callow.

Our father, who art in heaven — any chance I could be wrong for once?

Eamon Dunphy was right. And then he was wrong. And then he was right again. It can be hard to keep up with the Dunph, sometimes, writes Liam Mackey.

Arsenal 3 West Ham 0: Mesut Ozil finally turned up in an Arsenal shirt when his team needed him most.

Arsenal returned to winning ways with a solid victory over West Ham as a fifth straight defeat plunged Slaven Bilic's visitors deeper into the fight for Premier League survival.

West Ham say they have "100 per cent faith" in manager Slaven Bilic and his ability to lead the club.

Last week’s truncated set of fixtures left some Fantasy Premier League managers delighted. Others... not so much.

Last week, it just took one Man City fixture announcement to catapult Sergio Aguero from a forgotten man to a would-be savior of our FPL seasons.

Premier League

Eden Hazard and Diego Costa were on target as clinical Chelsea swatted aside West Ham 2-1 to take a 10-point lead at the top of the Premier League.

Tony Pulis labelled as "absolutely disgraceful" the way he believes Stoke have "spun" claims he called Ryan Shawcross a "loser".

I was initially tempted to make last week’s disconsolate column feel like the Dalai Lama’s positive thinking app in comparison with this one.

Wayne Rooney surpassed Sir Bobby Charlton to become Manchester United's record goalscorer with a dramatic injury-time free-kick which salvaged his side a 1-1 draw at Stoke.

West Ham0, Manchester United 2: Manchester United had two dreadful refereeing decisions to thank for a sixth successive Premier League victory which maintains their charge for the top four. Not that Jose Mourinho cared.

Bob Bradley promised to fight on after another defeat that leaves his Swansea side deep in relegation trouble.

The pressure's on Man City to win at Hull this evening.

West Ham 1 Arsenal 5: ALEXIS SANCHEZ is either playing for a move, or a new Arsenal contract.