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What will they do? Who is on their way in? And on their way out? Our West Ham expert JAMES SHARPE answers all the key questions ahead of a pivotal summer.

With a busy period in the transfer market expected, the club announced on Friday that four players with over 800 combined appearances in all competitions will depart in the summer.

West Ham invoked concussion protocols as they treated Lukasz Fabianski following the goalkeeper's sickening collision with Southampton defender Nathan Wood.

The Hammers traveled to Southampton on Boxing Day looking for a morale-boosting win to relieve some of the pressure on Julen Lopetegui against the side 20th in the table.

TOM COLLOMOSSE AT THE KING POWER STADIUM: This match was only 98 seconds old when Leicester's extraordinary talisman put his team ahead.

Manchester United defender Diogo Dalot hit the 'miss of the season' against West Ham, after failing to knock the ball into an open goal.

Following a proposal put forward by Wolves this week, clubs are set to vote on whether to keep VAR at a shareholders meeting on June 6.

SponsoredSky Bet are offering four 'Price Boosts' for today's Premier League showdown between Crystal Palace and West Ham at Selhurst Park.

TOM COLLOMOSSE: Wolves boss O'Neil labelled the call 'possibly the worst decision I have ever seen' and now looks set to pay the price for his outspoken reaction.

MARK CLATTENBURG: Now that we are getting to the business end of the season, it is as crucial as ever that the Premier League 's refereeing teams do what is right

ROSS HEPPENSTALL AT MOLINEUX: David Moyes' side survived a controversial disallowed goal by Wolves captain Max Kilman to claim victory ahead of their Europa League clash.

Wolves thought they had grabbed a late equaliser in their Premier League clash with West Ham but Max Kilman's header was ruled out in a decision which bemused and angered in equal measure.

James Ward-Prowse showed why he was a set-piece specialist, by scoring directly from a corner in West Ham's comeback win over Wolves.

ROSS HEPPENSTALL AT MOLINEUX: The contrast in emotion to David Moyes, his players and the large contingent of West Ham supporters could not have been greater.

Harvey Barnes came off the bench to fire Newcastle to a remarkable Premier League victory over West Ham as they fought back from two goals down to snatch the points.

KEIRAN GILL AT EUROPA-PARK STADION: Paqueta was a live wire throughout as David Moyes' men made it 17 European games unbeaten - a new record for an English side.

Tomas Soucek's second-half goal ensured West Ham overcame a tough test in the Carabao Cup third round at Lincoln with a 1-0 victory over the League One hopefuls on Wednesday evening.

Goals in the first half from Danny Ings and Kamarai Swyer were followed by second-half finishes from Jarrod Bowen and Gideon Kodua.

The Norwegian scored against West Ham at the Etihad ensuring he went past Andrew Cole and Alan Shearer in the single-season scoring stakes.

West Ham goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski is set for a long spell on the sidelines after suffering a horror facial injury against Nottingham Forest, with the 37-year-old potentially facing surgery.

Former Tottenham striker Robbie Keane praised Son Heung-min after he responded to being dropped with a goal to help Tottenham beat West Ham 2-0 and move back in to the top four.

Neither team could find a winner at Craven Cottage as Carlos Vinicius' first-half goal was cancelled out by a late strike by Englishman Jarrod Bowen in front of a packed London crowd.

Lukasz Fabianski believes Poland's hopes of reaching the World Cup knock-out stages for the first time since 1986 will rest on their opening game against Mexico.

KIERAN GILL AT THE LONDON STADIUM: Palace went from back to front in less than 20 seconds and with that, Patrick Vieira's side had their first Premier League away win since April.

JAMES SHARPE: Fabianski sits, relaxed, sipping coffee at West Ham's Rush Green training ground, ready for another trip to Man United in what will be his tenth career outing at Old Trafford.

ASTON VILLA 0-1 WEST HAM - SAMI MOKBEL AT VILLA PARK: Score when you're in the ascendancy, that's what the best teams do. Villa couldn't. In contrast, West Ham did.

Talks had been ongoing over a £7.6m deal to make the goalkeeper's loan move permanent but Newcastle stepped in to express an interest in signing the 29-year-old.

West Ham are reportedly plotting to trigger Alphonse Areola's £7.6 million permanent transfer clause, following his season-long loan spell in London away from parent club Paris Saint-Germain.

Chelsea midfielder Jorginho has blamed his penalty miss against West Ham at the weekend on VAR, insisting it was 'harder to keep focus' while the technology was being assessed.

The Europa League semi-finalists have shortlisted Pope, who impressed against the Hammers in Sunday's 1-1 draw, as a potential alternative to current No 2 Alphonse Areola.

DANIEL MATTHEWS: Two misses over two weekends, from combined 13 yards out. Together, they have arguably cost Burnley four points. Together they could condemn his side.

Arteta has hailed the Brazilian's performance at the Emirates, but noted that his physical struggles in the final knockings of the match - in which he fell to the turf with cramp - needs to be ironed out.

Bruno Lage began the season as favourite for the Premier League sack race. Three losses to start the season meant some questioned his credentials weeks into his stint. How wrong they were.

The 36-year-old brought an end to an international career that started in 2006 and encompassed him making 57 appearances for his country.

LEEDS 1-2 WEST HAM: Leeds led at the break through Raphinha, but were punished again for failing to take their chances and after Junior Firpo's own goal, Antonio fired the winner.

Roma boss Jose Mourinho is thought to consider Olsen surplus to requirements after signing Rui Patricio from Wolves, and according to Il Romanista, West Ham could move for him.

Hammers boss Moyes refused to panic with his side still fourth in the table following their defeat at Newcastle, when they conceded three preventable goals to make it 10 in four matches.

West Ham fans reacted in horror on social media as David Moyes' Hammers imploded in five first-half minutes away at Newcastle to go two goals and a man down at half-time. 

While many players will be unaffected by the strict travel protocols which remain in place, some have been barred from playing in certain countries because of the UK government's red list.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI: On and on they go, falling and rising on their weird tides. We have watched it across the course of their peculiar season, and now we have seen it compressed into one remarkable match.

There were many excellent individual performances once again in the top flight - but which players from last week's list will drop out and who will come out on top this time around?

CHRIS WHEELER: With United's Premier League campaign now on hold for three weeks, attentions will turn to achieving the kind of tangible success that delivers trophies and not being best of the rest.

IAN LADYMAN AT OLD TRAFFORD: Manchester United are not playing spectacular football but they are inching steadily towards a return to the Champions League.

The man who turned the north London derby on its head: Sportsmail looks back at Bale's ruthless record against the Gunners down the years, as he prepares for what could be one last dance.

Lukasz Fabianski - who has made 90 appearances and kept 22 clean sheets - has signed a new one-year deal at the club. However, West Ham are interested in acquiring Sam Johnstone.

ADRIAN KAJUMBA AT THE LONDON STADIUM: You cannot fault West Ham's staying power. They had to display it on their way to clinching a 2-0 victory against Leeds

The Spurs No 1, who made the move from Lyon to the Premier League for £8million in the summer of 2012, will have just one year left on his contract at the north London club at the end of this season.

SAMI MOKBEL AT LONDON STADIUM: There comes a point at every club where the powers that be have no option but to conclude things simply aren't working.

Fulham's Ademola Lookman admits he was devastated at missing the Panenka penalty against West Ham back in November, but he's confident of helping to keep them up this season

ADRIAN KAJUMBA AT THE LONDON STADIUM: West Ham returned to scoring and winning ways without a striker, finally ended their wait for a penalty and climbed above Liverpool.

Jurgen Klopp's side broke from a Hammers corner with right back Trent Alexander-Arnold playing a cross-field ball to Xherdan Shaqiri. The Switzerland international played a first time pass to Salah.

IAN LADYMAN AT OLD TRAFFORD: This may one day feel like a big win in United's season. It merely served to illustrate that they can win games even when they don't play well. It's a decent habit.

In charge of a resurgent West Ham, Moyes returns to Old Trafford tonight in the FA Cup fifth-round and can be quietly optimistic of knocking his former employers out of the competition.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY OLIVER HOLT: Xherdan Shaqiri's ability to step into the breach and help lift a team ravaged by injuries is under even more scrutiny than usual ahead of facing Manchester City.

RIATH AL-SAMARRAI AT CRAVEN COTTAGE: Soaked and frowning, it was a little like the David Moyes we used to know. Sluggish, in their display, it was a bit like the old West Ham, too.

Liverpool's fantastic week continued as Jurgen Klopp's champions recorded back-to-back wins thanks to magic from Mohamed Salah to down a high-flying West Ham side at the London Stadium.

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp had the last laugh after a touchline tiff with James Milner during Sunday's Premier League encounter at West Ham.

MARTIN SAMUEL AT THE LONDON STADIUM: It is another Mo whose brilliance will always be synonymous with the Olympic Stadium but it is Mo Salah that has made it his happy place post-2012.

WEST HAM 1-0 BURNLEY - KIERAN GILL AT THE LONDON STADIUM: The returning West Ham striker scored, swam and showed why his club have missed him so.

Allardyce lost just once in eight games against Arsenal between 2003 and 2006. While at Blackburn, he told a Rovers player to run at Manuel Almunia and Lukasz Fabianski to unsettle them.

Fredericks has only made four starts for the Hammers this season, with the most recent of those coming against Southampton on December 29 at St Mary's.

DANIEL MATTHEWS AT ST MARY'S: Perhaps Southampton's players can count themselves lucky the dressing down they deserved could only come from a social distance.

WEST HAM UNITED 2-2 BRIGHTON - KIERAN GILL AT THE LONDON STADIUM: The Hammers came from behind twice to earn a 2-2 draw at home to Brighton and deny the Seagulls a first win in six.

Fabianski, 35, has become a mainstay of West Ham's improvement under Moyes, but is out of contract in the summer while Rice has been a repeated target for Chelsea.

One of the country's top knee surgeons, who has treated hundreds of footballers in his 20-year career, is not expecting a restful Christmas with a packed festive football schedule ahead of him.

IAN LADYMAN: Moyes and West Ham feel they belong somewhere other than the lower reaches of our top division. Both have something to prove, whether they like to admit it or not.

SAMI MOKBEL AT STAMFORD BRIDGE: What a signing Silva has been for Chelsea. Not only has he played a pivotal role in sorting out a leaky defence; he's popping up at the other end, too.

MATT BARLOW AT THE LONDON STADIUM: Sebastien Haller scored one of the goals of the season so far as West Ham came from behind to secure a point against Crystal Palace.