West Ham United believe
Manchester United will come in
for Matthew Upson in January.
The Times says Upson changed his agent a year ago in
the hope of a move to a top-four club and is still agitating for a
move. Liverpool remain keen on
the player after showing interest in the summer, when they were
unable to raise the funds.
They face the same problem now but West
Ham may decide to try and create an auction for Upson
in a bid to raise money to strengthen the squad.
They believe that Manchester
United, who have had up to six defenders out injured
recently, and Tottenham Hotspur
could be interested. Harry
Redknapp has four established centre backs but the
Tottenham manager may be
prepared to sell Michael Dawson. Alan Hutton, the Spurs right back,
could also move to Upton Park on loan as part of the deal.