West Ham step up fight for new Mate! Croatia international Bilic linked with move to Upton Park

06 April 2010 11:21
West Ham United have joined the race to sign Sporting Gijon striker Mate Bilic.   [LNB]Blackburn and Sunderland are also tracking the 29-year-old Croatia international but the Spanish club confirmed the Hammers are keen to make a summer bid.[LNB] Best Mate: Bilic has been linked with a move to the Premier League [LNB]Bilic has scored 42 goals in 129 Primera Liga games since joining Sporting from Rapid Vienna two years ago.   [LNB]Croatia coach Slaven Bilic, a former West Ham defender, handed hisnamesake his first cap last October in a World Cup qualifying tieagainst Kazakhstan. [LNB] Gianfranco Zola's survival battle at West Ham inspired by Bill ShanklyFulham can rest who they like! West Ham complaint dismissed by HughesWest Ham are United! Upson backs 'together' Hammers to beat the dropPaying the penalty: Mido and Darren Bent the latest Premier League stars to flop from the spot... but who keeps saving them?WEST HAM UNITED FC

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