Seems unlikely.

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There are some tasty encounters here, not sure about the music, but hey ho! Enjoy!

A star studded MLS Side, including Freddie Ljungberg, Landon Donovan and Kasey Keller (OK maybe not star studded) managed to hold David Moyes side to a draw before the Toffees won the shoot out in Utah. Mr. Beckham was not invited to play for the All Stars!

West Ham have sacked dumped Freddie “The Pants” Ljungberg.

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It’s clear that the Gunners got shot of Fredrik Ljungberg at exactly the right time. Injuries were beginning to take their toll on the Swede and, despite Arsenal offering him a one-year-deal last summer, the winger instead moved to West Ham on a lucrative contract and immediately got friendly with the physio team at Upton Park. Despite all this, the Daily Mail report that Ljungberg is still chomping his way through sour grapes by claiming that Arsene Wenger forced him to play while injured among other things.

He said: “It’s all about my injuries. Wenger simply doesn’t like those who show a weakness. With him, you generally feel as if you were in the army – it’s only in public that he may appear to be some sort of man of liberal views. In reality, his belief is natural selection. The truth is I picked up a knock doing my job and following Wenger’s instructions. I always played like this and, at some point, ran out of luck.

“So while I was being treated for the injury, they went out and found a different player for my position.

“After I recovered, I was given a chance in the typical Wenger way: I was expected to run and intercept and score just the same as before. He just didn’t give me enough time to do it properly. I had no time.”

“And also I still feel a bit offended about Arsenal. They showed the door to too many people. Why did they let Thierry Henry go? When I found out about his move, I realised that the Arsenal I used to play for was finished.

“So I went to West Ham in order to play against Arsenal as often as possible. I wanted to prove that Freddie Ljungberg hadn’t had his last word as a player. And at West Ham, no one gives you a puzzled look if you get called up for your national team and players are never asked to play on injections.

“I would like to stay there – if they offer of course.”

I’m sure West Ham fans will be delighted to hear that Ljungberg’s primary motivation for signing at Upton Park was the opportunity to play against Arsenal last season! It’s a shame that the player has to continue bad mouthing his former club in such a way, especially as he must have so many happy memories of turning out for the Gunners.

Everyones favourite red-top guttermongers The Sun have been “Top Ten” crazy these past few weeks, feverishly scribbling away in their tabloid caves – coming up with a cavalcade of Sporting Top Tens – this weekend they gifted the populace with their views on the Top Ten flop Premier League signings this season…and most were pretty predictable, but in at number ten came Freddie Ljungberg; isn’t that a bit harsh on the West Ham midfielder?

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Can West Ham United steal an unlikely and improbable fourth spot in the English Premier League this season and with it a chance to play in the UEFA Champions League next season? Okay, you need not crackle your heads over this but the Hammers midfielder Freddie Ljungberg is confident that they can do just that.

Goal.com quotes the Swedish as telling The Sun:

I looked at the Premier League table before the weekend and we were only seven points off fourth place with a game in hand over every club above us — apart from Liverpool, and we play them in our next home game. I felt we were capable of closing the gap and getting into the fight for fourth place and I still think that is possible even though the gap has opened up a bit more now. A couple of wins can really get you moving in the right direction and it is very tight behind the top three.

You know what? At first, it does seem ludicrous that last season’s relegation battlers could qualify for Europe’s top-tier club competition but there is a mathematical possibility that West Ham might try and go for it. The Hammer might be 10th in the league but they are 9 points off the fourth spot with a game in hand. Having said that, well, it doesn’t feel quite sane. Better bet on Liverpool for that fourth spot.

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