West Ham accused of dirty tricks over Bilic

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Croatia FA president Vlatko Markovic has accused West Ham
United of dirty tricks after the Premier League club were linked with Slaven
Bilic.

The current Croatia boss and former Hammers star is one of
the favourites to replace Alan Curbshley in the Upton Park hot-seat, but
Markovic is dismayed by the timing of the story, just before his country's
World Cup qualifier against England.

He said in the Sunday Express: "This is another dirty trick by the English. They obviously want
to cause trouble for us before we play.

"It's typical of the sleaze in English
football. For the story about West Ham wanting Bilic to come out now is very
poor.

"We are very suspicious and unhappy as it is not the first time
something like this has happened with England.

"There is no chance events at West Ham
will damage us either this time."

Has the Croatian president got a point or is it hust paronoia on his part?