Hammers ready to push past Pompey in chase for Anelka

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Wanted: West Ham and Portsmouth are chasing Nicolas Anelka

Sportsmail revealed that Portsmouth had opened talks with Bolton, with Matt Taylor possibly going in the opposite direction.

Yet West Ham will use their financial clout to match the bid and offer more lucrative terms of around £90,000 a week to the 28-year-old France forward.

Meanwhile West Ham manager Alan Curbishley insists he is not expecting any problems when old sparring partners Kieron Dyer and Lee Bowyer are reunited at Upton Park.

Dyer finally completed his protracted transfer from Newcastle yesterday for an undisclosed fee, signing a four-year deal and linking up with fellow ex-Magpies Craig Bellamy and Scott Parker.

But it is his reunion with Bowyer, with whom he infamously traded blows on the pitch while both were playing for Newcastle against Aston Villa in 2005, which has raised eyebrows among the Hammers faithful.

Curbishley made Dyer his sixth summer signing despite Sheffield United announcing they are suing the Hammers for up to £50million over the Carlos Tevez affair.

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Happy to be a Hammer: Kieron Dyer

And the Upton Park chief is confident the pair's spat is water under the bridge as he prepares to hand Dyer an immediate debut, possibly alongside Bowyer, at Birmingham on Saturday.

"I spoke to both players and have been assured that it was a one-off, and they both actually speak to each other regularly," said Curbishley.

"It was just two players desperate to do well. They were getting well beaten, and it just boiled over."