Jewell frustration over Hammers ruling

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The Hammers moved level on points with Wigan by beating the Latics 3-0 at the JJB Stadium on Saturday and could yet leapfrog Jewell's side and stay in the top flight.

Jewell told The Sun: "If West Ham had been marooned like Watford are they would have been deducted points, as the Premier League could have done it without causing a fuss."

The former Bradford manager claims the League "bottled it" when an independent commission fined West Ham £5.5million over the breach of transfer rules in regard to the two Argentinians rather than deducting points which would have almost certainly condemned them to relegation.

He added: "They bottled it and they know they did. We know the Premier League were desperate for us to beat West Ham to right the injustice - because an insider told one of our men that.

"I'm convinced they decided not to take points off West Ham because if they had, they might have had to look at one or two other London clubs higher up the league."