HAMMERS RUSH UPGRADE

WEST haM are to carry out an urgent upgrade on their Rush Green training centre. new manager Manuel Pellegrini was less than impressed with the facilities and work is to start imminently as West ham have planning permission to work on the 29-acre site. Pellegrini will doubtless demand more privacy than afforded to his predecessor david Moyes, who was astonished to share a changing room with 14 coaches and backroom staff. a new changing area is to be built because the West ham Ladies team — run by Jack Sullivan, the son of co-owner david — are to be located on the site. The gym area will need to be enlarged because it cannot accommodate the firstteam squad. indeed, astroturf had to be laid in the corridor outside the gym to provide more room. Pellegrini is known to like to introduce the Under 23 players to first-team squad training to instil his philosophy in those coming through the ranks. That will require larger dressing rooms and an extension of the catering facilities. The new boss will also want under-soil heating installed. during the cold snap last winter and in early spring, Moyes was unable to use the pitches.