Drinks are on Slaven

® SLAVEN BILIC admits his squad’s champagnefuelled session this week was his idea.

After four Premier League defeats in a row, the Hammers players racked up a £5,000 bill at a Knightsbridge restaurant on Monday, before going to a club.

Three of the squad were pictured in a McDonald’s at 7am the next day, with the club also probing claims striker Andy Carroll carried on partying even longer.

Bilic said: “It was our third meeting, a big one. After losing to Southampton I said, ‘Let’s talk’. We had a meeting – it was very open.

“The next day was their day off so I said, ‘Okay, go out for a meal, go somewhere’.

“Generally, it can only help. I am not the first one and not the last one to do it.

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