News about Flynn Downes

'It's happened again,' was the chant ringing out from the away end at St Mary's after Sam Morsy's 95th minute strike denied Southampton their first win of the season. It was in reference to Jeremy Sarmiento's 97th minute winner for Ipswich at Portman Road when the sides met in the Championship last season. This was a cruel blow for Russell Martin's side, who had led since the fifth minute after a first senior goal from Southampton's 18-year-old sensation Tyler Dibling. 'Gutted' was the word Saints captain Flynn Downes used to sum up his feelings at dropping two points against the side he once wore the armband for. 'It feels like a loss. It's a hard one to take at the moment but there were so many positives. We have to see the game out, control the game or put it to bed by getting a second.'

Southampton will welcome Villareal's Ben Brereton Diaz to St Mary's this summer, are securing the forward's signature a reported £7million. The Chilean international has agreed personal terms with the Saints, and will join on a four-year deal. Brereton Diaz is the second signing for the south-coast club, who gained promotion back to the Premier League from the Championship via the play-offs, last season. 

West Ham have made further enquiries for Villarreal striker Alexander Sorloth but the Spanish side are holding out for £32million. That is the value of the buy-out clause in his current contract. The 28-year-old former Crystal Palace forward had a standout campaign with Villarreal last season, scoring 26 goals in 41 games. West Ham have discussed an offer worth £25m but Villarreal are demanding more.

Southampton have agreed an £18m deal to sign a star from West Ham pending his medical. Manager Russell Martin previously claimed he would 'cry himself to sleep' if Southampton had been unable to get the deal over the line.

Southampton will join Ipswich Town and Leicester City in the Premier League next season after winning the Championship play-off final, with a new set of WAGs joining them. Not only are Saints players now busy preparing for life in the English top-flight, but their various partners are as well, with many already fully settled into the WAG lifestyle. Mail Sport takes a look at some of the WAGs who will be supporting their footballing partners in the Premier League next season.

TOM COLLOMOSSE AT THE HAWTHORNS: Russell Martin heads into Friday's play-off decider against West Bromwich Albion knowing that defeat could hasten the end of his time as Southampton manager. Saints will believe they can finish the job in front of their own fans and seal their place in the final at Wembley - where the winner will claim not just promotion to the Premier League but an estimated £200million windfall for a campaign in the top flight. Yet if West Brom prevail in the second leg at St Mary's, Martin will have failed in his most important task - to return Southampton instantly to the elite level. Clubs who benefit from parachute payments - designed to ease the pain of relegation - are under greater pressure to deliver and if their managers do not handle it, their position becomes immediately more shaky.

West Ham fans have questioned Lucas Paqueta after he appeared to not show up for their Europa League clash with Bayer Leverkusen on Thursday evening. The Brazilian was suspended for the second leg after picking up a booking in Germany last week.  A number of players who were unavailable for the match were pictured in the stands to watch the Hammers, including the injured Alphonse Areola, the suspended Emerson Palmieri and Flynn Downes made the 160-mile round trip from Southampton where he is on loan. 

SIMON JONES: Southampton defender Nathan Wood is making a transfer for Swansea City. The England U21 international centre-back's value is expected to be around £12 million. Southampton is expected to pay about £10 million for the 21-year-old's.

Flynn Downes of West Ham has been loaned by Southampton, with the midfielder revealing that the transfer was postponed due to food poisoning. Downes was supposed to complete his move last week, with James Ward-Prowse heading the opposite direction in a £30 million transfer. According to Southampton's club website, the 24-year-old said he had hoped to be able to face Plymouth on Saturday but a bout of food poisoning delayed his arrival at the club.

James Ward-Prowse, a Southampton midfielder, will complete his £30 million move to West Ham today. Ward-Prowse will leave his boyhood team after scoring 55 goals in 410 appearances. He is expected to be West Ham's second midfield signing in a matter of days after the Irons reached an agreement for Ajax's Edson Alvarez last week. In the coming days, Southampton could be without promising defender Armel Bella-Kotchap.

Angel of Alkmaar, the 'Angel of the West Ham's, also known as Knollsy, arrived in Prague this evening and fought back tears as fans erupted to say their thanks once more. Chris Knoll, 58, became a worldwide sensation last month after battling thugs who had intended to hurt West Ham supporters, including the wives and girlfriends of the team at AK Alkmaar last month. After being invited by MailOnline to West Ham United executives, he arrived in Prague today to celebrate.

The stars of West Ham have boarded their flight to Prague in the hopes of returning to British soil for the first European trophy in 47 years. On Wednesday evening, the Hammers face Fiorentina in the final of the Europa Conference League, home to Slavia Prague. A trophy is not the only thing at stake, but a victory for the Hammers will guarantee them a return to the Europa League next season.

2-1 WESTHAM HAM ISA MICHELLE HERBERT AT THE KING POWER STADIUM: No one needed a transistor radio to know that the magnificent Leicester City tale had been reduced to dust in the space of seven years, but not to dust. Everton's news was ferociously from a gleeful West Ham contingent taking joy in another team's misfortune. Leicester supporters sang of them as they fell,' they went.' The two of them sang of themselves as they traveled to Prague.' 'Say hello to Millwall,' a narrator said.' And then, after losing only two games since back-to-back victories, which had brought brief hope in early February, came to an end for Leicester's players of milling around on the field, clustered around a phone at one point, waiting for Everton's final whistle and a spectacular reprieve that never arrived. Before the relegation, which some had felt inevitable, there were precious few words between them - nothing to say.

In the aftermath of the violence that marred the Dutch team's Europa Conference League semi-final against West Ham, Eivisie side AZ Alkmaar has released 43 stadium bans to ultras. In the AFAS Stadium's basement, black hoodies erupted and collapsed into the away hospitality seats where the West Ham players' families and acquaintances were entertained during the night's 1-0 victory. A select group of holidaymakers battled the flooded flood of ultras at the top of the stairwell, causing the onslaught of the crowds to descend the stairs.

The hooded AZ Alkmaar thugs who assaulted West Ham supporters have been given a deadline by police or face having their faces appear on national television. Sixteen of the black-clad crowd who screamed security barriers to assault a portion of Hammers fans, including friends and relatives of the players, have already reported to police after last Thursday's Europa Conference League semi-finals. Now, the police have been given the remainder until 4 p.m. local time [3 p.m. UK] on Tuesday, whether you want to surrender or view Opsporing Verzocht, the Dutch equivalent of Crimestoppers.

David Moyes is confident that his West Ham players will not be disciplined for leaping into the stands to shield their families on Thursday night. Following the disgraceful scenes surrounding West Ham's 1-0 victory, they have confirmed they will compete in the Europa Conference League final on June 7. Captain Declan Rice and his colleagues Said Benrahma, Flynn Downes, and Michail Antonio were among the participants, and it's likely that Europe's governing body will punish them with inappropriate conduct.

This is by no means the first case of hooliganism or violent altercation involving supporters of the Netherlands' Alkmaar and Zaan districts. Brutal clashes with opposition followers, planned brawls, and fan break-ins have all tarnished AZ's image. And although Alkmaar supporters have a meek reputation in the Netherlands, a group of vocal ultras has historically caused severe headaches for the team.

After the Hammers' Europa Conference League semi-final victory over AZ Alkmaar descended into utter chaos, a new video showing West Ham midfielder Flynn Downes yelling punches has surfaced. At the final whistle, a horde of violent Alkmaar supporters, dressed in all-black and hooded to mask their identities, has pushed their way into the outskirts, where they will clash with West Ham supporters.

Following West Ham's Europa Conference League win over AZ Alkmaar on Thursday evening, UEFA is looking at the brutality in the stands. As striker Michail Antonio and Flynn Downes jumped over the advert hoardings, tense West Ham players were also seen jumping into the fray to try and protect their families.

The brave Brit in another world can be seen shaking off the Dutch hooligans at the top of a flight of stairs as they attempt to flood into the seats. Supporters in West Ham's Europa Conference League semi-final victory over AZ Alkmaar erupted as players erupted as Dutch supporters threw a section of visiting supporters where many of their loved ones were seated. Footage shows the heroic Hammer standing at the top of a flight of stairs holding the crowd at bay.

AT THE AFAS STADION, DANIEL MATTHEWS: West Ham's Europa Conference League semi-final victory over AZ Alkmaar descended on a crowd after Dutch supporters attacked a section of visiting supporters where many of their loved ones were seated. Pablo Fornals' injury-time champion hoped that David Moyes' side would advance to the final next month, but the visitors' celebrations were cut short when hundreds of Alkmaar supporters - dressed in black, hoods up - raced around the streets to spawn horrific scenes of violence. Hundreds of spectators and supporters were gathered behind the away teamout alongside former players and VIPs. Said Benrahma, Michail Antonio, Aaron Cresswell, and Flynn Downes were among the hoardings, although others were pushed back as the conflict threatened to boil after the final whistle.

West Ham's 1-0 loss at Everton on Sunday puts the team's international fortnight in the relegation zone, with just four points compared to a possible 21. It's the club's worst start to a Premier League season since 2016-17, and you'll have to go back to 1973 for the last time the Hammers had fewer points at this point in a top-flight campaign. With their participation in the Europa Conference League more a hindrance than a promise, the manager, who was dubbed the 'Moyesiah,' has shed a lot of his sheen and the season is about to be a long season.

David Moyes, the West Ham manager, claims he was never concerned about Everton's demise last season. As many followers and pundits predicted relegation for the first time since 1951, the West Ham boss, who faces his former Merseyside side, was able to rise above the'relegation anxiety'. "I always believed Everton had enough good players last year to get out of trouble,' Moyes said. The club, what they stand for, has been in the league for so long, I've always thought Everton would have enough money to get out of it.'

West Ham is set to complete the loan signing of Jan Bednarek from Southampton before Premier League rivals Aston Villa. In Saints' 2-1 victory over Chelsea on Tuesday, the Polish defender was an unused sub, and now appears that he will leave the south coast and join David Moyes' team on a season-long loan. Bednarek joined Southampton in 2017 and has played more than 150 times for the club, scoring seven goals.