Curbishley wins case against West Ham

Former West Ham manager Alan Curbishley has won his case for wrongful dismissal against the English Premier League club.

Curbishley quit the Hammers at the start of last season, after the Londoners sold Anton Ferdinand and subsequently George McCartney to top-flight rivals Sunderland against his wises.

The former Charlton boss insisted West Ham had ignored a clause in his contract giving him ultimate sole authority in relation to the sale and purchase of players at Upton Park.

And now the Premier League's managers' arbitration panel has unanimously found in his favour and dismissed a counter-claim by West Ham for the cost of employing Gianfranco Zola and the Italian manager's assistant Steve Clarke, who were taken on after Curbishley resigned in September last year.

The amount of compensation Curbishley will receive has yet to be assessed.