West Ham co-chairman David Gold wants Gianfranco Zola to continue as manager next season.
The Hammers beat Wigan 3-2 last weekend to all but secure their Premier League status.
The win moved them six points clear of Hull with two games to go, and with a far superior goal difference.
"I would hope Franco stays," Gold told reporters.
"He has been through hell and back. It has been a very difficult season for him. Now he knows he is part of West Ham United and he deserves another crack."
Loew is own worst enemy - Effenberg
Germany coach Joachim Loew is facing problems of his own making caused by his treatment of Torsten Frings and Kevin Kuranyi, according to Stefan Effenberg.
Loew recently told Werder Bremen midfielder Frings that he no longer had a future in the national team, just as he did with Kuranyi in 2008.
While Loew has backed down a little in the case of Kuranyi, there seems to be no way back for Frings, a veteran of four major tournaments for Germany.
"The national team coach has really got to take a Frings in this top form to the World Cup," said former Germany midfielder Effenberg.
"It is the same as with Kuranyi - Loew is making life difficult for himself."
Ranieri rues missed chances
Roma coach Claudio Ranieri rued his team's missed chances against Sampdoria as they fell to their first Serie A defeat since October.
A second-half brace from Italy striker Giampaolo Pazzini handed Samp a 2-1 win at the Stadio Olimpico to prevent Roma from climbing back to the top of the standings. They are now two points behind defending champions Inter.
"We are disappointed because we played a beautiful first half and we didn't make the most of our chances," said Ranieri.
"Now our future is no longer in our hands and we must try to win our remaining games and hope that Inter don't... but Inter are an armada."
Pak, 'the Dentist', warns Portugal
North Korea's Pak Doo-ik inflicted so much pain on Italy at the 1966 World Cup he is still referred to as "the Dentist".
Now aged 68, Pak has urged the current North Korean side to dish out the same kind of punishment to Portugal, who ended the North's fairytale adventure 44 years ago.
Pak's goal gave North Korea a 1-0 win over the Italians in 1966, eliminating them at the group stage. In the quarter-finals, the North stormed to a 3-0 lead against Portugal before an Eusebio-inspired fightback earned the Portuguese a 5-3 win.
"To this day I feel disappointed about the game against Portugal in 1966," Pak said. "I want payback for that loss 44 years ago."
Hamburg sack coach Labbadia
Hamburg, who play an Europa League semi-final against Fulham on Thursday, have sacked coach Bruno Labbadia after the team were handed a 5-1 Bundesliga drubbing by Hoffenheim on the weekend.
Labbadia, 43, joined Hamburg last summer from Bayer Leverkusen, becoming the sixth coach in six years and impressing in the first half of the season before seeing the team fall away. The defeat against Hoffenheim was Hamburg's eighth of the season and sixth since January.
The club, sitting seventh in the Bundesliga on 48 points, has now slipped out of reckoning for even qualifying for the Europa League next season - apart from if it wins this season's edition.
Dunga not amused by comedians
Police were called to the house of Brazil coach Dunga after he complained about the presence of a comedy television crew.
Dunga arrived at his home in Porto Alegre on Saturday night to find the crew shining bright lights into the house and carrying banners demanding that he included teenage Santos striker Neymar in his World Cup squad.
"His house has a lot of glass and the crew had four cars and trucks and were shining those bright lights into the house," a spokesman said.
"His family were forced to hide and he was taken by surprise when he arrived."
Nobody was arrested.
Bride comes first for Samp's Cassano
Sampdoria striker Antonio Cassano has all but ruled himself out of a late Italy recall for the World Cup after saying he would not postpone his wedding in June.
Cassano, one of Serie A's most gifted players, has been ignored by Italy coach Marcello Lippi for two years despite the world champions crying out for more creativity.
The 27-year-old, whose bad boy image from the past has influenced Lippi, has matured markedly in recent years and is back on top form as Sampdoria seek qualification for next season's Champions League.
"No way," Cassano said when asked if he would postpone his June 19 wedding if Lippi changed his mind or had an injury crisis.
"I've thought about the blue shirt since I was born but it's not my problem."