West Ham Face Probe Over 'Hitler' Chants

West Ham will face an investigation by the FA over alleged racist chants during their game at Tottenham, according to Sky sources.

Just four days after a Spurs fan was stabbed before Tottenham's game against Lazio, some West Ham supporters appeared to aim offensive chants towards the home crowd about the attack.

"Viva Lazio" and "can we stab you every week" could be heard - and the sound of hissing also came from the away section of White Hart Lane, an apparent mocking of the mass execution of Jews in gas chambers during the Holocaust.

Towards the end of Sunday's match, some Hammers fans were heard singing: "Adolf Hitler, he's coming for you."

It was only last Thursday that a group of travelling Spurs fans were the subject of anti-Semitic taunts from Lazio supporters in the Italian capital prior to a Europa League game.

The FA is now set to launch an investigation into the chants and are due to speak to the Metropolitan Police as well as both clubs, Sky sources have said.

West Ham have pledged to take the "strongest possible action" against any supporters found guilty of inappropriate chanting during the Barclays Premier League match away to Spurs, including the enforcement of life bans.

The chants sparked outrage among the Tottenham faithful given their club's links with the Jewish community.

The pub at the scene of the violence in Rome

But after the game - which Spurs won 3-1 - both managers were reluctant to discuss the matter without reviewing the tapes.

West Ham boss Sam Allardyce said: "I didn't hear it. I don't hear what the fans say or do when I'm concentrating as a manager on a game of football.

"They shouldn't be doing things like that, it is the least of my worries at the minute isn't it? What do you want me to say? If I didn't hear it I can't condemn it can I?"

Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas said he did not want the issue to detract attention from what Tottenham achieved on the pitch.

He said: "You know the animosity there is between Tottenham and West Ham and as long as it doesn't reach stupidity it is a great, great rivalry of two London clubs.

"It would be extremely unfair for me to mar the performance of the players, but understanding that a couple of situations are avoidable, we can't decipher the true meaning of what they were saying."

At least 11 Spurs fans were injured during the attack in Rome in which 50 masked assailants stormed into a pub in the city, with Essex builder Ashley Mills most seriously hurt.

The president of Italy's football association has apologised to the English FA over the affair, while two men have appeared in court.

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