Mikolanda joins 'hero' Sheringham in West Ham front line
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"I enjoy it, but as soon as you come out of playing it is a stressful time. People ask me if I will be a manager or coach and that is possible in time, but not now. It is too stressful. Our manager Alan Pardew is coping very well, but I don't want what he has got - not yet."
Sheringham won a Champions' League with Manchester United and enjoyed spells at Tottenham Hotspur, Nottingham Forest, Millwall and Portsmouth - and he is confident of keeping West Ham in the top flight.
Mikolanda is eager to play with Sheringham, one of his heroes growing up. He said: "Teddy Sheringham was my hero. I remember watching his goal against Bayern Munich in the Champions' League final. I never dreamt that I would meet him, let alone be training alongside him."
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