The winger continued his red-hot start with PSV, while the Real Betis midfielder was able to lend a hand to his new club. Goal’s Jon Arnold looks back
Posted on 30 August 2017.
The winger continued his red-hot start with PSV, while the Real Betis midfielder was able to lend a hand to his new club. Goal’s Jon Arnold looks back
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Posted on 30 August 2017.
Robert Snodgrass has again waded into West Ham claiming that he knew from Day One it wasn’t going to work out for him at the club. And he has spoken about there being things he can’t “really talk about” and that “certain things behind the scenes weren’t right.” In an interview with the Scottish Herald […]
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Posted on 29 August 2017.
The Hammers have made a late bid for Valencia defender Aymen Abdennour. They are trying to persuade him to turn his back on a move to Zenit St Petersburg and instead move to the London Stadium and the Premier League. However, the Tunisian is reported to have completed a medical with Zenit and appears to […]
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Posted on 28 August 2017.
Slaven Bilic is vowing to resurrect the Hammers fortunes declaring: “I’ve done it before, of course, and I have to do it again.” The pressure from inside and outside the club is fiercer than it ever has been with fans right across social media calling for his head. But he declared: “Again, we conceded three goals […]
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Posted on 27 August 2017.
It is now time to analyse player performance from yesterday afternoon’s abysmal drubbing at St James’ Park, as we find out who the main culprits of our defeat were by taking a look at how each featuring squad member ranked out of ten in The North East. Joe Hart: 7/10 To finish your first three games in Claret & Blue with 10 goals conceded is never ideal and yesterday was yet another afternoon to forget for The …
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Posted on 27 August 2017.
The club’s owners want to take stock of the alarming start to the season which sees them bottom of the Premier League. There are concerns about Bilic getting a response from his players.
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Posted on 26 August 2017.
Slaven Bilic stoked up the mind games with Rafa Benitez ahead of today’s game when making it clear he had little sympathy for the Newcastle manager’s moans about the lack of transfer activity at St James’ Park. For the Irons boss says the reality is that Newcastle have spent more in the window than the […]
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Posted on 26 August 2017.
West Ham Co-Chairman David Gold has explained the situation around the share holder loans David Sullivan and himself have loaned the club and justified the interest they receive on them saying the football club is better off while they are worst off from the arrangement. Speaking to ClaretandHugh Associate Editor Sean Whetstone as part of an […]
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Posted on 25 August 2017.
Aston Villa have announced the signing of winger Robert Snodgrass from West Ham on a season-long loan deal.
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Posted on 25 August 2017.
The Hammers head for Newcastle with a better squad than at any time so far this season despite the absence of Winston Reid. That’s likely to see James Collins drafted into the side after a man of the match performance against Cheltenham with Fonte being dropped to the bench after his ineffective showing against Southampton. […]
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Posted on 24 August 2017.
• Transfer under threat after talks stall over £32.5m bid for midfielder • ‘We need someone to boost our team and quality,’ says Slaven Bilic Slaven Bilic says he is “quite confident” of signing William Carvalho despite West Ham United’s struggle to agree a fee for the midfielder with Sporting Lisbon. The transfer is under threat after negotiations with Sporting stalled, with the two clubs £5m apart in their valuation of the Portugal international…
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Posted on 24 August 2017.
It is now time to analyze last night’s tricky away victory over Cheltenham Town in The Carabao Cup in a little more detail, as we take a look at some of the key Talking Points from the tie. Outstanding Rice The Shining Star At Whaddon Road Measured, collected and simply brilliant, Declan Rice certainly is attracting the attention of the Football World at the moment, and he added to the hype last…
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Posted on 24 August 2017.
Another day ticks by in the wait for the signature of Mr. Carvalho. The longer it takes the more I find myself wondering that if this is to be our last acquisition of the current window…is it the right one? He is a player of undoubted quality, by our standards a marquee signing up there with the already beloved Chicharito. He even fits the bill of a defense bolstering workhorse that we are so desperate for. But I look back …
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Posted on 24 August 2017.
Nothing’s easy but you can ask for no more than a home draw against lower division opposition in Cup competitions. And that’s exactly what the Hammers got when they were pulled out of the “hat” first to meet newly promoted Championship outfit, Bolton Wanderers. The draw was made at 4.15am this morning (Thursday) in Beijing and […]
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Posted on 22 August 2017.
Aston Villa and Sunderland are scrapping it out to take Robert Snodgrass into Championship action. The Scotland winger has been training with the under 23s and is now very much out of Slaven Bilic’s plans for the season. And ClaretandHugh has learned this evening that his two former bosses ,Steve Bruce at Villa and the […]
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Posted on 19 August 2017.
Javier Hernandez’s heroics proved fruitless as West Ham came from two goals down at Southampton, only to lose to a last-gasp penalty.
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Posted on 18 August 2017.
West Ham defender Winston Reid has signed a mammoth new six-year contract. The 29-year-old New Zealand international has committed his future to the Hammers until 2023.
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Posted on 17 August 2017.
West Ham remain in talks to sign William Carvalho but Sporting Lisbon are demanding a higher price for the midfielder, according to Sky sources.
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Posted on 16 August 2017.
Karren Brady has lifted the lid on the ‘incredibly stressful’ summer transfer window at West Ham — by revealing club chairman David Sullivan ‘is working 20 hours a day’.
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Posted on 16 August 2017.
West Ham sent scouts to Portugal on Monday night to watch Benicia’s Raul Jimenez claims Portuguese media outlet www.ojogo.pt today. They claim foreign scouts from Manchester United, Spurs, Aston Villa, Montpellier and Anderlecht were also present. From Portugal, FC Porto, Sporting, Aves, Tondela, V. Setúbal and Rio Ave sent scouts to watch Benfica beat Chaves 1-0. […]
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Posted on 16 August 2017.
John Cleese in clockwise best describes how it is being a West Ham fan, going to Old Trafford is never an easy prospect, but three draws in last four visits there said to me we are not the push overs we have been in the past. At 6 o’clock on Saturday though, it was the fact I had hope before the game kicked off that left a bad taste in my mouth. I have witnessed worse defeats there …
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Posted on 16 August 2017.
By Jack Lebeau Follow Jack on Twitter @JackLebeau66 West Ham U23s overcame an awful performance from the referee to beat League Two side Swindon 3-2 in the Checkatrade Trophy at the County Ground last night. Goals from Samuelsen, Makasi and Kemp for West Ham settled the tie deservedly in West Ham’s favour with the Norwegian grabbing […]
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Posted on 15 August 2017.
West Ham finally officially confirmed that Sofiane Feghouli has joined Galatasaray on a permanent basis for an undisclosed fee believed to be £4m. The Algeria winger moves to the Turkish Super Lig club after a single season in Claret and Blue, having joined the Hammers from Spanish side Valencia in summer 2016. Feghouli totalled 27 […]
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Posted on 14 August 2017.
West Ham’s Carabao Cup second round tie against Cheltenham Town has been selected for live broadcast by Sky Sports. The Hammers will travel to the LCI Stadium for a 7.45pm kick-off on Wednesday 23rd August. As the London Stadium will still be in athletics mode on 23rd August the Hammers have given special dispensation by the […]
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Posted on 13 August 2017.
Manchester United rocketed to the top of the Premier League with a 4-0 demolition of West Ham at Old Trafford. Sportsmail were on hand to pick up anything you might have missed from the game.
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Posted on 12 August 2017.
PC Andy Sheldon is the MET Police dedicated football officer who attends all West Ham home and away games. Ahead of the upcoming Spurs and Brighton games at the London Stadium as well as the whole West Ham season at large he is keen to get feedback from the fans that attend home and away games with […]
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