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West Ham manager David Moyes reacts to Tony Henry comments

West Ham manager David Moyes insists the club have an open transfer policy after describing comments from suspended director Tony Henry on African players as ‘wrong’.

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Comfortably Numb Are We? 

“Hello, Is there anybody in there? Just nod if you can hear me. Is there anyone at home?” Pink Floyd Well cover me in goose fat, whack up the oven and prick me when I’m done because the honeymoon is over as we have opened the gates of apathy and let in the plebs once more. I had taken a deep breath and exhaled to inflate my bubble and it had started to …

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Classic Match: Volume Sixteen: West Ham United 6-0 Brighton & Hove Albion April 2012

In the sixteenth Volume of our Classic Match series, we delve through the archives once more to take you through another memorable match from down the years, this time around, we look at a clash with Saturday’s hosts West Ham United at the Amex Stadium, Brighton & Hove Albion. Cast your minds back to the late spring of 2012, “Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepsen was at the very summit of the British Music Charts and the 100…

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Matchday Twenty-Six’s Premier League Preview: Hammers Travel To South Coast As League Leaders Visit Turf Moor

A mere three days after the conclusion of Premier League Matchday Twenty-Five, the English Top-Flight is back for another full program of matches over this weekend, Game Week Twenty-Six to you and me, as David Moyes’ Hammers make the tricky trip to the Amex Stadium and the League leaders travel to Turf Moor. Burnley vs Manchester City (Saturday 12:30 PM) To kick-off the few days of PL action, Sean Dyche’s Clarets play host to Pep Guardiola’s …

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Ten Things you didn’t know about – Brighton

West Ham face Brighton this weekend, below are 10 facts about the Hammers’ opponents this weekend: 1. Brighton were the only professional team in Sussex for 91 years between 1920 and 2011 until Crawley Town promotion to the League in 2011. 2. The club was founded in 1901 at the Seven Stars Public House in Brighton. One of the pub’s former attractions was a 26 stone pianist named Fingers Calders who apparently had a nine-inch moustache – not sure what …

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Moysie doesn’t believe new boy will let anyone down

Manager David Moyes believes Jordan Hugill is ready to make an impression on the Hammers season. There was an air of disappointment around the Hammers fan base when the former Preston North End player arrived for £10 million rather than a big name signing. But the boss doesn’t believe he’s a player to let anybody […]

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Moyes: “We were trying to sign Africans on deadline day”

Manager David Moyes has entered the ‘Africagate ‘ Tony Henry e-mail affair and has spoken out against recruitment director’s alleged comments. With the FA demanding to see the e mails at the heart of the affair Moyes – who worked with Henry at Everton – declared quite simply: “The comments are wrong.” And he threw a […]

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Brighton & Hove Albion v West Ham United: match preview

Brighton have only claimed victory three times at home this season and their position is beginning to look complicated. The visit of West Ham, blighted by injury and off-field problems, looks like a good opportunity to end their six-match winless run. Record signing Jürgen Locadia is not ready for involvement just yet, although he has begun training, but Leonardo Ulloa should get some minutes on returning to his old home. Brighton are approaching the…

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Moyes gives his transfer window verdict

David Moyes has made it clear he is happy with the business the Hammers concluded in the January transfer market. The manager admitted he would have liked another player in but that he is confident he now has what he needs as we go into the last part of the season .  He said: “We would […]

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Moyes: Open transfer policy at West Ham

David Moyes says West Ham have an open transfer policy and that alleged comments made by director of player recruitment Tony Henry are “wrong”.

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Ayew hits back at West Ham after Swansea switch

Contrary to calls of being a flop, the Ghanaian says he was the “most efficient” at London Stadium

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West Ham dismissed worker for ‘performance-related issues’

The individual – who is known to Sportsmail but cannot be named – was dismissed for performance-related reasons following a club probe and left the club three months ago.

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Live Blog: David Moyes’ Pre-Brighton & Hove Albion Press Conference Live From Rush Green

1:05 PM: We would like to apologise for the lack of our usual visuals of the front of the Training ground and Media Centre today, we have been experiencing some major technical issues, we hope to get those images up as soon as we can, go nowhere. 1:00 PM: Good afternoon from a very chilly Rush Green Training Ground where we have finally arrived to bring you live coverage of David Moyes’ Pre-…

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Leicester owner offended by Karren Brady’s comments

The Hammers vice-chair wrote about Foxes chief Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and his sacking of Claudio Ranieri in a weekly newspaper column last year.

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Premier League team news from every match February 3-5

Ahead of this weekend’s matches in the Premier League, Sportsmail brings you the latest squad news, odds and stats on every top flight fixture as it breaks.

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Brighton vs West Ham: Team news, odds and stats

Get the latest team news and stats ahead of the Premier League clash between Brighton & Hove Albion and West Ham United at the AMEX Stadium.

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Antonio/Hugill look set for Brighton

Michail Antonio looks certain to be involved in the Hammers squad for the match at Brighton tomorrow (Sat). And new boy Jordan Hugill could make his first appearance in claret and blue on the south coast following his £10 million move to the club from Preston North End. Antonio was left out of the squad […]

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10 January arrivals who could make debut this weekend

The January transfer window closed on Wednesday after a whirlwind of eleventh-hour deals in the Premier League. Here are 10 stars who could make their new club debuts this weekend.

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Quina loan deal blocked at last moment

West Ham are reported to having blocked Domingos Quina’s deadline day loan move to Scunthorpe at the very last moment. The Portugal Under-21 looked set for a switch to to the promotion chasing League One outfit but his hopes were dashed by then head of recruitment Tony Henry. The ‘paper claims the deal collapsed because […]

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Here’s the Irons stats on African players

The Daily Mail has followed up its explosive Tony Henry E-mail story by publishing details of the regions from which Premier League clubs buy their players. Henry  sparked a race row by allegedly admitting  the club did not want to sign any more African players because ‘they can cause mayhem’. Yet the record shows that […]

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FA want to see “racism” row e mails

The FA are insisting that they see e mails from West Ham transfer chief Tony Henry claimed he did not want the club to sign any more African players. The alleged comments have led to Henry’s suspension and the club could  be charged with misconduct if they do not comply with the request to disclose […]

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Carlton Cole praises West Ham for suspending Tony Henry

Tony Henry said West Ham wanted to limit the number of African players because ‘they have a bad attitude’ and ’cause mayhem’ when they are not in the team.

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Out of Africa: Sportsmail complete a forensic examination

West Ham United have suspended director of transfer Tony Henry after sparking a race row by admitting that the club do not want to sign any more African players because ‘they cause mayhem’.

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West Ham block Domingos Quina’s loan move to Scunthorpe

West Ham blocked a deadline day loan move to Scunthorpe for talented midfielder Domingos Quina. The Portugal Under-21 had his heart set on a temporary switch to the League One side.

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West Ham’s ‘African mayhem’ is all down to Tony Henry

MARTIN SAMUEL – CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: If West Ham have been blighted by difficult African players of late, there is only one problem for Tony Henry as head of player recruitment: himself.

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Diafra Sakho appearance deal ended up as a car crash

Diafra Sakho arrived in a blaze of goals and left amid claims of a mystery injury after a dispute about a £50,000 appearance bonus and his diminishing first-team opportunities.

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