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The director of football role is underrated in England but may have helped the transition to Frank de Boer or forced Arsène Wenger to leave his comfort zone Now the honeymoon period has well and truly fizzled out, extinguished by so much sideways football that soon Louis van Gaal will be making a pilgrimage to Selhurst Park to see what all the fuss is about, it comes as no surprise to learn Crystal Palace …

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West Ham are suing a Sporting Lisbon official for libel after he claimed the Hammers never made an offer for William Carvalho.

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A recent freedom of the information requests shows the catering income for specific West Ham games last season. West Ham v Bournemouth Premier League match catering income £268,734 West Ham v Spurs Premier League match catering income £301, 489 West Ham v Arsenal Premier League match catering income £273,770 Based on these figures assuming a per match […]

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Arnautovic’s season with West Ham has got off to a nightmare start after the club record transfer signing was red-carded on his second appearance for elbowing Southampton’s Jack Stephens.  The initial transfer fee was £22.3m which could rise to £25m with add-ons. He earns a basic wage of £65,000 per week plus bonuses on a five-year […]

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David Gold, multi-million pound business man, a veteran of club ownership, Co-Owner of West Ham United and cult hero? Over the past couple of seasons, the East London born and bred Hammer has earnt an almost Cult like status amongst our fans for his various bizarre, strange and quite hilarious run ins with fans of all clubs both on Social Media and in real life. The ownership’s affiliation with social media, mainly Twitter, places them …

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With the transfer window now shut across most of Europe, the fallout from deadline day is still taking place.

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ClaretandHugh’s View Remember Brexti? ….remember Trump? ….remember the UK election? remember the anger the spite the malice, the rage, the obscene posts on social media –  a place which doesn’t need a lot of help in that area ? We all do, but nobody can maintain that level of intensity whatever the issue, and it […]

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Fans assess the window’s best buys, saddest exits, and the ones that got away Related: Transfer window 2017 – every deal in Europe’s top five leagues Related: David Squires on … Liverpool v Arsenal and Bilic on the brink Related: Sergio Agüero has been left feeling like a second-class Citizen | Daniel Taylor Continue reading…

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 Andre Ayew was unable to help Ghana to victory in the third round of the World Cup CAF qualifiers against Congo on Friday.  The Black Stars escaped a shock defeat at the hands of the visitors, as Atletico Madrid’s Thomas Partey salvaged a point for the West Africans with an 85th minute equalizer. The result […]

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The Sunday Express this morning claims that Rafa Benitez is being lined up to take over West Ham if Slaven Bilic fails to turn things around in September. Bilic had talks with Hammers co-owner Dave Sullivan after his side lost their opening three games and the Croatian rejected the chance to strengthen his squad with […]

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West Ham co-owner David Sullivan has added to the pressure on Slaven Bilic by claiming the manager was not interested in the chance to sign Renato Sanches or Grzegorz Krychowiak.

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Sporting Lisbon’s communications chief Nuno Saraiva has disputed a claim by West Ham’s David Sullivan that the east London club made an offer for William Carvalho.

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West Ham Vice Chairman Karren Brady has revealed that West Ham insists on a financial penalty if West Ham players on loan do not get plenty of first-team time. Speaking in the Sun newspaper Bardy said Loan spells are now an essential part of football saying Youth players on the fringes of first team football […]

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Son of West Ham Chairman Dave Sullivan Junior gave an interview the Sports Bible about West Ham. Asked whether he believed that Jack and himself would be the next chairmen of West Ham? “I personally think Jack is more likely to be the chairman of West Ham, however I would still like some input. Jack is currently […]

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It’s all got very serious so time for a bit of light relief and some fun. . . . . if we can’t laugh we’ll only end up crying. To see more of these West Ham animations go to @CanningTownLen on Twitter where you’ll be kept entertained and up to date albeit slightly satirically.  

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Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder has given a great insight to transfer deadline day for a football manager after he allowed cameras from the Bleacher report to follow him around for the day.  Within the video, the truth is revealed why the Domingos Quina move collapsed. He explains a week earlier, the signings Jerome Sinclair, […]

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  Exclusive by Claret And Hugh Associate Editor, Sean Whetstone   West Ham Co-Chairman David Sullivan has tonight flatly denied claims from Sporting Lisbon that West Ham never made bids for the defensive midfielder for William Carvalho. Sullivan speaking only to ClaretandHugh a few minutes ago in response to provocative and controversial statements from the Sporting […]

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Angry Sporting Lisbon director Nuno Saraiva has published a strongly-worded statement attacking David Sullivan and calling the West Ham United co-chairman a lying parasite.

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West Ham have borrowed money secured against the remaining property and leases they own. A charge filed at Companies House on Thursday shows that the Hammers have borrowed money from Rights and Media funding thought to be financed by West Ham fan Michael Tabor secured against Chadwell Heath, Rush Green and Little Green. In addition, they […]

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Sporting Lisbon’s director of communications Nuno Saraiva has hit out at West Ham co-owner David Sullivan after his official website statement and challenged him to prove his claims on William Carvalho. Speaking on Facebook Saraiva said: “Mr David Sullivan lies. Sporting Club de Portugal, as was said by its president, did not receive any proposal for […]

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The West Ham co-chairman claimed that a deal was nearly done on deadline day but a senior figure insists the statement is inaccurate

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Both players ended up moving elsewhere, while Sporting’s William Carvalho stayed put, but the Hammers manager is apparently happy with his squad

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Sky Sports claims that a medical can be completed after the 11pm transfer deadline day in direct contradiction in a statement released by the West Ham joint Chairman last night on the official website. In a Sky Sports Transfer Q&A Can a medical take place after 11pm (or midnight on Sept 1 in Spain)? Yes, a medical […]

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Unsurprisingly 14) Premier League clubs set new transfer records across while four broke it more than once. Here, Sportsmail looks at how each record was broken and those they replaced.

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So, with football fans up and down the land enjoying an enthralling Deadline Day with some historic signings being completed on Thursday. For our dear old Hammers, it was like being grounded as a kid and watching desperately from your bedroom as your mates play without you. However, with deals for the likes of England No.1 Joe Hart, Austrian international Marko Arnautovic, two-time Premier League winner Pablo Zabaleta and …

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Sporting’s president Bruno de Carvalho says he had not received a single concrete offer for their defensive midfielder William Carvalho. Bruno de Carvalho made a statement to press at an event to state that Sporting  Lisbon received no formal proposal for William Carvalho. “There was no single proposal for William Carvalho, we did not refuse an offer or anything, […]

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