Up The Hammers – Latest West Ham United FC News

Fans from all 20 Premier League club tell us how well their signings are settling in and who they want to bring in before the window closes on Thursday night Alexandre Lacazette looks ready to hit the ground running but another centre-back is a must. Virgil van Dijk would be a big improvement in a defence that includes an ageing Laurent Koscielny, an erratic Shkodran Mustafi and a slow, retiring Per Mertesacker. Having said that, Sead Kolasinac looks like a great …

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Newcastle’s Aleksandar Mitrovic is facing a three game ban after being charged with violent conduct against Manu Lanzini in the weekend match. A  Football Association   statement said:  “Aleksandar Mitrovic has been charged for an alleged act of violent conduct which was not seen by the match officials but caught on video. “The Newcastle United […]

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Robert Snodgrass has hit out at under-fire West Ham boss Slaven Bilic, claiming he didn’t know where to play him.

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West Ham are reported to have weighed up a move for PSV Eindhoven goalkeeper Jeroen Zoet. He is also a Crystal Palace target. The Hammers are said to see him as a second keeper replacement only if Adrian leaves before transfer deadline day which is looking unlikely as the Thursday deadline approaches. Zoet is a […]

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Sean Whetstone, George and John Bucci plus Nigel Kahn are back on the West Ham podcast Moore Than Just A Podcast Season 7 Episode 3 to discuss the Slaven Bilic Condundrum in addition to the Cheltenham town League cup win and Newcastle Premier League loss.  Claret and Hugh founder Hugh Southon joins us on the phone […]

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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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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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Diafra Sakho’s much speculated switch to Rennes has been dismissed as highly “highly unlikely” by a key club insider after the “news” broke out on social media last night. But ClaretandHugh had it confirmed the French Ligue One outfit had made a bid which was immediately snubbed and described as “ridiculously low.” Rennes had shown […]

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TRANSFER WINDOW SPECIAL BY SIMON JONES: Sunderland winger Wahbi Khazri is in talks to join Rennes while Watford, Burnley and Brighton are interested in signing Andrea Ranocchia.

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MATT LAWTON: Only last week Gareth Southgate acknowledged that the pressure is on Joe Hart as England’s goalkeeper. The competition for the No 1 shirt is more intense than it has been for some time.

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MARK WILSON: Robert Snodgrass admits he is determined to reward Gordon Strachan’s loyalty in the forthcoming World Cup qualification double-header.

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Okay, as a total one off  we are going to have to life our rules about bad language on ClaretandHugh for this seven minutes and a bit . AND WE DO ACCEPT THAT SOME WILL OBJECT SO LET THAT ACT AS A DETERRENT SHOULD YOU REQUIRE IT! Mock the West Ham Week – Episode 5, […]

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Aston Villa winger Robert Snodgrass says that he was forced to quit West Ham after manager Slaven Bilic refused to play him in his preferred position last season.

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One short and sharp Twitter pic should be taken more seriously than most this evening! It came from veteran journo Alan Nixon who has worked as a freelance for respected national newspapers and is well contacted within the game . Alan gets  more right than he gets wrong but regardless of that until we know […]

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    By Hugh Southon     I wrote recently that it took three years to judge a manager – perhaps that should have been three GAMES! Manchester United was one thing, Southampton quite another but Newcastle? Nah, I’m not having that! I won’t try to find words to explain how I felt as I […]

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Former Hammer Ravel Morrison is set to make a switch to Atlas in the Liga MX after he underwent a medical in Guadalajara today ahead of the move. It was thought he was about to join former West Ham manager Harry Redknapp after the 24-year-old trained with Birmingham over the summer and was taken on the tour of […]

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Manu Lanzini – contrary to reports that he has a new injury – is  still in training and working hard to be 100 per cent fit for the match against Huddersfield. And ClaretandHugh understands that it was his decision to stay at home -no doubt helped by the the club’s “persuaders!” Manu decided than rather […]

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As fans we find ourselves in a strange position going into this most unwelcome international break (although I’m sure Gareth Southgate won’t see it that way). I always find this particular break in the season the most irritating, it follows a long hiatus from football and just as we are all getting ourselves back into […]

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As Premier League clubs consider making last-minute additions to their squads before the transfer window closes, Sportsmail rates the players already signed during a hectic summer.

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In a thrilling third weekend of the 2017/2018 Premier League season, we witnessed plenty of goalmouth action, controversy, and the odd unlikely screamer, as the League leaders continued their master class and Slaven Bilic was put on the verge by a thrashing in The North East. Late Sterling Does It Again For Slick City In Vitality Victory Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City had to rely on a second late Raheem Sterling goal…

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With only three days remaining in the summer’s transfer window, there are plenty of big clubs with business still to do.

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Our resident cartoonist picks his highlights from week three of the Premier League season, including Arsenal’s disastrous trip to Liverpool and Frank De Boer’s shaky start at Palace Continue reading…

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Monaco are this morning being reported as likely to make a late move for West Ham target William Carvalho. Leading French newspaper L’Equipe say that the Sporting Lisbon defensive midfielder is fancied by the Monaco despite reports  that Anderlecht’s Leander Dendoncker is close to the move to the club. Monaco boss Leonardo Jardim is reported keen on […]

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Manuel Lanzini is this morning reported to have has withdrawn from Argentina’s squad for their World Cup qualifiers with a knee injury. Sky Sports have reported the news amid rumours that he suffered a new setback in his appearance against Newcastle at the weekend. That remains unconfirmed at this stage but it would be a […]

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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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West Ham have their fingers crossed that Sporting Lisbon will have a last minute change of heart over the proposed switch of defensive midfielder William Carvallo to the London Stadium. Although the deal remains where it was several days ago – with the Hammers offering £5 million less than the Portuguese demands – our negotiators […]

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