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Posted on 24 July 2017. Tags: east london, football banter, latest football news, News, skysports, whispers
Javier Hernandez is a Hammer! The club has officially announced within the last few minutes that the brilliant Mexican striker with a goals to game ratio to kill for has joined the club. And that was immediately greeted with whoops of “Come on You Irons” of legendary Hammers striker Frank McAvennie who declared: “Here’s the […]
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Posted on 24 July 2017. Tags: News, westham news, whispers
Javier Hernandez was officially announced as a Hammer tonight after weeks of speculation. The Mexican has signed a three-year contract with West Ham thought to be worth up to £140,000 per week with a £16m transfer fee going to Bayer Leverkusen. “I am very happy to join West Ham United,” he told WHUFC.com “For me, the […]
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Posted on 24 July 2017. Tags: bayer 04 leverkusen, Goal.com, india, portugal, premier league, russia
The Mexico international returns to the Premier League after spending three seasons away from England’s top flight
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Posted on 24 July 2017. Tags: ajax, fiorentina, guardian.co.uk, manchester united, sports news, West Ham United, window-2017
• Former Manchester United striker signs three-year deal • Federico Bernardeschi moves to Juventus from Fiorentina West Ham have completed the signing of Javier Hernández from Bayer Leverkusen for £16m. The 29-year-old former Manchester United and Real Madrid striker has signed a three-year contract with the Hammers. Related: Transfer window 2017 – every deal in Europe’s top five leagues Related: Manchester City sign £52m Benjamin Mendy to take spending over
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Posted on 24 July 2017. Tags: latest football news, News, sky sports, westham fc, whispers, whtid
West Ham are now hoping to announce Javier Hernandez as their new player this evening after the Mexican jumped straight off a ten-hour flight from Mexico to complete a medical. A two part medical was expected to be completed over two days with Chicharito unveiled on Tuesday but the club and medical staff are working […]
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Posted on 24 July 2017. Tags: career, chinese, hammers news, international, Moore Than Just a Club, upthehammers
After exploring the main defensive culprit of our dreadful relegation in the form of Matthew Upson last week, this week, we look further forward to attack and more especially: Pablo Barrera. Who was this little-known Mexican winger? How did he help to make our torrid demise? And where is he now? A youthful Barrera started his career in his native Mexico with Mexico City based Primera Division Side Club Universidad …
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Posted on 24 July 2017. Tags: america, australia, barcelona, facebook, health, madrid, premier league
Bayer Leverkusen striker Javier Hernandez has arrived at Heathrow Airport in London as he looks to put the finishing touches on a £16million move to West Ham.
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Posted on 24 July 2017. Tags: columnist, flight, football banter, freedom, Moore Than Just a Club, portugal, westham
West Ham United have again broken their transfer record with the signing of Austrian forward Marko Arnautovic for a reported fee of around £20 million potentially rising to £25 million. He became West Ham’s third summer signing after following Pablo Zabaleta and Joe Hart to the London Stadium, with Javier Hernandez agreeing to move to West Ham pending a medical on Monday morning. Here is West Ham United’s potential strongest XI when fully fit. Goalkeeper: Joe Hart This…
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Posted on 24 July 2017. Tags: east london, videos, whispers, whtid
Javier Hernandez has arrived at Heathrow airport today ahead of a permanent deal to West Ham worth up to £140,000 per week to the player on a three-year deal. Chicharito was met at the airport by Hammers Players liaison officer and England football chef Tim De’Ath together with a relative which appears to be his grandfather. He is expected […]
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Posted on 24 July 2017. Tags: News, online soccer news, transfer news, west ham united fc, whispers
Slaven Bilic has spoken of his delight at capturing the club’s record signing Marko Arnautovic declaring: “It’s a great thing for the Club.It’s a big signing – he is a massive player who knows the league, which is very important. Speaking to the official site the manager added: “He is in his best age, he […]
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Posted on 24 July 2017. Tags: coyi, News, west ham news, west ham united fc, whispers
Phil Parkes makes no bones about having been a strong critic of Joe Hart in the past and insists the West Ham loan signing has ” a lot to prove during the next year.” But he admits to the world at large the England keeper’s signing makes a statement in Irons terms along with the […]
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Posted on 24 July 2017. Tags: coyi, football banter, News, sky tv, sports news, transfer gossip, whispers
Ashley Fletcher is being chased by four Championship clubs who want to loan him for the upcoming season. The Sun claims Middlesbrough, Leeds, Reading and Wolves are keen to give the former Manchester United youngster first team football this season. However, reporter Andrew Dillon – a Hammers supporter who has decent links to the club – […]
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Posted on 24 July 2017. Tags: News, premier league, upthehammers, whispers, whtid
In the wake of recent signings of Joe Hart and Marko Arnautovic and the imminent arrival of Javier Hernandez where do you think West Ham could finish in the Premier League league table this season? Jose Mourinho said last week “I am thinking about West Ham for the first match of the Premier League. They […]
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Posted on 23 July 2017. Tags: hammers news, News, sky sports, whispers
Lazio have received offers for Keita Balde but none have come from Inter or Juventus and no acceptable offers have been accepted says Lazio president Claudio Lotito. Juventus, Inter Milan and West Ham are all said to have an interest in the 22-year-old forward who scored 16 goals in 31 appearances in the Italian league last […]
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Posted on 23 July 2017. Tags: News, upthehammers, whispers
West Ham have been made odds on overnight favourites at 1/2 to sign Jota from Brentford despite being a 10/1 chance just a few days ago. West Ham are listed at 1/2 with Newcastle 5/1, Burnley and Derby 16/1 Swansea and Huddersfield 25/1 and Everton, Brighton, Nottingham Forest at Leicester City at 33/1. He is listed […]
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Posted on 23 July 2017. Tags: boxing, cricket, games, gold, golf, podcasts, racing, West Ham United
Javier Hernandez will fly to London on Tuesday to have a medical and complete his move to West Ham, Sky sources understand.
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Posted on 23 July 2017. Tags: hammers news, News, premier league, whispers
West Ham have broken their club transfer record with the signing of Marko Arnautovic with a fee that can reportedly rise to £25m. We look back at the success of previous record signings since the formation of the Premier League in 1992. 1993 Dale Gordon joined the Hammers for £750,000 from Glasgow Rangers. His claim to […]
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Posted on 23 July 2017. Tags: football news, News, whispers
Javier Hernandez flies into London on Tuesday for the medical which looks all set to see him become the Irons star summer signing. There have been reports that ‘Chicharito’ will have the medical on Monday but the Hammers have confirmed to us that things are in place for the Mexican to pass through the final […]
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Posted on 23 July 2017. Tags: australia, france, madrid, News, transfer news, west ham
West Ham are splashing the cash on strikers this summer, with Marko Arnautovic signed and Javier Hernandez on his way. Sportsmail looks back through the attacking acquisitions of yesteryear.
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Posted on 23 July 2017. Tags: austria, boys, charity, chinese, columnist, Moore Than Just a Club, premier league, west ham united fc
Hammers announce Hernandez terms agreed After weeks and months of widespread speculation, the agreement of personal terms between the club and Bayer Leverkusen striker Javier Hernandez were finally announced on Thursday. “Chicharito”, as he is known throughout the world of Football, became Mexico’s all-time leading goal-scorer earlier in the year, and is scheduled to have his medical at Spire Roding on Monday. The move has been praised by many a football fan and pundit alike, …
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Posted on 23 July 2017. Tags: News, westham news, whispers
Sofiane Feghouli appears to be edging ever closer a West Ham exit. Galatasaray have reportedly upped their offer to the Hammers last week in a transfer deal worth around £4.5m last in an attempt to seal the deal. Today French Football claim that Galatasaray President Dursun Özbek and Sporting Director Cenk Ergün went to France and the two of […]
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Posted on 23 July 2017. Tags: football news, hammers news, News, West Ham United, whispers
Bookies Sky Bet, William Hill and Bet Victor have refused to take bets on Badou N’Diaye joining West Ham this summer. Claret and Hugh asked each of the bookmakers to give odds on the midfielder becoming a Hammer but each in turn politely declined. Yesterday morning club sources admitted they were looking at the Senegal […]
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Posted on 23 July 2017. Tags: academy news, footy news, hammers news, whispers
Top Hammers prospect Domingos Quina will be back in training over the next few days after being given a ten day break following his involvement on international duty for the Portuguese under 19 team. And despite reports that Paris st Germain are looking in his direction the Hammers have no intention of letting the 17 […]
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Posted on 23 July 2017. Tags: football banter, News, whispers
John Cross in the Daily Mirror claims this morning that Paris Saint-Germain have made a shock move for West Ham wonderkid Domingos Quina. PSG head of recruitment Joao Luis Afonso instructed a party led by his brother Nuno to meet 17-year-old Quina’s family. Portuguese midfielder Quina is regarded as one of the hottest teenage prospects and West Ham pulled […]
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Posted on 23 July 2017. Tags: academy news, football banter, football latest, transfer gossip, whispers
Exclusive Academy boss Terry Westley is delighted how his youngsters have adapted to life with the first team squad in Austria and believes the long drought of home grown products could be coming to an end. Delighted that such as Nathan Holland, Declan Rice and Josh Cullen are showing such composure in pre-season games he […]
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Posted on 23 July 2017. Tags: latest football news, News, online soccer news, west ham world, whispers
Darren Randolph took time to thank Hammers fans for their support over his two years at the club explaining decisions were made to cut short his West Ham career. Boro have paid £5million to West Ham for the 30-year-old where he will receive around £27,000 a week on a four-year contract Ireland’s keeper made 50 appearances […]
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