Super Slav has suggested that we don’t need to sign any midfield players and when you look at what is currently available you can kind of see where he’s coming from. There may be room for one wide player apparently but according to an official source on the West Ham web-site several weeks ago, we are looking at 2-3 signings max and we already have one new acquisition. As we are in desperate need of a striker…
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Transfer Rumours: Midfield
Posted on 19 June 2017.
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Where Are They Now?: Carlton Cole
Posted on 19 June 2017.
Over the years us West Ham fans have been treated to many cult heroes, but none quite like Carlton Cole. Today we ask just where is the former England star now? Carlton George Cole began his career as a youngster on the books of Claudio Ranieri’s Chelsea, making his debut as a substitute to club legend Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink in April 2002. Cole impressed in this career-starting time and Ranieri described the young…
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Reece Oxford touches down in Germany ahead of loan move
Posted on 19 June 2017.
The 18-year-old has flown over for advanced talks with the Bundesliga club and is expected to agree a deal for the entirety of next season. He is tipped as a future West Ham and England captain.
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Mike Ashley undercuts Hammers club store again
Posted on 19 June 2017.
Newcastle owner Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct website is undercutting West Ham’s official club store for the new away shirt by as much as sixteen pounds. The new away adult shirt retails for £55 on the official club store but adding a name to personalise it adds another £15 while delivery is £4.99 bringing the total […]
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Hammers may face surprise rival for Onyekuru
Posted on 19 June 2017.
The Hammers may face a surprise rival for the signature of Nigeria striker Henry Onyekuru. Until now ourselves and Arsenal have been the only two clubs seemingly interested in the KAS Eupen forward. But it is now being reported that former Irons boss Harry Redknapp is a big admirer of the player and could be […]
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West Ham favourites to sign Giroud
Posted on 19 June 2017.
West Ham are the 6/4 bookies favourites to sign Oliver Giroud before September. West Brom and Marseille are second favourites at 8/1 with Lyon, Monaco and Inter Milan at 12/1. Bet Victor list odds of 16/1 for the 30-year old Arsenal striker to join Lazio, AC Milan, Roma, Everton, Leicester, Southampton and Newcastle, while you […]
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West Ham striker could leave this summer after £5m bid
Posted on 19 June 2017.
Premier League new boys Huddersfield are preparing a £5m bid for Ashley Fletcher according to the Daily Mirror. Manager David Wagner failed with a loan bid for the striker in January but he said to have retained his interest in the centre-forward. Earlier this month the Mirror reported that Huddersfield wanted to agree on a season-long […]
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Hammers want Ayew to miss US trip
Posted on 19 June 2017.
West Ham have asked the Ghana FA not to include Andre Ayew in the squad for the upcoming friendlies against Mexico and USA scheduled for June 28 and July 1. With the two friendly matches taking players outside the FIFA dates for international matches, West Ham want their player to rest ahead of pre-season training. “We […]
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Ayew’s Dad kills rumour he started!
Posted on 18 June 2017.
Andre Ayew’s father has dismissed talk of his son moving back to his old club Marseille…. which is a bit rich considering he was the guy who started the rumour. Abedi Ayew Pele, himself a former player for the French club, has now claimed that the Ligue One outfit have no interest in bringing either […]
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Italians get ‘hands off Oggy’ warning
Posted on 18 June 2017.
An Angelo Ogbonna move to Sampdoria after two years at West Ham United -as being speculated in the Italian media – is about as unlikely as it gets. The rumour has emerged in the Il Secolo XIX newspaper, Ogbonna is the prime candidate on Sampdoria’s wish list should Milan Skriniar join Inter in a £12 million plus […]
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Irons top medic welcomes fitness over finance
Posted on 18 June 2017.
West Ham’s new head of medical services Gary Lewin is delighted the Hammers are putting fitness ahead of finance his summer. The Arsenal head physio believes that the choice of an Austrian training camp is perfect for the squad explaining: “It is the choice for a lot of Premier League clubs now, mainly because it’s […]
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Worst XI: Vote for the right winger here!
Posted on 18 June 2017.
Pablo Barrera 13 Apps 2010-2012 Signed after the 2010 World Cup, Barrera starred for Mexico in their defeat of France, a jet-heeled winger he looked to be a bargain when he signed for £4 million. Of course, like many signings West Ham have made on the back of a World Cup, Barrera didn’t settle in England as he was in a struggling side managed by Avram Grant; two things which wouldn’t help anyone. One of the…
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Ronaldo getting ‘stick’ from Portugal team-mates over new haircut
Posted on 18 June 2017.
The Real Madrid superstar is away on international duty at the Confederations Cup looking to put the furore surrounding his club future to one side
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Hammers begin to lay down the foundations for an exciting new season
Posted on 18 June 2017.
Hammers unveil pre-season plans The eager wait to find out our pre-season plans has finally ended in the last few days, as trips to Germany and Iceland have been confirmed. Slaven Bilic will take his squad to Germany for this year’s unusual edition of The Betway Cup where we will face German side Werder Bremen in a two legged, with the first leg on the 28th July and the second leg on the 29th July. The games will…
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West Ham want Giroud
Posted on 18 June 2017.
West Ham are trying to sign Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud, according to Sky sources.
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Don’t back Traore to join Irons!
Posted on 18 June 2017.
The nation’s bookies now appear convinced that Chelsea wide man Bertrand Traore will definitely NOT be joining West Ham this summer. Reports had suggested the player – who spent last season on loan at Middlesbrough – was bound for the London Stadium but Skybet have offered un-backable odds that he will instead be on his […]
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Stay at home chairmen focused on targets
Posted on 18 June 2017.
The two Davids will cancel their regular summer get together in Marbella in order to concentrate their energies on signing top strikers. The co chairmen have regularly held the summer meeting in Spain to narrow down the target list and talk to European agents. But with the three top targets – Olivier Giroud, Michy Batshuayi […]
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New interest in Hammers striker
Posted on 18 June 2017.
Enner Valencia could be on his way to Mexican outfit UANL according to morning reports. The Hammers are desperately hunting for a club to take the player who has been a major flop over the past two seasons and is no longer required at the club. Sources close to the player have revealed that the […]
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Hammers blank the big LS option
Posted on 18 June 2017.
The ownership of the London Stadium is unlikely to ever change hands while West Ham’s current ‘deal of the century’ remains in place. A senior source close to the club told ClaretandHugh this weekend: “Our deal is so good its better than owning the freehold.” Some West Ham Supporters had believed that the stadium’s public owners […]
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Giroud is free to leave Arsenal this summer
Posted on 17 June 2017.
Olivier Giroud is set for the Arsenal exit door this summer, according to reports in the L’Equipe newspaper in France. The Arsenal striker scored 16 goals in all competitions last season despite only eleven Premier League starts. The report says Giroud is not a part of Arsene Wenger’s plans next season. The 30-year-old signed a new deal […]
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QUIZ: Your club’s record signing
Posted on 17 June 2017.
Do you know your Premier League club’s record signing? Take our quiz and find out…
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More questions over London Stadium mayor investigation
Posted on 17 June 2017.
The firm chosen by the London Mayor to carry out an investigation into the London Stadium transformation overspend and financial viability have been heavily involved in the Stadium project itself in previous internal audits. Under Freedom of Information, the London Legacy Development Corporation admits it has paid Moore Stephens a total of £167,665.07 since 2013 in […]
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Leicester now bookies favourites to land Iheanacho
Posted on 17 June 2017.
Leicester City have had their first bid for Manchester City striker Kelechi rejected according to Owngoalnigeria.com today. Overnight Leicester have suddenly become the bookies favourite at Evens to land the 20 year old Nigerian forward after talks with West Ham are said to have broken down over the fee that will be inserted in his buy back clause. […]
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Linus Wahlqvist’s penalty was bad.. but these were worse
Posted on 17 June 2017.
Linus Wahlqvist submitted his entry for the worst penalty of all time on Friday night but he’s got some way to go to matching some of these abominations.
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Which West Ham players will be at the Confederations Cup?
Posted on 17 June 2017.
Today sees the start of the 10th edition of the Confederations Cup in Russia. With less than a year to go until the 2018 World Cup, it is a chance for the winners of each FIFA tournament to play each other. Hosts Russia, who are only the third European nation to host the competition qualify automatically and kick off the tournament against Oceania Nations Cup winners New Zealand. The two will be joined in group A …
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The transfer hunters: how Premier League scouting set-ups compare
Posted on 17 June 2017.
As the transfer season hots up, we look at the recruitment structures at the 20 clubs who will be playing in the 2017-18 top flight Arsenal’s chief scout is one of the club’s longest-serving employees. Steve Rowley’s reputation was forged when he spotted an 11-year-old Tony Adams while scouting part-time. Rowley went full-time when George Graham was Arsenal manager, and was promoted to chief scout when Arsène Wenger arrived in 1996. He …
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