The 2016/17 season has now ended and West Ham United ended up in a relatively respectable 11th place. Given our struggles this season with adjusting to the London Stadium, caving in during games, suffering many injuries and failing to sign the right players, 11th place is not too bad. But going into next season, we […]
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West Ham season review: How did our forwards rate out of 10 this year?
Posted on 28 May 2017.
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West Ham make Iheanacho offer
Posted on 28 May 2017.
West Ham have put in an offer for Manchester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho, according to Sky sources.
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Barkley rumour rubbished
Posted on 28 May 2017.
Reports in the Sunday Star repeated by other papers this morning that the Hammers are lining up a bid for Roos Barkley are likely to be pure speculation as West Ham concentrates on striker targets.Barkley will enter the final year of his Everton contract next month and is yet to agree terms over an extension […]
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West Ham’s 17/18 away kit doesn’t just break tradition, it shows the club refuses to stand still
Posted on 28 May 2017.
Earlier this week West Ham have announced the release of the new “history making” black away kit produced by Manchester based kit manufacturer Umbro, for the 2017-18 season. The away kit that could feature on the road against Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United, Southampton, Burnley, Crystal Palace and Stoke City as an all-black combination kit that features […]
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No to Jordan Pickford
Posted on 28 May 2017.
A report in the Sun that West Ham want to sign Sunderland keeper Jordan Pickford and use Adrian as a makeweight in a deal worth around £25million is completely wide of the mark. The tabloid claims that Hammers boss Slaven Bilic is happy to allow his Spanish stopper to leave despite signing a new contract […]
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Brighton prepare surprise £8m move for Snodgrass
Posted on 28 May 2017.
Robert Snodgrass could be leaving West Ham after just four months at the club. It appears that Brighton and Hove Albion are willing to make an £8m bid to try and get the Scotsman to the Amex Arena for their debut season in the Premier League. Chris Hughton wants to sign Snodgrass to install some […]
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Hammers make signing priorities clear
Posted on 28 May 2017.
West Ham have no interest in signing new midfielders during the summer transfer window. The club has been linked with various names in that area of the pitch – notably Manchester City veteran Yaya Toure but the club has made it clear to ClaretandHugh it is happy with its resources in that area. And in what […]
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Frustrated Hammers still waiting for a price
Posted on 28 May 2017.
West Ham have again confirmed their interest in Manchester City’s Kelechi Iheanacho but the possibility of signing the young Nigerian remains some way off. Rumours have arisen that the player has been on his way to London for a medical after reports arose on Sky Sports and the internet. But they are wide of the […]
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PSG to rival Hammers for Martial
Posted on 28 May 2017.
PSG are thought to be preparing a bid to bring Manchester United’s Anthony Martial back to France. Reports in France suggest they are prepared to pay €50 million (£43.5m) for the 21-year-old. The Frenchman believes Jose Mourinho is using him as a scapegoat for what went wrong at Old Trafford last season and is attempting to […]
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Gold: ‘There is no such thing as a ‘free’ transfer’
Posted on 28 May 2017.
West Ham Joint-Chairman David Gold has hit back at supporters that claimed we got Pablo Zabaleta on the cheap telling them There is no such thing as a ‘free transfer’. Signing on bonuses, large agent commission fees and larger wages are all common practice in so-called ‘free transfers’ and Zabaleta will have been no different. The […]
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West Ham bid for Manchester City starlet Kelechi Iheanacho
Posted on 28 May 2017.
Iheanacho also has interest from Leicester, Everton, Southampton and West Bromwich Albion plus clubs in the Bundesliga. City want to insert a buy-back option into any transfer.
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Zaba snubbed Euro and PL interest to join Irons
Posted on 27 May 2017.
Pablo Zabaletta passed on offers from Italy and interest from Spain and England to join the Hammers. And in his first serious interview since arriving at the club he declared: ” I expressed myself to them that to keep playing in the Premier League was a priority. I love the Premier League so much. Of course […]
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Pablo Zabaleta reveals West Ham was his ‘first choice’
Posted on 27 May 2017.
Pablo Zabaleta rejected offers from Italy and Spain to join West Ham and insists he has the passion to play a big part in the club’s future. He signed a two-year deal worth £90,000-a-week.
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Zabaleta tasted success at Man City and has challenged West Ham to believe in winning trophies
Posted on 27 May 2017.
Having rejected offers from Italy and Spain to join the Hammers, the experienced Argentine full-back wants his new club to chase down major silverware
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London Stadium under going further transformation
Posted on 27 May 2017.
One of the reasons that West Ham’s new signing Zabaleta was photographed on the London Eye instead of the London Stadium is the stadium currently resembles a building site again. The stadium car park and a section of land outside of Pudding Mill Lane DLR station are full of sections of seats as the stadium is […]
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Champions stones supporters stuck in limbo
Posted on 27 May 2017.
Supporters who bought Champions Stones after March 2016 are still waiting for them to be installed some 14 months later. Over 12,000 stones were installed at Champions Place outside the London Stadium before the 14th March cut-off but thousands of supporters who purchased stones after that date have been left in limbo. West Ham hopes to install […]
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Kane wins PFA Fans’ award
Posted on 27 May 2017.
Harry Kane has won the PFA Fans’ Premier League Player of the Season award, ahead of N’Golo Kante and Eden Hazard.
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Bilic looking for game changers
Posted on 27 May 2017.
Slaven Bilic has revealed that he needs “game changers” added to the squad and will remain in regular contact with co chairman David Sullivan from his Croatian home during the summer break. Speaking ahead of his hospital visit for hip surgery he said: “We need quality players. Of course you always need quality players but […]
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West Ham and the £58m player
Posted on 27 May 2017.
Reports over the past few days have suggested that West Ham could make a cheeky bid for Manchester United’s Anthony Martial over the summer. Martial has scored 15 goals in 56 Premier League appearances since joining the Red Devils in the Summer of 2015 from Monaco for £42.5m (€50m) However, the deal struck with next boss Ranieri […]
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CandH exclusive: Iheanacho update
Posted on 26 May 2017.
Exclusive by Hugh Southon Manchester City are playing serious hardball with West Ham as they bid to bring Kelechi Iheanacho to the London Stadium this summer. Reports arose on Sky Sports that the player will undergo a medical to finalise the transfer after City accepted a £24 million bid from the club. But a senior source at […]
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Newham breaks promise on London Stadium jobs
Posted on 26 May 2017.
Just over one fifth of people employed in casual and full-time contracts at the London Stadium are Newham residents, figures have revealed in a Freedom of Information published by the Newham Recorder. Only 247 out of 1,207 people employed at the Stratford venue in February 2017 were from Newham – equating to 20.5 per cent […]
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No deal on Valencia transfer
Posted on 26 May 2017.
Everton are ready to pass up on the chance to sign Enner Valencia on a permanent deal claim the Liverpool Echo this afternoon. Everton signed the 27-year-old on a season-long loan from the Hammers in August with the option of buying him in a transfer worth around £10million to the Irons. The ECHO says that […]
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Sullivan works day and night to land his man
Posted on 26 May 2017.
David Sullivan has hailed the arrival of Pablo Zabaletta dubbing the Manchester City cult hero “a supreme professional.” The co chairman has been working day and night to nail down the deal and said: “I have been working on this solid for the last ten days since Manchester City gave us permission to speak to the […]
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West Ham and Southampton chasing 11-goal striker
Posted on 26 May 2017.
With the summer transfer window set to open shortly, West Ham United have been linked with a number of strikers. This season, Andy Carroll and Diafra Sakho have struggled with persistent injuries while Jonathan Calleri and Simone Zaza scraped one deflected goal between the two of them. It is evidently clear that strikers are at […]
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"Hope he isn’t another Arbeloa" – West Ham fans share their thoughts on new signing
Posted on 26 May 2017.
West Ham United today confirmed on the club’s official website that Pablo Zabaleta has signed. Pablo Zabaleta was available on a free transfer after leaving Manchester City at the end of a stellar nine years with the two-time Premier League champions. The Hammers beat off competition from other clubs to quickly wrap up a deal for […]
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West Ham eyeing up another raid on Man City after sealing Pablo Zabaleta deal
Posted on 26 May 2017.
West Ham United today completed the signing of Pablo Zabaleta, the official website confirmed. Pablo Zabaleta signs a two year deal at the London Stadium after his contract with Manchester City expired. And, according to recent reports, West Ham are hoping to lure one of Zabaleta’s former Manchester City team mates to East London too. […]
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