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ClaretandHugh understands that Simone Zaza has agreed to join the Irons in a loan deal which will eventually be worth £26 million. It will become a record breaking deal and the negotiations – which started at 7.30 am this morning – have now come to a successful conclusion. At this stage it is not clear […]

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• City manager claims players only criticise him when they are not selected • Sergio Agüero urged to close down opposition players, with West Ham next Pep Guardiola has acknowledged that keeping his 30-man Manchester City squad happy will be impossible, saying the only reason players ever criticise him is because they are not being chosen. Related: Claudio Bravo will not make Manchester City debut against West Ham Continue reading…

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CandH Exclusive Enner Valencia is dithering about a move to Aston Villa despite being made a massive personal terms offer. The new Chinese owner businessman Dr Tony Xia is desperate to sign the Ecuador striker and has offered the Irons around £10 million over three years. ClaretandHugh has learned that Valencia’s personal terms would dwarf what […]

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After the lights had dimmed at the Olympic Stadium and everyone had gone home from yet another European exit at the hands of Romanian champions Astra Giurgiu, there was time for reflection. Sitting on the DLR on Friday on my ride into work, my usual ritual of checking social media occurs when I stumble upon many

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West Ham remain locked in negotiations with Simone Zaza and his advisors this evening as the two sides try to edge towards a deal which will see the Italy international become a Hammer. As is always the case in these circumstances the social networking systems – Twitter in particular – are alive with stories that […]

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Manu Lanzi will definitely be part of the squad for tomorrow afternoon’s clash with Manchester City but there remain doubts surrounding Dimi Payet’s fitness. Lanzini may feature from the start but given the manager’s care with returning players more likely as a sub with Gokhan Tore possibly the one to be subbed or dropped depending […]

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Mark Noble is expected to be available for the clah at Manchester City tomorrow after saving himself the embarrassment of being a part of the horrible midweek defeat by Astra. And Arthur Masuaku will take over from Reece Burke at left back after being Cup tied for the Europa Cup clash. Manager Slaven Bilic indicated […]

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The Hammers were dumped out of the Europa League by Romanian side Astra Giurgiu after losing the second leg of their play-off 1-0 at the London Stadium on Thursday evening.

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Slaven Bilic has backed his West Ham side to cause an upset against Manchester City for the second consecutive season.

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Development team boss Terry Westley refused to criticise any of his players despite them losing 2-0 at Swansea last night (Fri). The team entered the game with two wins from two although the Swans also boasted a 100 per cent. Owain Jones and Botti Bia Bi were their scorers although the report on the official […]

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Martin Samuelsen has joined Blackburn Rovers on a season-long loan but plans are on hold to send out Ashley Fletcher.The 19-year-old Norwegian – , who has signed a new four-year contract with the club, will link up with fellow Hammer Stephen Hendrie, who is also on loan at Ewood Park, for the 2016/17 campaign. Samuelsen […]

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On the face of it – having seen everything we think we need to see – you would have to be utterly crazy to back the Irons to get anything at Manchester City tomorrow. We have been poor – very poor – lethargic, injury hit and unable to pass their way into anything but quick […]

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West Ham are still keen to bring Wilfried Bony to the club on a potential loan deal despite the imminent signing of Simone Zaza. Slaven Bilic is determined to sort out the striker problems before the transfer window deadline but remains angry at the Europa League humiliation by Astra Giurgiu. He will spend the final week […]

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Ahead of the second round of Premier League fixtures, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every match, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats.

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The Hammers crashed out of the Europa League play-off stages at the hands of the Romanians for the second year in a row and supporters made their opinions clear at the break.

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West Ham have vowed to ban for life the fans involved in violence which compounded their exit from the Europa League against Astra Giurgiu on Thursday night.

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Join myself and Geo as we discuss all the transfer dealings following the Europa exit to Astra. Will Zaza be any good, should Samuelsen go out on loan, do we have too many midfielders and will we be able to offload a very downbeat Enner Valencia.   All this and more discussed live at 8:30 […]

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Proud Adrian has spoken of his joy at being called nto the Spain squad for the first time in his career. Speaking to the official Hammers site he said: ““I was on the standby list for a couple of squads before Euro 2016, but this time around I didn’t ask my agent if I was […]

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• Italy international flies to London for medical ahead of transfer • Zaza will join initially on loan with obligation to buy next summer West Ham’s summer-long search for a striker which has taken them on a meandering trek around Europe was finally nearing completion on Friday night after Simone Zaza flew to London to complete his medical. The Italy striker will initially move to the London Stadium on loan, although West Ham have signed a deal which means …

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Well last night went to plan… Words cannot describe what happened last night, there were no excuses from our team selection except losing their focus on a must win game. Last nights games was a do or die match, one that should of given us the opportunity to be on the higher platform to attract a

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WEST HAM will ban a fan who was filmed punching another supporter in the face during Thursday’s Europa League defeat. The Sun reports police have identified and arrested the culprit and his details have been passed onto the club. A video on social media showed a man  throw a punch at what is believed to […]

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The Metropolitan Police have confirmed the arrest of one man filmed fighting inside West Ham’s London Stadium on Thursday.

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Pep Guardiola confirmed new signing Claudio Bravo is fit but will watch on at the Etihad Stadium as Manchester City face West Ham, ahead of his debut after the international break.

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• Pep Guardiola reluctant to rush £13.75m signing into action • City manager suggests Joe Hart could stay and fight for his place Claudio Bravo will not be rushed into the Manchester City side for the Premier League home match with West Ham United on Sunday. The goalkeeper completed a £13.75m move from Barcelona to City on Thursday and was expected to be installed immediately as Pep Guardiola’s No1. However the…

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  Irons cult hero Adrian has been called into the Spain international squad for the first time. New Spain coach Julen Lopetegui hs named Adrian in a squad which alo includes David De Gea and Pepe Reina with the Iron replacing Spain’s most capped player Iker Casillas. The squad has been named for the games against Belgium […]

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CandH Exclusive Simone Zaza will sit down to talks with Slaven Bilic later today aimed at discovering how he is set to be used should he finally commit to put pen to paper and join the Irons. The player has agreed personal terms of around £100k a week and the Hammers will dig deep to […]

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