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Posted on 31 March 2016. Tags: coyi, hammers news, News, sky tv, west ham united fc, whispers
Chairman David Sullivan has confirmed exclusively to ClaretandHugh that Valencia wonder kid Toni Martinez is on his way to the club. Despite denials last night on social media, David told us a few minutes ago: ” Yes, I can confirm he will sign in the next 7 days. “There is a large fee if the player […]
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Posted on 31 March 2016. Tags: africa, america, dimitri payet, Goal.com, india, kenya, west ham united fc
The Hammers fan favourite believes the France international, who has taken English football by storm this season, can be a “cracker” for years to come with the Irons
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Posted on 31 March 2016. Tags: facebook, games, gold, golf, nfl, online soccer news, sports, West Ham United
Dimitri Payet has vowed to take his club form with West Ham and project it onto the international stage.
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Posted on 31 March 2016. Tags: football latest, News, upton park
Paolo Di Canio reckons Dimi Payet is all set to follow in his own legendary footsteps. Upton Park hero Di Canio said: “Payet is a fantastic footballer. He can be a cracker for a few years to come. He works hard for the team, off-the-ball as well as on it. “Look at the top footballers, the […]
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Posted on 31 March 2016. Tags: hammers, opinion, slaven bilic, toni martinez, total, valencia, west ham united fc
So the deal IS on… Slaven Bilic has confirmed the club are “quite close” to signing Valencia wonderkid Toni Martinez. Speaking in his pre-match press conference ahead of Saturday’s home clash with Crystal Palace, the Hammers boss admitted negotiations are ongoing for the 18-year-old, despite a number of reports claiming there was actually no interest
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Posted on 31 March 2016. Tags: News, premier league, westham
It’s the biggest and best giveaway ever on social media. ClaretandHugh and Hammers Chat have been handed a shirt signed by the entire West Ham legends dressing room. It includes the likes of Paolo Di Canio, Julian Dicks, Ludo Miklosko, Dean Ashton, Rio Ferdinand – and the others…the greatest names in Hammers history. It was […]
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Posted on 31 March 2016. Tags: News, west ham news, whispers
West Ham Legend Billy Bonds has been honoured at the Olympic Stadium as his shirt is the first to go up at the converted stadium as part of the Hammers WestHamification of their new home continues. WHUFC.com revealed yesterday “On Wednesday, the construction team set about installing a prototype model of the shirt, this one in […]
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Posted on 30 March 2016. Tags: british, france, house, microsoft, skysports
SAM CUNNINGHAM: Paolo Di Canio has backed Dimitri Payet to become a cult hero like him at West Ham. The French midfielder has already scored 11 goals in 30 appearances this term.
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Posted on 30 March 2016. Tags: footy news, News, super sunday, upton park, West Ham United, west ham world
West Ham has added Wilfried Bony to their shortlist of strikers the club will work their way through if they cannot land Michy Batshuayi claim the Daily Telegraph The broadsheet claims Marseille striker Batshuayi is still West Ham’s top summer target, but the Irons will face considerable competition from rivals Spurs. The paper say Dimitri […]
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Posted on 30 March 2016. Tags: barcelona, dubai, hammers news, health, microsoft, sky sports
ADAM CRAFTON AT THE STADE DE FRANCE: With one swish of that majestic right foot, West Ham’s Dimitri Payet all but confirmed his place in the France squad for the European Championships
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Posted on 30 March 2016. Tags: guardian, opinion, top four, West Ham United, westham fc
During the past few days, I read a very interesting posted in the Australian version of the Guardian, assessing the possibilities of a number of sides who are vying for the top six positions in the Premier League A number of factors were assessed, the most important being the category named ‘Five Shining Lights?’ Predictably, Dimitri
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Posted on 30 March 2016. Tags: football latest, hammers chat, News, videos, west ham news, whispers
Our top man Ian Bishop concludes his thoughts on West Ham 2016 and FINALLY gives his view on whom he wants to grab fourth place of his two favourite clubs – us and Manchester City. Bish has always been unable to separate his emotions on the two clubs but this time around he comes down […]
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Posted on 30 March 2016. Tags: News, upthehammers, west ham, westham news, whispers
Spanish radio station Taronja is reporting that a deal to sign Valencia starlet Antonio Martinez is now agreed with West Ham. The news follows similar reports from Spanish media yesterday. The reports suggested the Hammers would pay an initial 1 million Euros which could rise to 3 million Euros on certain performance factors . Martinez has […]
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Posted on 30 March 2016. Tags: australia, jordan, News, portugal, westham fc
West Ham star Dimitri Payet has very much forced himself into the reckoning for France’s Euro 2016 squad with excellent performances in their friendlies against Holland and Russia.
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Posted on 30 March 2016. Tags: coyi, News, videos
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Posted on 30 March 2016. Tags: business, facebook, football banter, nigeria, sports news, upthehammers
Birthday boy Dimitri Payet edged closer to a place in France’s Euro 2016 squad by scoring a stunning free-kick in his country’s 4-2 win over Russia last night.
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Posted on 30 March 2016. Tags: east london, footy news, News, upton park, whispers
Cheik Kouyate appears to be a major doubt for the weekend match against Palace. The all-action midfielder missed Senegal’s 2-1 win over Niger last night with reports claiming he had bronchitis and a slight fever. It will be a blow to the Hammers, but should he miss the squad depth is such that it will […]
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Posted on 30 March 2016. Tags: hammers chat, online soccer news, super sunday, transfer news, west ham video, whispers
Claret and Blue is a new West Ham anthem composed and produced by Hammers Chats own music producer Alan ‘Avit’ Guest and performed by Pete Booker. In this exclusive preview Gonzo has produced a montage of his own pictures exclusively for Claret and Hugh to create an accompaniment for what could become a classic Hammers score. […]
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Posted on 29 March 2016. Tags: boxing, coyi, facebook, italy, News, sky sports, sports, West Ham United
There were birthday celebrations for both N’Golo Kante and Dimitri Payet who were among the goalscorers as Euro 2016 hosts France beat Russia 4-2 in Paris.
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Posted on 29 March 2016. Tags: sky tv, videos, whispers
Dimitri Payet has just scored this free-kick for France. He only just got subbed on! World class. pic.twitter.com/C0AxcTBNKL — Uber West Ham (@UberWestHam) March 29, 2016 62 minutes Dimitri Payet replaces Antoine Griezmann for France 64 minutes Dimitri Payet scores this amazing free-kick for France. His goal put France 3-1 up although the score is […]
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Posted on 29 March 2016. Tags: footy news, News, transfer news, upthehammers, whispers
As well as selling out season tickets at the former Olympic Stadium, West Ham has sold out each and every corporate entertainment seat at the new stadium, all 3,600 of them! The club insisted corporate members commit for three years which is scheduled to bring in around £36m of revenue over the next three years or around […]
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Posted on 29 March 2016. Tags: football banter, hammers chat, News, upton park, videos, west ham news, whispers
You don’t actually tell people they were your heroes do you but Ian Bishop most certainly was one of mine. He’s been a pal for a very long time and one of the best playmakers ever to grace the Boleyn. He’s also been a great fried to ClaretandHugh since our launch and it’s a real […]
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Posted on 29 March 2016. Tags: News, transfer gossip, transfer news, whispers
The Mark Noble didn’t quite follow the script. Sorry to ruin the illusion but the real life fantasy football match was finely scripted to finish in a six all thriller and then go to a penalty shoot up but the referee didn’t follow the plan by ruling Marlon Harewood’s goal offside which entirely failed to […]
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Posted on 29 March 2016. Tags: News, online soccer news, westham, whispers
With the 54,0000 capacity of the former Olympic Stadium already sold out and the extra 6,000 seats announced last week a certainly to sell out too, Claret and Hugh has taken a look at the possible financial windfall from ticket sales in our new 60,000 seated stadium. An estimated 8,000 seats have been sold at […]
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Posted on 29 March 2016. Tags: football banter, la liga, online soccer news, premier league, wonderkid
If reports in Spain are to be believed, West Ham are on the verge of signing Valencia wonderkid Toni Martinez. Radio Taronja claim we’ve reached an agreement over a deal worth between 2.5 and 3 million euros. The 18-year-old has scored over 100 goals in four seasons with Valencia’s youth team and is supposedly one of
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