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Manuel Pellegrini rules out January exit for Andy Carroll

The injury-prone West Ham striker is in the final year of his £90,000-per-week contract at West Ham but Manuel Pellegrini wants Carroll to stay at the club.

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Who had the best PL festive form?

There were four Premier League fixtures for each club over the festive period, but who won the most games, who scored the most goals and who tops the assists?

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Klopp, Poch, Sarri up for December award

Jurgen Klopp, Mauricio Pochettino, Maurizio Sarri, Manuel Pellegrini and Nuno Espirito Santo have been nominated for December's Manager of the Month award.

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Pellegrini expects Carroll to stay at Hammers

Manuel Pellegrini does not expect West Ham to sell Andy Carroll this January.

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Bernardo Silva is a workhorse, Man Utd have No 9 headache and more from Premier League

AMITAI WINEHOUSE: The festive football period is now over and the dust is just about settling in the Premier League. Sportsmail assesses 10 things we learned from this batch of fixtures.

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Irons barricades go up but midfielder of interest

West Ham’s powers-that-be have put up the barricades on transfer window activity to a large extent but a move for midfield and defensive enforcer Gary Medel could still be on. The Besiktas player was recently reported as being the subject of a £6.5 million bid but ClaretandHugh understands there were no talks involved and that […]

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Rice and Arnie get closer and closer

Declan Rice has started his new West Ham era in precisely the same style as he finished the last – performing with style and, for us, leading the way as Hammer of the Year. There are several contenders – Fabianski, Arnie of course and Diop among them – but so far this term Declan has […]

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Little room for change against Birmingham

The Irons head into tomorrow’s FA Cup 3rd round FA Cup tie with high hopes of staging s serious march on Wembley but quite what sort of team we see is more than a little interesting. Usually many of those who have had little chance to make any real impact would be on display but […]

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Chicharito wanted at Valencia by former Arsenal star

Gabriel Paulista claims the West Ham striker, who has struggled for regular game time with the Hammers, would be a welcome addition for Los Che

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Newcastle ponder Carroll swap deal

Newcastle United are reportedly considering a swap deal for Jonjo Shelvey with Hammer Andy Carroll moving in the opposite direction. The unlikely swaps dealr repeated by the Daily Express today was considered the kind of silly story that does the rounds this time of year but further investigation suggests there could be actually something in it. […]

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Pelle explains his Nasri timetable

It’s pretty clear that Manuel Pellegrini is very keen to play Samir Nasri very soon but not for too long. The manager is a huge admirer of the midfielder’s craft and guile – attributes he tends to value more highly than most others. And it wasn’t a big surprise when the Frenchman was named in […]

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Report: Brazilian striker loan could be back on

La Gazzetta dello Sport reporter Nicolò Schira claims a deal to land Brazilan striker Gabigol could be back on if West Ham manage to offload Lucas Perez. Schira who was one of the first to break the story that Samri Nasri would train with West Ham wrote on twitter: “The West Ham slow down for […]

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Transfer update on Chelsea loans

Chelsea will not be loaning out Ruben Loftus Cheek this January. A senior West Ham insider has ruled out any chance of him moving to the club this winter. Loan deals for Danny Drinkwater and/or Gary Cahill both of which have been linked in recent transfer rumours are also extremely unlikely says the Hammers insider who revealed […]

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Total respect as Noble remembers a young fan

Mark Noble proved himself different class on the pitch last night and pure quality at the end when a made a young fan’s night. Our captain made a young man very, very happy at the end of the 90 minutes in which he turned the game along with Michail Antonio. But despite clearly being on […]

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Ref Watch: Shelvey lucky to avoid red

Two high challenges take precedence as Dermot Gallagher casts his expert view on Wednesday's Premier League matches in Ref Watch.

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PL trio chase Roma striker Defrel

Watford, Fulham and West Ham are all interested in French striker Gregoire Defrel, according to Sky in Italy.

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The Rise of Felipe Anderson

Having signed in the summer of 2018 for a club record fee, Felipe Anderson raised many eyebrows when he chose to ply his trade at the London Stadium.

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Thousands missing from record attendance

Technically West Ham broke their home attendance record at the London Stadium last night with an official attendance of 59,870 which equates to 59,870 tickets sold. In reality, we know many thousands of West Ham season ticket holders were missing last night who didn’t use their seats! The fixture changes haven’t helped with the Boxing […]

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Body found in search for missing season ticket holder

This afternoon Essex police draining a fishing lake in Gloucester Park in Basildon have confirmed a body has been found. Releasing a statement on Facebook in the last few minutes Police said: “Officers searching the fishing lake in Gloucester Park, Basildon, as part of the investigation to find Jack Morrad have suspended their search following the discovery […]

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West Ham captain Mark Noble pleased with comeback against ‘bogey team’ Brighton

West Ham were staring at a fourth loss in four meetings with the Seagulls since they were promoted after goals from Dale Stephens and Shane Duffy put the visitors in charge.

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It’s surely the end of the line for Carroll

One thing is becoming increasingly obvious as the season progresses and it doesn’t give me any pleasure at all to say it. But on the strength of what we saw last night on his first start in a year after a couple of substitute appearances, Andy Carroll’s days as a Hammer seem numbered . Okay, […]

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Hammers support season ticket holder missing plea

West Ham United and stadium operators London Stadium 185 supported the awareness campaign for missing Hammers season ticket holder Jack Morrad last night as West Ham played Brighton. Jack’s image, as well as details of disappearance, was displayed on the giant external screen as well as both big screens inside the stadium for maximum coverage to […]

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Quality all the way from skipper Noble

Mark Noble has had his fair share of criticism down recent seasons but he showed himself to be bang on the case at his best again last night. Consistency remains the key and in some respects the skipper sometimes demonstrates the problems in his game that is reflected in the team – a lack of […]

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A ‘positive’ point against ‘bogey team’

West Ham captain Mark Noble was relieved to end the busy festive period on a positive note.

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Frustrated Pellegrini poses big question

Quite why such things happen is one of the mysteries of the game and it left Manuel Pellegrini in an agony of frustration during and after the game against Brighton. The south coast side are well organise for sure but when most of their goals come from the same source, not dealing with it is […]

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Pellegrini explains hooking Carroll

Manuel Pellegrini replaced Andy Carroll at half-time for “tactical and physical”
reasons after a “disappointing” first half performance from West Ham.

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