West Ham will sell the 26-year-old but as talks over a move for Carlos Bacca have become protracted the club are reluctant to let Sakho and Enner Valencia leave without a having a replacement lined-up.
Posted on 16 July 2016.
West Ham will sell the 26-year-old but as talks over a move for Carlos Bacca have become protracted the club are reluctant to let Sakho and Enner Valencia leave without a having a replacement lined-up.
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Posted on 16 July 2016.
Enner Valencia’s possible switch to Lazio is still some way off despite intense speculation that he’s on his way to the club. ClaretandHugh has learned this morning that the Italian outfit like the player but would sooner do a season-long loan deal with an option to buy. That is unacceptable to the Irons who want […]
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Posted on 13 July 2016.
An army of over 5,000 West Ham fans stayed up until the early hours of this morning in an attempt to watch the Hammers play the Carolina Railhawks in a pre-season friendly. Although the club didn’t promote the internet stream they tweeted out that the match would be streamed on North Carolina broadcaster www.wral.com with audio […]
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Posted on 13 July 2016.
Sam Allardyce has received full backing from David Gold as a future England boss. The former Hammers boss is a big favourite to succeed Roy Hodgson who resigned after England’s shock Euro 2016 exit to Iceland. It’s believed the FA have been strongly influenced by Sir Alex Ferguson who has been reported as supporting the […]
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Posted on 12 July 2016.
Sunderland, West Bromwich Albion and Swansea City are considering bids for Lorient striker Benjamin Moukandjo. The Cameroon international scored 13 goals last term.
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Posted on 12 July 2016.
West Ham chairman’s son Jack Sullivan has confirmed the Carolina Nighthawks v West Ham pre-season friendly match will be screened LIVE at 1am this morning on WHUFC.com Our sources close to the West Ham camp in North Carolina say the game will be streamed on http://www.wral.com/ instead. THE Hammers will continue their tour of the US […]
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Posted on 12 July 2016.
DAVID SULLIVAN was today reported to be speaking from the set of his latest movie project when telling Darren Lewis of The Mirror that he has slapped a £100 million price tag on Dimi Payet. We reported the piece earlier but the co chairman’s new movie is also of interest to us and other movie […]
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Posted on 12 July 2016.
Manchester United have been sending scouts to watch Reece Oxford, according to MirrorFootball. The 17-year-old has been representing England U19s at the European Championships in Holland this summer, and Jose Mourinho has reportedly sent scouts to watch him. Oxford has been the subject of increased transfer speculation ever since he arrived on the scene almost
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Posted on 12 July 2016.
Geoff Hurst’s legendary No 10 World Cup winning shirt goes up for sale at Sotheby’s today with some believing it could collect around half a million pounds. Some West Ham supporters fans may automatically feel the club should buy it but the West Ham don’t believe that would right. Hurst’s incredible hat-trick against then West […]
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Posted on 12 July 2016.
West Ham are quoted odds of 33/1 to win the UEFA Europa League before the third round qualifying draw this Friday. Bookies Paddy Power has made Manchester United, the 8/1 favourites with Fiorentina second favourites at 12/1. Athletic Bilbao and Inter Milan are joint third favourites at 16/1. Southampton who join at the group stage at […]
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Posted on 10 July 2016.
The former Olympic Stadium is still restricted to a capacity of 54,000 for football games but will soon receive the final approval for a capacity increase to 60,000. ClaretandHugh previously obtained a copy of the all-important safety certificate issued by Newham council to French stadium operators London Stadium 185 Limited. The safety certificate issued in May […]
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Posted on 09 July 2016.
This is the link you need if you want to keep updated on everything that’s happening on the Irons transfer scene. The lads in charge are Gonzo and Geo…the time is 7.30 pm…the day is Saturday July 9 …it’s live and it’s exclusive only with ClaretandHugh’s partners Hammers Chat – the best in the business. […]
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Posted on 09 July 2016.
West Ham’s board always relentlessley insist that they are unwilling to discuss any particular player who is at the centre of negotiation until a deal is done. And the official site’s “source” the ‘Insider’ in using the expression in his/her latest column virtually confirms that Carlos Bacca may well be close to hitting the road for the […]
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Posted on 08 July 2016.
Twitter has produced some of the most absurd transfer gossip ever down the years but none more ridiculous than a story that was doing the rounds yesterday. I was on my way to the kazi – precisely the right place – when the phone rang and I was told; “You won’t believe this (got that […]
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Posted on 07 July 2016.
We understand that Gökhan Töre passed the second part of his medical at Spire Roding Hospital today after completing part one yesterday. The 24 year has already to personal terms which just leaves the actual signing of the contract and the big announcement which should happen today or tomorrow. The in-form midfielder had three years left on […]
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Posted on 07 July 2016.
Fresh reports today from Italy media suggest that Enner Valencia could be on verge of loan deal with Lazio with an option to buy at the end of the season. Reports earlier this week claimed West Ham rejected a £10m offer from Lazio. Sky Italia, reported the Hammers were set to reject Lazio’s original offer and […]
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Posted on 07 July 2016.
Slaven Bilic is relatively content with the way things are going in the United States despite suffering a 3-0 reverse against Seattle Sounders. Giving an update the manager declared: “OK a game is a game and in every game the result is important. “But basically we only started training a few days ago and we are […]
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Posted on 06 July 2016.
West Ham are signing the former Chelsea trainee, who failed to make a competitive first team appearance at Stamford Bridge, on an initial loan with view to a permanent deal.
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Posted on 06 July 2016.
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Posted on 05 July 2016.
West Ham United have today confirmed that James Tomkins has joined Crystal Palace for £10million. Tonks has moved on after being associated with the Irons for 20 years andmade his Premier League debut in a 1-1 draw away at Everton. Following an extended run in the side toward the back end of the 2007/08 season, Tomkins […]
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Posted on 05 July 2016.
West Ham full-back Aaron Cresswell has signed a one-year contract extension.
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Posted on 04 July 2016.
SIMON JONES – TRANSFER COLUMN: The 32-year-old is on a large salary, which may prove a stumbling block, though he still managed to score 20 goals in all competitions last season.
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Posted on 01 July 2016.
West Ham have tonight denied that a deal has been done which has seen James Tomkins join Crystal Palace. Palace and former Irons boss Alan Pardew is a big admirer of the 27 year old who we first reported to be at the centre of a bidding war last month by ClaretandHugh. But although the […]
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Posted on 01 July 2016.
The 20-year-old is set to undergo a medical ahead of a move to the Hammers, with his chances of a first-team breakthrough at Old Trafford looking increasingly thin
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Posted on 30 June 2016.
West Ham United captain Mark Noble is counting down the days until he can lead his side out at the Olympic Stadium.
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Posted on 30 June 2016.
West Ham’s vice chairman, Karren Brady confirmed last weekend that the Boleyn Ground club store would close its doors for the last time on Monday this week. This week starts the mass exodus of West Ham office staff from the Boleyn Ground to 4,000 square feet of dedicated office space inside the Mahindra Stadium in […]
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