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There were some brilliant goals scored in the Premier League at the weekend, but which was your favourite?

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West Ham will hopefully make up to £400,000 a week available for players wages in the summer transfer window. With Andre Ayew’s £80k a week off the wage bill and another  £60k weekly from Jose Fonte’s departure, they are also looking forward to losing  another £110k  from Joe Hart’s exit. That £250k  is a useful […]

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West Ham are preparing new deal for goalkeepr Adrian and teenager Declan Rice this summer. The club want to offer the Spanish stopper a three year deal with an option for a further two years whilst Rice is wanted on a long term deal. A Hammers insider tonight told ClaretandHugh that new deals are on […]

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The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is forecast to lose over £120 million over the next four years, according to the mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s draft budget proposals. Total expenditure on the London stadium will be in excess of £37 million while the forecast income will only peak at £6.9 million in 2021-22. In December […]

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MIKE KEEGAN AT ANFIELD: The Kop has a song for Mohamed Salah which goes to the tune of Sit Down, by 90s indie band James. The irony is that when he gets the ball he has the opposite effect.

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The West Ham crest has been a hot topic again in recent weeks amongst supporter unrest and a march before the Burley game. One of the key people behind the crest change was former Hammers managing director Angus Kinnear.  He joined from Arsenal in 2013 where he was previously the Gooners Marketing Director and involved in […]

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Daily Mail Journalist Martin Samuel has questioned the action group’s name asking whether it suggests you are not a real West Ham fan if you don’t march next month. Samuel wrote in the Daily Mail: “On March 10, before a home fixture against Burnley, there will be a rally against the current owners of West Ham. […]

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Chicharito has adapted to a change of circumstances but is hugely confident about West Ham’s future. A relegation battle was never on the cards last August but the Mexican understands the game of football better than most and knows better times are ahead. Speaking to the official website the striker declared: “We are recovering a lot […]

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“The evil in the world comes almost always from ignorance, and goodwill can cause as much damage as ill-will if it is not enlightened. People are more often good than bad, though in fact that is not the question. But they are more or less ignorant and this is what one calls vice or virtue, the most appalling vice being the ignorance that thinks it knows everything and which consequently authorises…

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Key midfielder Manuel Lanzini has hinted that he could return to action against Liverpool this weekend! The brilliant Argentine midfielder has been out since West Ham’s 1-1 draw with Bournemouth, but has been nearing a return to the first-team in recent weeks. Club supremo David Sullivan revealed earlier this month that Lanzini was recovering ahead […]

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West Ham Vice-Chairman Karren Brady has refused to consider giving up her Sun newspaper column insisting it was a decision only for her to make. Representatives of the West Ham Groups United asked her to give up her column in the Sun which they claim she refused point blank to even consider. Supporters at yesterday’s […]

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West Ham Vice Chairman Karren Bardy has dashed the hopes East Ham businesses and locals who hoped to keep the Champions statue featuring Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters at the junction of Barking Road and Green Street. A new campaign to keep the statue in East Ham has seen posters displayed in local businesses […]

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West Ham Joint-Chairman David Gold showed his sense of humour when the Hammers Rib man Mark Gevaux pointed out that the official Hammers website was already showing the full-time result of West Ham United v Manchester United on 18th March as 0-0 result. The Ribman wrote ‘David Gold is the Man United game on 18th March a […]

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By Jonathon Longdon According to reports David Moyes, wants to sign a pre-contract agreement with 21-year-old Jonathan Bamba before his contract comes to end in the summer. It’s part of a Moyes plan to rebuild the claret and blues in the close season. There’s a long way to go before West Ham can call Bamba […]

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Josh Pask sealed a previous victory for the Under 23s with a third minute winner at Liverpool on Saturday afternoon and with it almost certainly guaranteed another season of Premier League Two Division One football. The young Hammers hadn’t won in four games and were without a clean sheet in three before the trip to […]

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Leyton Orient has decided not to pursue a claim of illegal state aid against West Ham’s rental of the former Olympic Stadium. US businessman and new owner of Orient, Nigel Travis allowed a complaint with the European Commission to lapse recently meaning the case against West Ham will finally be closed with the state aid […]

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Karren Brady believes that  Kieron Dyer’s book ‘Old Too Soon, Smart  Too Late’ is a big reminder of how the game has been moved on. Dyer, made only 22 appearances and had never played a full 90 minutes for West Ham but was the club’s top earner on £83,000-a-week. He has some critical remarks of […]

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Overseas Hammers fans have been forced to pay up to £199 per person to attend West Ham games through an official partner of the club. Fans from outside the U.K say their options of buying West Ham tickets for the London Stadium is limited if they want to purchase in advance so are often forced […]

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West Ham have been given permission to discuss a transfer with Hamburg winger Nicolai Muller, according to a report in German newspaper Bild. The Germany international has won two caps for the national team and is set to leave Hamburg on a free transfer in the summer when his contract expires. Both the Hammers and […]

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West Ham have been given a massive boost after it emerged that Inter Milan are willing to sell Joao Mario. Reports in Italy suggest the Serie A club are keen to sign Barcelona’s Rafinha on a permanent deal, after initially taking him on loan from the Spanish side in January.  And they are willing to […]

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West Ham loanee Joao Mario sounds like a man wanting to get a full time gig at the London Stadium. The Inter Milan midfielder has been talking up his position at the club claiming that it’s very important he shows his quality in a West Ham shirt. He said: “I am glad to be here […]

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West Ham United manager David Moyes has heaped praise of the newest member of his squad, 36-year-old former Manchester United full-back Patrice Evra. The former French International ad free-agent was signed last week, days after the conclusion of a frustrating January Transfer Window for the club, signing on a short-term deal. Speaking in his Press Conference before the Premier League win over Watford at Rush Green Training Ground last…

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Former Hammer Sofiane Feghouli says money is not important to him and he left West Ham to compete to win things like league titles. He took a pay cut to move to Turkey. Feghouli joined Galatasaray for a reported €5.5m deal after just one season with West Ham. The Algerian told the French media “First of […]

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David Moyes’ West Ham United claimed a victory of the highest-importance in terms of their Premier League status against Javier Gracia’s Watford at the London Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Hammers took the lead in the first period, striker Javier Hernandez doing what he does best from inside the penalty area, his third goal in the space of four English Top-Flight matches. The Hornets had their chances either side…

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A semblance of calm has been restored. Instead of directing jeers at the people in the posh seats, the crowd at the London Stadium kept their focus on the pitch throughout, pushing West Ham United to a crucial victory and giving Marko Arnautovic a standing ovation after his late substitution. Arnautovic had just underlined his importance to West Ham’s survival hopes, taking advantage of generous Watford defending to mark his …

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West Ham Chairman David Sullivan has addressed the Club’s supporters in a video interview with West Ham TV. He reveals that the Club will be carrying out a complete restructuring of its player recruitment and scouting system this summer, and urges supporters to give the team their full backing during matches between now and the […]

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