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The completion of the Robert Snodgrass transfer means West Ham have invested over £36m in two players during the January transfer window. Jose Fonte cost the Hammers a £8m fee plus a potential extra £1m in add-ons.  He signed a two and a half year contract on wages believed  to be £65,000 per week which will […]

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West Ham’s board are believed to have held a meeting yesterday as the Dimitri Payet dramas threaten to go down to the wire and beyond. We understand the club are still attempting to agree on which line to take should Marseilles again come up short on the £30 million basic fee we require. It looks […]

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Former Hammer Carlton Cole has claimed his reported move to League Two outfit Notts County is simply “not true”. The 33-year-old former West Ham cult hero was reported by the BBC to be heading for Meadow Lane to join his old mate Kevin Nolan who is now the manager. Cole tweeted: “Where did you get […]

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Brentford are still demanding a £15 million fee for Scott Hogan and that is helping the Irons to cool on a deal. There has been long term speculation the Bees were ready – or had – trimmed their expectations of such a fee  but that is not the case with a source telling us there […]

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West Ham are ready to allow Sofiane Feghouli to leave the club if they receive an offer of around £7 – £8 million.. The Algerian winger will slip further down the pecking order should the club clinch the signature of Robert Snodgrass over the next few hours. The Irons are aware of interest from Roma […]

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West Ham are in the final stages of clinching the deal for Robert Snodgrass. Barring any late hitches the Hull midfielder will become a Hammer although the medical won’t happen until the last details on the fee to Hull and the player’s personal terms have been clinched. We understand that the club will pay £6 […]

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By Rich Sprent Already there are more than a few improvements at West Ham this year. Lady Brady is actively building bridges and conversing with fan groups. There’s an  Independent Supporters Association starting up and an obvious recent togetherness on the pitch. With one of the best players seen in claret and blue in modern […]

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So it looks as though the Hammers have two main targets before the window closes – Scott Hogan and Robert Snodgrass and together they will cost anything up to £25 million apparently. That’s the market place now though and clearly it has gone daft but it is what it is and nobody can complain about […]

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Slaven Bilic has been hospitalised for two days after picking up a serious bout of flu. It comes after Michail Antonio battled off the same bug to take his place in recent matches after being laid low for a week. Bilic is reported to have felt unwell  after the 3-1 win over Middlesbrough at the […]

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Co-chairman’s son Jack Sullivan has started a storm of speculation after reports that Hull City have accepted £10 million bids from both Burnley and the Hammers for Robert Snodgrass. The teenager tweeted the single letter ‘S’  after the Sky Sports had reported the Tigers had decided the move was now down to the player has […]

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Rio Ferdinand has launched a stinging attack  on Dimi Payet slamming his decision to go on strike. The former Hammers defender said: “I had problems at football clubs at various different times. At Man United I had problems with the club at various times with certain people, but it never entered my mind not to […]

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We’re back with our weekly ‘Cup of Tea with Geo & Gonzo’ feature where we’ll be discussing all the latest West Ham stories and taking some questions. Watch live on Claret and Hugh live at 8:30pm by clicking the link below  

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West Ham look like having an easy decision to make over the sale of Dimitri Payet if latest reports turn out to be true. New speculation claims that Marseilles are refusing to go above £25 million for the player which is nowhere enough for the Hammers. We have been told that £23 million has been […]

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West Ham are working hard to find a club ready to take totally out of favour former Real Madrid right back Alvaro Arbeloa. The Spaniard is almost persona non grata at the club and hasn’t appeared for weeks after an alleged fall-out with the manager. He has absolutely no future at West Ham and the […]

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West Ham are this morning reported to have given 24-hour protection after”his windows were egged by angry Irons fans. According to The Sun the incident took place last week although apparently the player was in France considering his next move in a short term future that looks bleak. There is absolutely no way back for […]

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Crowds come and crowds go and new American president Donald Trump makes some pretty strange comments when they do. On the one hand he is quoted as saying that his inauguration was the biggest of all time whilst in another interview explains that crowd measurements aren’t ever performed. But we have unearthed a picture 🙂 […]

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Winston Reid is expecting more new arrivals in the window following the arrival of a new defensive partner. He said: “We’ve had a bit of injuries so to get a good new signing in with Fonte will add to the group. “I’m sure the Club will still want to do more business, but in these […]

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BBC1 broadcast their investigation into the London Stadium on Monday night in a re-hash of what many have bleated on about before together with good old fashioned West Ham bashing thrown in for good measure. Old critics include London Assembly politician Andrew Boff, Richard Hunt from Charlton Athletic Supporters’ Trust and former Leyton Orient chairman […]

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A total of seven men were arrested before, during and after Middlesbrough’s game with West Ham at the Riverside Stadium on Saturday. Four Middlesbrough fans and three West Ham fans were arrested in and around the ground and town centre. The Middlesbrough Gazzette says two West Ham supporters were arrested before kick-off. Before they even […]

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Slaven Bilic believes there is only one striker he can  compares to unstoppable Andy Carroll. The manager es that in his current form AC is unstoppable and says the only player he can recall with such a devastating skill set when attacking the ball was his former Everton teammate Duncan Ferguson. He told the official […]

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WEST HAM are ready to offload Dimitri Payet this month following a £25million bid from Marseille according to The Sun The 29-year-old has not played in the Hammers last two league games after trying to force a move back to the French club this month. There is nothing in the story to back up what […]

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Andy Carroll has told Dimitri Payet his behaviour will never destroy the amazing new West Ham team spirit. The big man took his personal tally to four goals in five league games and then made it crystal clear his  demands for a £30million move to Marseille won’t interrupt the Hammers’ climb up the Premier League. […]

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Paris Saint-Germain are ready to launch a rival bid to snatch West Ham play maker Dimitri Payet from under the noses of Marseille claimed the Sunday Expres yesterday. The report claims PSG have had a long-term interest in Payet but signed German international Julian Draxler at the start of the month. PSG boss Unai Emery has […]

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Slaven Bilic has still not given the green light to the board for the signing of Brentford’s Scott Hogan. The player has been regularly checked by recruitment director to the board Tony Henry but the manager needs to give the final approval and that still hasn’t happened. Indeed CandH insiders are insisting that no deal has […]

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Dimitri Payet has again upset the club and Hammers everywhere with an alleged walk-out from training at Chadwell Heath this afternoon following late arrivals to the Under 23s squad yesterday and today. And our partners Hammers Chat will be discussing the incident in a live show which goes out at 8.30pm. Gonzo has been in […]

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David Sullivan has sent a big message to manager Slaven Bilic  in his latest ‘From the Boardroom’ column on the official site. Following the brilliant victory over Middlesbrough he said:” Like you, I was a very proud West Ham United fan at the Riverside Stadium. Not only did the team win for the fifth time in […]

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