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West Ham were at their poorest or Domsele were a far better team than anyone expected? Whichever view you take last night’s result was deeply disappointing and there’s one heck of a lot of tuning to go on before next week’s second leg at the London Stadium. Here. ClaretandHugh readers give their thoughts on last […]

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Exclusive Phil Parkes believes Dimi Payet will go to an even higher level when the Hammers make their bow in the Olympic Stadium declaring: “Every match will be an occasion – it will be like a Wembley factor.” And the former goalkeeper is convinced that the wide open spaces of the London Stadium and a […]

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Carlos Bacca’s agent appears focused on a deal with Napoli for the striker and hasn’t mentioned the Irons in his latest comments on the his future. Despite the Hammers having had a £26 million offer accepted by AC Milan, Bacca has consistenty played down our hopes of signing him. Napoli have sold Gonzalo Higuain to Juventus […]

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Mark Noble has declared that the arrival of Slaven Bilic coincided with the greatest year of his own career . The captain was in fabulous form last term and was most peope’s pick for an England midfied slot. That wasn’t to be but it seems nothing can take the gloss offa campaign which wil live […]

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Slaven Bilic has made it clear the season’s first big target is 40 points! The Irons step into Eurpean action tonight against Slovenia’s NK Domzale but the boss knows that the safety from re;egation target is the one that really matters. Speaking ahead of tonight’s game he said:” “I am a confident, over-optimistic person but apart from […]

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The Irons have tonight confirmed Tony Carr’s departure from the club and issued the following statement on the official site: West Ham United can confirm that Tony Carr has left the Club with immediate effect after his two-year contract as Club Ambassador came to an end. Tony took on the role of Ambassador after departing […]

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Getting our heads around the Tony Carr news is difficult indeed. Yes a club legend who, with his chief scout Jimmy Hampson, unearthed some of our greatest names from Tony Cottee through Michael Carrick, Rio, Joe Cole, Frank Lampard, Glen Johnson. His name is written large in our Hammers Hall of Fame. His and Jimmy’s […]

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Irons boss Slaven Bilic has been warned he will only be able to keep Darren Randolph happy for a certain period of time. Former Hammers goalkeeping hero Phil Parkes – speaking exclusively to ClaretandHugh – reckons there could be a problem looming for the manager unless he can solve the dilemma of having two quality […]

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Reece Oxford wants to bounce back from his England disappointment by helping the Hammers through the early stages of their Europa Cup campaign. The teenager has joined the squad in Austria and wants to play a role as the Irons head into the season proper after seeing the under 19s knocked out of the Uefa […]

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David Gold has handed Michail Antonio a huge honour declaring him the most determined, and energetic player he has ever seen in a Hammers shirt. The co chairman was a constant source of encouragement to the £7 million signing when he arrived at the club last season and was forced to wait until November for […]

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Main man Dimi Payet is back on the training ground next Monday morning. The genius French midfielder has been given an extended break after his exertions at Euro 2016 but we were told earlier today that he will be back to resume pre-season training next Monday. Angelo Ogbona – who was on Euro duty with […]

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Reece Oxford has flown straight from his England under 19 adventure to Austria where has linked up with the Irons squad. And that really is good news from every perspective with the regular rumours surrounding his future. ClaretandHugh has been assured again this morning (Tues)  that media reports claiming there has been an £18 million […]

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Aaron Cresswell has been ruled out of action for four months. The news breaking at the moment across the media was exclusively brought to you by ClaretandHugh yesterday when we revealed that the left back could be out of action for between one to six months. And earlier this afternoon we reported that there will […]

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West Ham are planning to buy a quality left back following the injury to Aaron Cresswell in Austria. The club are preparing for a Cresswell absence after revealing their apprehensions following the wicked tackle on the former Hammer of the Year towards the end of the 3-0 win over Karlsruher on Saturday. ClaretandHugh approached its […]

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ClaretandHugh is warming up for the new season by giving our readers the opportunty of winning a fantastic prize in our new competition. This gives every one of you the opportunity of becoming the proud possesor of a signed shirt by the Hammers of 2016/17 as we head into perhaps the most exciting season in […]

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West Ham have virtually given up on Carlos Bacca! The club believes they have been used as a bargaining chip by the AC Milan striker who at the same time appears to running out of options on his future. Despite having a four year deal with AC Milan he has been excluded from the American […]

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David Gold has confrmed the club is anxious about the injury suffered by Aaron Cresswell in the closing minutes of the game against Karlsruher yesterday afternoon (Sat). The brilliant left back was the victim of a horror tackle which was followed by serious scuffles between the two sets of players before he left the field. […]

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We wish to point out that in our earlier story on Aaron Cresswell’s knee injury sources CandH never stated that the player was DEFINITELY out for SIX MONTHS.. It was made quite clear in  our report that he may be out for as little as a month although it could be beyond that and possibly […]

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Exclusive West Ham are deeply concerned that Aaron Cresswell’s injury – reported as minor by some sources – could keep him out of action for anything up to six months. We learned this morning from our top source that early reports from unconfirmed Twitter sources in Austria are wide of the mark and that the […]

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Aaron Cresswell looks set to take his place in the Irons team for the next Thursday evening’s Europa Cup clash against NK Domzale. We have received an early report from Austria that although there’s a chance the medical team may play it safe and let him fully recover from the wicked lunge he suffered towards […]

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Irons 3 Karlsruher 0   We’ve heard it a million times or more of course, that pre-season is all about getting fit and worrying about results is daft. Frankie McAvennie told us so in an insightful  ClaretandHugh blog yesterday admitting that in his time at the club his Hammers had  been absolutely hopeless. Never was the […]

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The team is in and is the strongest we have seen on the tour so far. And they have kicked off 2/ Karlsruher curling free kick collected by Randolph Hammers have started at a much better termp and launch early attack – four passes – saved by keeper and cleared 7/Fehouli wins free kick – […]

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Slaven Bilic is not keen on a swap which would see Saido Berahino arrive at The London Stadium in a deal involving Diafra Sakho. The possibility of a switch beween clubs by the two has been regularly speculated but ClaretandHugh understands that the manager is cool on Berahino and is “very unlikely” to go in […]

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The Irons again head into a televised pre-season friendly as they close their Austrian tour this afternoon with a clash against the 2.Bundesliga side  Karlsruher SC which will be shown on Premier Sports. The match is due to kick off an hour earlier than the two previous games tour games at 4 pm and we […]

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David Gold reckons Sam Allardyce will be sorely tempted to give Hammers Mark Noble, Andy Carroll and Aaron Cresswell their England chance when he takes over as England boss. The co chairman believes the former Irons boss can defy his critics by producing an England team we can admire again. Speaking exclsuively to ClaretandHugh DG said: […]

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West Ham will wait on Slaven Bilic’s next pick should Carlos Becca decide to turn his back on the club’s offer. But the Irons will not call time on the deal – or issue ultimatums to the  AC Milan player – although they are ready to move on should the manager say enough is enough. […]

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