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Dmitri Payet is right at this moment (Thursday evening) “very close to signing an improved deal with West Ham United. As we reported via our insiders yesterday the brilliant midfielder has been presented with a variety of new contract options and is now in the process of bringing the short saga to an end. Speculation […]

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The London Legacy Development Corporation’s appeal against  a ruling by the Information Commissioner obliging them to release the full details of the 99-year lease agreed between the corporation and West Ham has been adjourned until the 17th March Claret and Hugh understand. The three person panel headed by tribunal judge, Melanie Carter met two weeks ago on […]

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A new state-of-the-art pitch will be installed at the former Olympic Stadium with work scheduled to commence at the end of February. The pitch used during the 2015 Rugby World Cup has been ripped up and work has begun to prepare the ground for a new one to be laid. A new Desso Grassmaster pitch will be installed […]

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Young Hammer Martin Samuelsen suffered the ultimate heartbreak last night as he missed a spot kick in the penalty shoot-out which saw Peterborough slip out of the FA Cup to West Brom. However, he might have got away with it when vastly experienced Albion star Darren Fletcher dribbled an awful shot wide immediately afterwards in […]

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Band 5 season tickets for £289 have now gone on sale at the West Ham reservation centre in Stratford this week. One new West Ham season ticket holder at the front of the priority list snapped up his cheap season ticket in block 214 today. The cheapest season tickets in the Premier League are located […]

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Dimitri Payet’s financial arrangements and dip in form from his own incredibly high standards have dominated West Ham United affairs this week interrupted only by a magnificent 120 minutes of Cup football. Sadly his form dip – which is what we will be addressing here – has coincided with the club claiming they initiated talks […]

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Dimitri Payet has been offered a wide range of  improved pay deals and is now facing ‘make your mind up time.’ After the club had revealed in an official website statement yesterday that talks had been initiated with the playmaker’s agents, ClaretandHugh  has discovered that he is being ‘spoiled’ for choice But one thing is […]

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Slav called it a magnificent game which will be remembered as  one of the greatest in our history! When Dimi Payet’s glorious free kick found the leaping Angelo Ogbonna, pandemonium broke out and as Mark Noble declared: “You couldn’t have written that.” Here’s how ClaretandHugh Facebook forum members have responded to one of the Boleyn’s […]

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The Irons have been given an away allocation of 7,200 tickets for the fifth Round clash against Blackburn Rovers and the club has given full details of prices and booking procedures .In a statement on the official website the say Standard adult tickets are priced at just £20, £12 Over-65s/Under-22s and £5 Under-18s.Accessibility Ambulant and […]

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Former skipper Kevin Nolan admits he was a bit emotional returning to the Boleyn Ground last night. “Coming back today is a bit emotional, it was a huge decision to leave but it was the right one. I am delighted to see them doing so well.” Nolan told BT sports cameras. Nolan who was a […]

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Slaven Bilic described it as a classic FA Cup tie which will go into the history books as one of West Ham’s great games. And afterwards as he entered the presser he was close to tears  as he declared: “It was a wonderful victory – a wonderful night.” He was thrilled that Ogbonna scored the […]

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West Ham are confident they will have tied up deals for Dimi Payet, Chiek Kouyate and of course Manu Lanzini within the next month. The Hammers are 90 per cent down the road on Payet’s deal which doesn’t involve reported wages of £125k a week but is likely to include hefty annual signing on fees […]

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Dimi Payet has sent a brilliant tweet assuring the fans that he wants to stay at our club for many years. Fair play to West Ham and its media department it has moved quickly to quash rumours of unrest surrounding the player. After being hit by stories in the Fleet Street’s gutter press suggesting that […]

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Slaven Bilic has made it clear that landing an improved contract is entirely dependent on where he has led the club when May arrives! Talks – as reported by ClaretandHugh earlier this week – are underway with the boss but it certainly doesn’t appear to be the number one priority on his agenda. As has […]

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West Ham have this morning issued an official statement on Dimitri Payet’s contractual situation revealing they are involved in “amicable and productive talks about an improvement and extension to his contract.” And they are saying that those talks were initiatted by themselves rather than giving way to any demands made by the player’s agents. The […]

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Darren Randolph is ready for Liverpool – let’s hope he doesn’t have to be a hero again! A nice quiet night would be handy after his brilliance kept us in the hat for the next round after a superb performance at Anfield. And speaking to www. whufc.com the keeper said: “I hope we can get the job finished. […]

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Liverpool v west ham in Cup clashes don’t leave may happy mmories – 2006 remains particularly raw! I can remember being at the 1981 League Cup Final games, where yet again we payed above ourselves but again came up short. Howev, on a November night back in 1988 West Ham faced Liverpool in a league […]

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Manu Lanzini and Diafra Sakho have “outside chances” of being included in the squad for tomorrow evening’s FA Cup replay against Liverpool. But it’s far more likely the top duo will return to the fray against Norwich at Carrow Road on Saturday. Both players have been training with the first team squad for several days […]

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West Ham have reacted to speculation that they are in negotiations with Dimi Payet over a new deal. It’s not true but as is the case whenever players make big starts to their careers with a new clubs, agents can start buzzing around as appears to be the case here. The rumours started over the […]

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I have no problem with patient football….to a point. Certainly it’s an awful lot better than hoofball which in the context of yesterday’s match against Southampton would have served us no better than the pass and “probe” (I use the word carefully) approach we adopted against a well drilled defence. Yes I understand the team […]

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It would be pitching it too high to claim that Slaven Bilic is on a revenge mission at Southampton. But missing out to Ronald Koeman as January’s manager of the month earlier this month gives a nice little ‘grudge match’ plot to the game at St Mary’s. Co chairman David Gold mind you looks at […]

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By his own remarkable standard Dimi Payet may have been off the pace over the last couple of games. He had little impact at Liverpool and was again struggling to make his usual enormous presence felt against Aston Villa on Tuesday evening. However, I expect him to shine tonight and a return to his best […]

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