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West Ham say they are working closely in partnership with Barratt London to develop future plans for the Memorial Garden, situated close to the Boleyn Ground site. A statement on WHUFC.com says “Hammers fans from all across the country regularly visit the Memorial Garden on Green Street to pay respects to their loved ones, whose […]

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A £10m guarantee has been made available to ensure suppliers to the loss-making London Stadium get paid. Under the deal, approved by the Mayor of London, the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) will underwrite planned upgrades. City Hall said the deal was needed to “provide assurance” to suppliers of services such as stewarding and cleaning […]

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West Ham paid a club record transfer fee £22m plus a further £4.4m of add-ons for 21-year old Centre back Issa Diop this week. Up to this week, Angelo Ogbonna was the record signing in the centre back role costing £9.6m from Juventus in 2015. The second highest transfer was Jose Fonte from Southampton for £8m […]

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West Ham will need to pay back £25m  next month that it borrowed in loans from Media Rights and Funding last August. The latest published financial accounts confirm the club borrowed £6m on 15th August later borrowing a further £19m 3 days later on 18th August. The money borrowed was secured against the training grounds […]

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West Ham are looking to spend over £100m this summer in transfers but will look to bring £30m back in outbound sales to balance the books. The Hammers have invested over £40m so far in transfer, signing on and agent fees on Ryan Fredericks, Issa Diop and  Lukasz Fabianski but will look to spend in excess […]

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I find there is often an easy way of killing all thoughts that a West Ham player may be on his way from the club! A smile crossed my face this morning when reading of the Declan Rice transfer talk before immediately spotting the name of a club to which he was linked. In fact […]

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West Ham this morning laughed off speculation that Bournemouth and Crystal Palace are “mulling bids” for Declan Rice. The story appears  (yes, you’ve guessed it) in The Sun and although while it is true the Irons have yet to settle the player’s contract, talks will get underway again on Manuel Pellegrini’s return. The story in […]

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Club insiders are bemused at the latest report involving the Hammer of the Year Marko Arnautovic. A club insider told Claret and Hugh:  ‘Marko is going nowhere‘ adding: ‘He is not for sale!‘ Fresh stories emerged in Italy overnight after his brother was photographed in Milan with the Italian media claiming the agent was meeting […]

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Lukasz Fabianski is the club’s record signing for a goalkeeper at £7m. In fact, West Ham has traditionally relied on free transfers, loans and Academy youth products when it comes to their goalkeepers throughout their history. Before yesterday David James held the transfer record for a West Ham keeper at £3.5m when he joined from Aston Villa […]

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West Ham United Ladies has confirmed the signing of midfielder Brianna Visalli.  The 23-year-old moves to the Hammers after a year with Chicago Red Stars, and becomes the fifth player to pen professional terms at West Ham Ladies, following Rosie Kmita, Becky Spencer, Claire Rafferty and Vyan Sampson in signing with the Club.  “I’m not going to […]

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The Moore Than Just A Podcast crew is back this week recording a closed season podcast special covering the three confirmed signings, summer transfer news and West Ham related topics involving the World Cup. Listen to Sean Whetstone, Nigel Kahn and WestHamTillIDie.com founder Iain Dale set the world to rights in all things West Ham in […]

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Our partners Blowing Bubbles Magazine are producing a monster Summer Annual which comes out next week. This will be a must have for all West Ham fans this summer to fend off the post-season blues, and it will be one of the biggest editions the team at Blowing Bubbles has ever pulled together!  There is some brilliant exclusive content as well […]

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Manuel Pellegrini’s determination to recruit another central defender means he will almost certainly have to offload one of the current squad given his determination to bring in two midfielders. But should that be the case young Declan Rice has been named an ‘untouchable’ with whom the club are keen to discuss a new deal in […]

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West Ham has invested over £40m in the three transfer deals they have completed this summer while committing another £35m in wages over the lifetime of their contracts. Ryan Fredericks was a free agent but we paid a combined total of £4m in signing on bonus and agent fees to land the former Fulham man. Issa […]

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Issa Diop has become a Hammer within the last hour on a five year contract worth around £70k. The giant defender has become the third signing of the window although his and goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski’s  switch to the London Stadium haven’t yet been officially announced. However that is due to happen on the official website […]

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Issa Diop’s move to the Hammers was this afternoon described as “very close” with the assurance that, as reported, the switch by keeper Lukasz Fabianski is now complete. The London Evening Standard initially reported that  the top Toulouse prospect, centre back Diop,  and the Swansea keeper’s move, would be announced within the next 24 hours. […]

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West Ham are set to announce a double signing within 24 hours according to reliable journalist Ken Dyer writing in the London Standard. It is well known that the Hammers have agreed on a £7million, three-year contract with Swansea for Fabianski but Dyer confirms they will delay confirmation of the deal until tomorrow since the 33-year-old […]

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Manuel Pellegrini is determined to persuade Javier Hernanez that his future is at at West Ham. Chicharito and Marko Arnautovic are – as reported – seen as the front line partnership under the new manager and he will have talks with the striker immediately after Mexico’s World Cup. Astonishingly although Chicharito was used mainly as […]

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West Ham transfer target Javier Pastore’s future has not been decided yet despite overnight reports he is on the verge of joining Italian club, Roma. Asked about a possible move to Roma his agent told Calciomercato.it “There is still nothing decided, we’ve only just started talking (with Roma). An offer to PSG? No, there’s still nothing. I […]

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Toulouse centre-back Issa Diop has arrived in London with his agent in an attempt to push a deal through for his client. Toulouse and West Ham are understood to have agreed a fee of  around €25m (£22m) but extensive agent demands need to be resolved before Diop will agree to personal terms to join the Hammers. Reports […]

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Claret and Hugh understand that West Ham’s friendly with FC Winterthur will be played at the Stadion Schützenwiese in Winterthur close to Zurich in Northern Switzerland. The stadium first opened in 1900 and now has a capacity of 8,550 with 1,100 covered seats, 800 uncovered seats and 6,650 standing places. The venue is 100Km or […]

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West Ham are this morning (Mon) being linked with Mexican international, Porto‘s Miguel Layun who last night impressed during Mexico’s win over Germany in the World Cup. The 29 year old – who can play at either left back or wide right –  was loaned by his club to Sevilla in January and was watched […]

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West Ham have still to receive an offer for any of the players they are ready to sell this summer. Sam Byram – whose contract runs out in 2020 – is known to be available along with striker Jordan Hugill but as yet there is no buyer in sight for either. And although the manager […]

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West Ham fans are split right down the middle over whether the Hammers should move in on Sporting Lisbon’s defensive midfielder William Carvahlo. This time last year the club was involved in a highly charged and bitter battle with the Portuguese club which resulted in supposed e mails being made public, insults thrown  from Lisbon […]

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Hammer Chicharito will get his FIFA World Cup campaign underway at 4 pm when his Mexico side take on defending champions Germany in their Group F opener. The West Ham striker has been announced in the starting lineup. He previously got on the scoresheet in both his previous World cup tournament appearances – in South […]

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