New boy Sead Haksabanovic is set to make his Hammers debut tonight (Tues) when the Hammers take on Swindon Town in the Checkatrade Trophy. The £3 million signing from Swedish side Halmstads BK last week, will be part of a strong Hammers lineup fielded by Academy Director Terry Westley at the County Ground. The youngsters are […]
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Haksabanovic set for Irons debut
Posted on 15 August 2017.
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Transfer column: West Ham in for William Carvalvo
Posted on 14 August 2017.
SIMON JONES – THE TRANSFER COLUMN: West Ham are increasingly confident of concluding a deal for Sporting Lisbon’s William Carvalho.
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Marseille show late interest in Carvalho
Posted on 14 August 2017.
Portuguese newspaper ‘the Record’ claims that Marseille have shown late interest in William Carvalho. However, the report the player still has his heart set on West Ham and the Premier League and they are unlikely to persuade him to move to France. The paper claim Sporting Lisbon’s president is still demanding €38m (£34.5m) plus €5m (£4.5m) […]
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Slaven Bilic Post Match Press Conference
Posted on 14 August 2017.
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Man United 4-0 West Ham: Romelu Lukaku starts £75m payback
Posted on 13 August 2017.
MARTIN SAMUEL AT OLD TRAFFORD: Can he play you every week? Let’s face it, if Romelu Lukaku could, Manchester United would be absolute certainties to win the Premier League this season.
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Carvalho update
Posted on 13 August 2017.
West Ham are still negotiating hard for the signature of William Carvalho but the deal has still not been completed. Despite upping their offer to 30 million euros the Irons are still waiting for a final nod from Sporting Lisbon that the 25 year old holding midfielder will be switching to the London Stadium. The […]
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Slaven Bilic is fed up with freak injuries
Posted on 12 August 2017.
Slaven Bilic says he is fed up with specialists and physios telling him about once in a lifetime freak injuries. Speaking Kouyate and Lanzini yesterday in the pre-match Press conference he said both could be back for the away game against Newcastle but said if not maybe the Huddersfield home game on 11th September at the London […]
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Hammers up Carvalho offer – deal close
Posted on 11 August 2017.
West Ham are ready to go back in with a second 30 million euros offer for William Carvalho after Sporting Lisbon rejected their opening offer. The Irons had opened their negotiations with a 27 million euro bid which was around £10million euros short of the midfielder’s release clause. Having had that turned down, the Irons […]
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The Big Kick Off: All you need to know!
Posted on 11 August 2017.
With the excitement as high as it ever gets for us fans – with the big kick off just hours away – ClaretandHugh – with the help of the BBC and Premier League website – has taken a look at the various changes which have hit the Premier League this season. As we prepare to see the […]
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Sakho in anxious wait
Posted on 09 August 2017.
Diafra Sakho is anxiously awaiting a decision on whether he will travel with the squad to Manchester on Sunday or be involved in the Under 23s opening Division One fixture against Everton on Friday night. Sak came through an hour of his first game in months for the under 23s against Spurs in the behind […]
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How accurate is Merson?
Posted on 09 August 2017.
It’s one of SkySports.com’s longest-running features, but just how accurate are Paul Merson’s predictions?
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Video: The skills of new signing Haksabanovic
Posted on 07 August 2017.
The Hammers have to day signed a young Swede who is believed to be on his way to the very top. Sead Haksabanovic, 18. is understood to have arrived at the Hammers for a fee of around £3 million despite it formally be described as “undisclosed.” He looks to be a very attacking midfielder but whether he […]
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What are the new 2017/18 rules?
Posted on 07 August 2017.
The start of the 2017/18 Premier League season is here, with new players, new managers and new teams, but what about new rules?
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Carroll in fierce training regime
Posted on 07 August 2017.
Andy Carroll is being pushed through what many believe may be the fiercest training regime of his career under new head of medicine Gary Lewin. And the injury ravaged striker has responded well to the get tough regime designed to push him to his limits ahead of the new season. He is currently involved in: […]
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Hammers advised to turn up early at OId Trafford
Posted on 06 August 2017.
Football fans are being advised to get to Old Trafford at least an hour before kick-off next Sunday as part of new security measures. The Manchester club has been reviewing their security procedures with Greater Manchester Police following terror attacks in Manchester, London and Paris in recent months. The Manchester club have emailed their own season ticket […]
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Hammers jump up London arrest table
Posted on 06 August 2017.
West Ham have risen up the London table of football related arrests, supporters charged and issues with court football banning orders last season after early troubles at the London Stadium last season. The freedom of information request obtained by Claret and Hugh shows that the Hammers had 56 supporters arrested in total, an increase of 38 on last season […]
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Newcastle target Adrian
Posted on 05 August 2017.
Newcastle are targeting West Ham goalkeeper Adrian ahead of the new Premier League season, according to Sky sources.
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Hammers missed out on Neymar
Posted on 03 August 2017.
PSG are on the verge of paying an incredible 222 million Euros (£198m) for Neymar and the player will reportedly earn 865,000 euros (£775,477) a week when the Brazil forward completes his world record move from Barcelona to Paris St-Germain. It means PSG’s total outlay across the initial five-year deal will come to £400m. Back […]
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Hammers duo sign for Bolton Wanderers
Posted on 01 August 2017.
Bolton Wanderers have confirmed the double signing of Reece Burke and Josh Cullen on loan from West Ham. The duo move to Macron Stadium on deals until January and are reunited with Phil Parkinson having both enjoyed temporary stints with Bradford City under the Whites manager. Speaking to bwfc.co.uk after joining the club, 20-year-old […]
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Chicharito, Lanzini and Sakho update
Posted on 31 July 2017.
Chicharito, Manuel Lanzini and Diafra Sakho are all y unlikely to feature in tomorrow’s pre-season friendly against Altonaer FC von 1893 in Oberliga Hamburg state league which is the fifth level of German football. While the friendly will like a cup final for the local German side, West Ham will not want to risk their star players […]
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Snodgrass to stay a Hammer
Posted on 30 July 2017.
It appears Robert Snodgrass will stay a Hammer after prospective championship clubs interested in him do not want to pay his £60,000 per week wages. The Sun claims he is likely to stay put until the January transfer window. The Scotsman has been linked with interest from Championship clubs Aston Villa, Sheffield Wednesday, Leeds, Middlesbrough […]
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Hammers News: Young Stars Impress In Slovakia As Fletcher Heads North-East
Posted on 30 July 2017.
Fletcher joins Boro It was confirmed yesterday by Gary Monk’s Middlesbrough that they have completed the transfer of our young striker Ashley Fletcher. The former Manchester United man has joined The Championship for a fee of around £6 million, after agreeing personal terms at The Riverside yesterday. Fletcher made 21 appearances in all competitions under Slaven Bilic last season, scoring only once in The League Cup defeat away at Old Trafford. The 21-year-old also played a key part for The…
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Antonio gives Hamstring update
Posted on 29 July 2017.
Michail Antonio has sent his followers an update on social media on his recovery from a hamstring operation in May. Posting on his personal Instagram account Michail posted a message saying: “Another session done ✅ hammy is coming on well. Not long now. Rehab, Man on a mission, Dom Rogan.” The reference to Dominic Rogan is West […]
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Westley’s warriors have stern opening test
Posted on 27 July 2017.
West Ham United PL2 kick off their first season in Premier League 2 Division 1 with a home clash against Everton. The merseysiders became Division 1 champions last season and will proide the perfect test for the Hammers when they go into action at Dagenham and Redbridge’s Chigwell Construction Stadium on Friday 11 August (7pm […]
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Fletcher on way in £7 million deal plus sell on!
Posted on 27 July 2017.
Ashley Fletcher is reported to be on his way to Middlesbrough for a stunning £7 million fee. And we can confirm that the young striker has left the Hammers training ground in Germany to have his medical with the Championship club where he will be reunited with Darren Randolph. We were told just a few […]
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Is this the Hammers first team?
Posted on 26 July 2017.
I sat down to complete what I thought would be a relatively simple task this morning – selecting the Hammers starting line up for next season – err wrong…it’s actually a tough old call. I started from the premise that everybody is fit although in the Hammers world that would represent something of a major […]
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