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A slick West Ham side registered the first win of pre-season in the second friendly of the tour of Austria against EFL Championship side Fulham in Graz yesterday. Temperatures had soared throughout the day in the mountains, as a blend of youth and experience was picked to start the game by Slaven Bilic. There had been much anticipation at the potential Claret and Blue debut of England No1 Joe Hart, but the former Manchester City man was not…

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“It was a good game for us,” Bilic told WHUFC.com “Again we treated it as a training test. We trained this morning before the game and it was quite hot, but we wanted to stick to our schedule. “We played with two teams each half – only Josh Cullen and Moses Makasi had to play […]

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West Ham 2 Fulham 1 Manu Lanzini grabbed the first goal of pre-season, Ashley Fletcher walked in a second after the Fulham keeper Button tripped over some blades of grass, the Championship tam got one back later. Apart from that not much else happened! Ok, I know all about the fitness issues – which is […]

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Javier Hernandez now looks firmly on his way to West Ham as the club close in on their major striker signing of the season. There should be no late hitches in a deal that everybody associated with the club is now eagerly awaiting to happen. However, it is now likely that it will be next […]

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West Ham goal keeper Adrian has shown his passion for the Hammers by hitting back at comments by West Ham Chairman David Sullivan on the official club website in which he said he was looking forward to being reunited with the ‘best goalkeeper’ he has worked with in Joe Hart. Adrian posted on his official […]

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The reliable Jason Burt in the Telegraph confirms West Ham have agreed a fee of £20million plus up to £4million in add-ons with Stoke City for Marko Arnautovic. Earlier this evening local paper The Stoke Sentinel claimed that Marko said goodbye to his teammates at the training ground. The Telegraph’s chief football correspondent with good contacts […]

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Manchester City keeper Joe Hart has officially signed for West Ham on season long loan but there is no official option to buy the shot stopper at the end of the loan period. The Hammers are thought to funding fifty percent of the England keepers £170,000 per week wages meaning we invest around £4m in […]

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After what felt like an age for the club to announce, Joe Hart is officially a West Ham player. England’s No.1 stopper and four-time Premier League golden glove winner has signed a one-year loan deal with what is believed to be an option to buy next summer. The arrival of Hart certainly represents the kind […]

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  Slaven Bilic’s Hammers were held by a strongly defensive Sturm Graz B side to a 0-0 draw in our first game of pre-season in Austria yesterday. Bilic named a totally different starting XI to the side that beat Burnley on the final day of the 2016/2017 Premier League season, with Adrian, debutant Pablo Zabaleta, Reece Burke, James Collins, Arthur Masuaku, Mark Noble, Pedro Obiang, Nathan Holland, Andre Ayew, Robert Snodgrass and Ashley Fletcher…

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Cheik Kouyate is the latest Hammers injury victim having picked up a knock in training. Talking after the 0-0 draw against Sturm Graz, Slaven Bilic said: “The only one problem we’ve had is with Cheikhou, who injured his knee in a very strange and awkward way during training, but apart from that I’m happy with […]

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Sturm Graz 0 Irons 0 David Sullivan got a Javier Hernandez hurry up this evening as the Irons opened their pre season campaign with a 0-0 draw against Sturm Graz in Austria. The uncomfortable stats showed an empty goals column after 16 attempts on the Sturm goal who are three games into their pre-season and […]

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Mark Noble is fully recovered from abdominal surgery and ready to take his place in the side against Sturm Graz in Austria tonight. Speaking to the official site he Hammers captain said: “The operation went really well and I’ve trained every day and been involved in everything since we’ve been back, so I feel really […]

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West Ham have confirmed that midfielder George Dobson has joined Dutch club Sparta Rotterdam for an undisclosed fee. Dobson, a boyhood Hammers fan, joined the club from Arsenal in July 2015 and quickly became an integral part of Terry Westley’s U21 squad. He played a key role as the team won the Premier League Cup in […]

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Once again it’s your turn to voice your concerns about all things West Ham with our show featuring fans video clips. I never know what I’m going to get sent my way via the inbox but it’s clear that fan frustration is building regarding our lack of strikers. It’s not just the lack of transfer […]

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Reports in Mexico suggest Chelsea are willing to rival West Ham for the signature of Javier HernandezPublimetro  claims Chelsea have now joined the race for the former Manchester United star. The publication says Chicharito, faces a choice between the “rich” Blues and the “poor” Hammers. The Mexican report says: “Walking the streets of West Ham is not what you […]

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Here is episode 9 of ‘Your Shout’ which sees the fans react to the imminent signing of Manchester City and England goalkeeper Joe Hart. The supporters are more split on this than I anticipated so we have four varied views from Craig, Jamie, Shane and Your Shout regular Mr B.      

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West Ham are now very hopeful that they will sign Joe Hart over the next few days. Despite reports that an announcement is expected within the next 24 hours, club insiders insist the deal is not quite over the line. We were told: “We are getting closer but it still isn’t done at this stage.” […]

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London Stadium owners, London Legacy Development Corporation have told their staff to restrict their use of the public body’s Executive box at the former Olympic Stadium and have suggested it is sold through an agency when vacate in the future. The LLDC Investment Committee which met today in Stratford updated their advice on business entertaining and hospitality. […]

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Slaven Bilic has described the money in football as “absurd” West Ham have not spent any money on transfer fees so far in this transfer window and manager Bilic has made an interesting comparison of the amounts that modern players earn in relation to the music industry. Speaking to Nova TV, the West Ham manager […]

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The Irons fear a move for Inter Milan “wonderkid” Gabriel Barbosa will be ruined by red tape! The 20-year-old Brazilian forward  is available for loan, just a year after joining Inter from Santos in his homeland in a £26million deal. However, according to The Mirror his lack of game time since making the switch is the problem […]

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West Ham are split over whether West Ham should fork out £140,000 per week to land Mexican striker Javier Hernandez. With over 1,500 taking part in the online poll 47% thought the Hammers would pay the 29-year-old want he wants in wages. However, a similar 45% said we shouldn’t be forced to break the existing […]

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There’s no room for over excitement but I would suggest the pursuit of Marko Arnautović may be going in West Ham’s direction. I base that on the opening comments between the Potters chairman Peter Coates who seemed interested in leaving a door half open when talking about the Hammers bid. It was hardly the sort of […]

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Pedro Obiang has cause for a double celebration – a new five year deal and being on course to be fit for the start of the new Premier League season. Having undergone surgery on his ankle he was back at  Rush Green early to build up his strength and fitness ahead of the squad’s return […]

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Watford have added former Hammers goalkeeping hope Sam Howes to their Development Squad. The 20 year old stopper was pushed into the shadows at the Hammers by outstanding young prospect Nathan Trott who has seen as one of the new big things at the Irons. Trott has now firmly established himself as the club’s U23s […]

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I’m probably about to make myself more unpopular  in many areas than is already the case but the CandH news that  manager Slaven Bilic appears to have put the block on Kelechi Iheancho is the right decision. Slaven Bilic is the manager and if at the end of a lengthy process he had second thoughts about […]

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  I’m not the only one beginning to fidget as the summer transfer window seems to tick by carefree. To those who do not support West Ham United, we have been waiting patiently for a new, exciting striker for a while now… Two years being generous, although this could go back as far as 2012/13 when we realised that Andy Carroll alone might not be enough. Whilst Sakho and Valencia have had good spells, Sakho has been injured regularly injured…

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