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Mike Dean sent off West Ham’s Sofiane Feghouli for a challenge on Phil Jones – but the Sky Sports pundits blasted his decision as “disgraceful”.

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French newspaper L’Equipe reports that Marseille’s new owners are willing to spend up to 40 million euros on bringing back Dimi Payet back. The story has made the front page of the French publication this morning. Marseille’s current coach Rudi Garcia managed Payet during their time in Lille together and Marseille need a left-sided attacker. However, […]

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Darren Randolph and the rest of the lads were in for training ahead of the Man United game tomorrow with the stopper making it clear he was unhappy with the Leicester defeat. He told the official website: “It was a good game to watch if you were a neutral, or if you were a Leicester […]

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David Gold doesn’t believe the Irons got what they deserved this afternoon at Leicester and that we were worth at least a point. The co chairman told ClaretandHugh: “We carried the game to them throughout the second half. It was clear we needed a cutting edge of course but we  really did deserve something form […]

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Boss Slaven Bilic says his side are “down and disappointed” after today’s loss, but is happy with their performance. “Very, very frustrating to lose the game like this,” he said. “They started better and deserved to score but after that we were really good. We were just missing that final touch. “We gave everything so […]

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Diafra Sakho has finally undergone the operation on his back the club had hoped he would have last year. The striker finally accepted surgery just before Christmas after suffering back pain according to Head of Medical and Sports Science Stijn Vandenbroucke. Giving his latest update from the treatment room Vandenbroucke said:  “After suffering back pain, Diafra underwent a […]

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Slaven Bilic has confirmed the story brought to you by ClaretandHugh seven days ago. We revealed that our own sources on December 22 that the club’s priority in this window was to “Buy British” at http://www.claretandhugh.info/exclusive-irons-january-signing-policy-explained/ And that was followed by the news that Sunderland’s Jermain Defoe was indeed a target although there were reservations whether Sunderland […]

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Besiktas are reportedly interested in taking on West Ham striker Jonathan Calleri. Reports suggest that the 23 year Argentinian  has been offered to Besiktas by his agent, and the Turkish press are already touting him as the ‘new Aguero’. Calleri is on still technically loan at West Ham despite reports he has returned to South America. […]

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The latest edition of Blowing Bubbles Magazine is on the way! And the blockbuster January edition is an absolute belter with some of the best features and stories on the West Ham scene. ClaretandHugh is very proud of its partnership with a great mag and highly talented team of writers and is bringing you a […]

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West Ham co chairman and chief shareholder David Sullivan has made it crystal clear that he would only sell the club to somebody like the  “King of Saudi Arabia who can take it to a level we cannot ourselves hope to reach.” He admits on the club’s official website there was “a tentative approach to buy […]

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Sunderland boss David Moyes has made it clear to West Ham that Jermain Defoe will not be leaving the club at any price. Commenting directly on the speculation that Defoe could spend his final days at the club which groomed him he said: ““It wouldn’t be considered. I don’t think there’s any price because we […]

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• Supporters chanted for manager’s sacking during 4-1 defeat against West Ham • ‘We all heard the response in the stadium, it doesn’t feel good,’ says Bradley Bob Bradley accepts it is inevitable there will be discussions at boardroom level about his position after Swansea City slipped to a third successive defeat and a seventh in his 11 games as manager on a day when the mood inside the Liberty Stadium became poisonous. Swansea fans turned on Bradley by calling for…

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The BBC are tonight reporting that Red Bull have denied all reports they have any interest interest in West Ham ….just as we told you this morning. Under the headline “Irons takeover story a load of “red bull” our story totally rubbished the tale in The Sun. You can read our report here: http://www.claretandhugh.iean havnfo/irons-takeover-story-a-load-of-red-bull/ The […]

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Slaven Bilic is calling for more fluidity and movement at the Liberty Stadium this afternoon. He has been looking back at and reviewing the criticisms of the performance against Hull and has made his position clear on his expecations. He told the official site: “A lot has been said about the performance against Hull in […]

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Michail Antonio looks set to run out a clear inner of Claretandhugh’s Christmas Day Poll: Who is Hammer of the Year so far? But the big shock is that Dimi Payet barely figures in the poll, gathering just 20 votes of  the near 700 cast during the last few hours The brilliantly versatile Michail who […]

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Team news coming out of Swansea suggests the club has  broken-toe victims Federico Fernandez and Ki Sung-yueng available for the Boxing Day home clash with West Ham. Fernandez is a contender to return in central defence on the back of Swansea conceding six goals in defeats at West Brom and Middlesbrough. Ki might have to […]

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Leicester hope to party like it’s 1963, Liverpool must find a way to stop Joe Allen scoring and it is eight years since Phil Brown’s infamous Hull City team talk Every year for more than half a century folks have been hoping for a repeat of the Boxing Day fun of 1963, when the 10 top-flight fixtures produced a record tally of 66 goals. We can’t get an exact repeat of that this year because half of the teams who were in the First Division…

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Slaven Bilic is frustrated by constant speculation about Dimi Payet in the media. In the Swansea pre match press conference Bilic said:  “That is our statement, we don’t want to sell him, speculation is starting again because he is a great player. But he has a long contract with us and we are going to do […]

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With the Hammers struggling for fit and in-form strikers, the club manager has affirmed that says he could make an offer for the Rossoneri’s Colombian hitman

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34-year-old striker Jermain Defoe is under contract until 2019 and Sunderland do not wish to lose him, particularly during a relegation fight but West Ham will consider offering cash plus a player.

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This afternoon we spoke to the man behind the youtube film which went viral in the last twenty four hours. West Ham fan Jonny Madderson answers our questions about the video which can be found at the bottom of this article. It is a very powerful video, can you tell me a bit about yourself […]

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Dimi Payet’s double interview session when suggesting his days at West Ham may be soon coming to an end has drawn a rapid response. The Mirror’s Darren Lewis – who regularly covers the Hammers – has launched an attack on the player claiming the midfielder cannot simply expect to walk away from the club on […]

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Mark Noble admits things aren’t flowing yet but maintains the confidence is now returning to the Hammers squad. He makes no excuses for a couple of lucky victories over Burnley and Hull but explains::  “It’s starting to come back for us. Dimi could have had a couple of goals on Saturday . “Points breed confidence […]

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MailOnline Sport has teamed up with EA SPORTS to offer you the chance to win one of five pairs of tickets to West Ham vs Manchester United on Monday, January 2.

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Slaven Bilic believes the most nervous of victories – over Hull City yesterday – is the prelude to freer and better football from the Irons. He admitted that at half time he told the players the only upsides  were that it was still 0-0 and “it couldn’t have been any worse.” But he added: “In the […]

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The Met police football unit have warned West Ham and Hull City fans to allow more time for their journeys on Saturday afternoon as emergency gas works continue outside the stadium in the Olympic park. The tweet from the Met police said “Please note if attending the West Ham v Hull City fixture tomorrow the gas works […]

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