Up The Hammers – Latest West Ham United FC News

    Sebastian Welander – a 23 year old Danish Hammer – has sent this lovely piece to CandH. The English may not be 100 per cent, as he admits, but my goodness feel the heart,..feel the soul. Seb, thank you – a true Iron. Seb lives in Gothenburg and has been admin for the Danish […]

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The Telegraph quote club sources as telling them that Payet told West Ham on Tuesday that he would “never kick a ball again for West Ham” if he did not get a move in the transfer window. Today he allegedly told the club he is now suffering from a back injury  and therefore cannot train and […]

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Insiders have told ClaretandHugh that it is a tough call whether to remove the giant Payet shirt inside the stadium and the Dimi Payet sign featuring his song outside the London Stadium before Saturday’s game against Crystal Palace. Payet’s refusal to play has caused anger amongst Hammers fans today and the fear is some of […]

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West Ham have rejected a £20 million bid from Marseille for want-away Dimitri Payet, despite the player effectively going on strike. Sources have confirmed that the bid from Marseille was made in recent days, and was quickly rejected, with the fee deemed to be far too low. It is understood the bid included a bonus […]

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Dimi Payet has told the boss he doesn’t want to play for West Ham. The club has moved heaven and earth to keep him and increased his salary to £125k a week but the sulky Frenchman wants out halfway through a critical season. Hammers fans on the ClaretandHugh facebook forum @ https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ have been responding. […]

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Michail Antonio has missed training at Rush Green today after reporting in sick. Slaven Bilic told a press conference this morning ahead of the Hammers clash against Crytsal Palace on Saturday “Michail Antonio has a temperature this morning and will not train today. Hopefully it will just be one day and he will be back.” […]

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Roma are closing in on a deal for West Ham midfielder Sofiane Feghouli claim the Daily Mirror this morning. The Algerian moved to east London on a free transfer from Valencia during the summer but has failed to live up to expectations. Feghouli has made 15 appearances for Slaven Bilic’s side and scored just one […]

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We’ll be hosting a live transfer chat at 8:30 this evening which will also be available to view later. All the latest gossip will be discussed including Antonio, Fonte and the possible arrival of  Michy Batshuayi as well as the clubs general transfer policy itself. Simply click on the link below and you be able […]

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WEST HAM are reported to have bid £4 million for Southampton centre-back Jose Fonte. Manager Slaven Bilic wants the 33 year to help solve some of the big problems thrown up at the back this season and is apparently ahead of  Crystal Palace and Everton in the race. Fonte who joined the club in 2010 and has […]

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West Ham remain keen to bring in Hull City’s Robert Snodgrass as Roma hover over Sofiane Feghouli. The Italian club are keen to land the Moroccan winger although the Irons won’t let the player go until they have found a suitable replacement. And Snodgrass, 29, with 12 goals in all outings this season, is the […]

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David Sullivan said his new year’s resolution was to further unite West Ham supporters with his board. Karren Brady repeated that promise today saying on her twitter account “Engaging with fans is a top priority and I am very grateful for your recent questions & the insights you have given me” The timing of an […]

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ClaretandHugh is excited to announce a new development in our partnership with Hammers Chat to give you the chance of VIP entry  to the closest bar to the London Stadium. For those of you who don’t know,  the Hammerschat boys operate the boat bars just a three minute walk from the stadium. And we are […]

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West Ham joint chairman David Gold has  questioned the resale value of Jermain Defoe. It has been suggested it would cost the Irons £15m to leave the Black Cats and that he may want a minimum two year contract to improve his 18 months at Sunderland. This would leave no resale value at the end […]

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You may find this hard to believe but Simone Zaza was not the worst Premier League striker this season. The Hammers total flop loanee fills second place in the “worst stakes’ behind £17 million Spurs signing Vincent Janssen, the man who cost Levy £17 million in July A Mirror survey of the top ten failures in […]

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West Ham are hoping to hijack Michy Batshuayi’s loan move from Chelsea to Swansea.. with some help from the player himself. Chelsea have agreed to send the young Belgian international to Wales on loan as part of a deal that will see  Fernando Llorente arrive at Stamford Bridge. However, it has become clear over the course […]

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Sam Byram is ready to line up for the PL2 side against Norwich City tomorrow night (Mon)  and hopes to play a major role for the first-team in the second half of the season. The right  back has recovered from a hamstring injury during the 1-1 draw with Middlesbrough and said:  “The injury feels good […]

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Slaven Bilic’s future appears to be very much on a two game line. The national media – like ClaretandHugh last evening – has latched onto David Sullivan’s website statement that the upcoming games against Palace and Middlesbrough are critical to the manager’s future. And CandH has learned today that there is no question that Palace must […]

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Slaven Bilic’s future as West Ham boss again looks to be very much under scrutiny following the horrible defeat by Manchester City. The board has gone public in revealing it’s confusion over our form with David Sullivan declaring in his “From the Boardroom ” column: “We haven’t lost any key or influential players since last […]

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Slaven Bilic has topped off his bitter disappointment at last night’s Manchestr City FA Cup humiliation by declaring: “We weren’t good enough.” A deeply dejected Bilic “Of course it’s a bad defeat for us. We started well but in the space of 15 minutes after the first goal, when we had the chance to equalise, […]

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The future of West Ham fitness coach Miljenko Rak is again coming under the microscope following the team’s collapse after half an hour of last night’s game against Manchester City. Some have suggested that the team threw in the towel but the talk inside the club this morning is again over the role of the the […]

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It was horrible – worse than anyone could ever have expected and memories of the 10 points from four games – have all been forgotten after another home humiliation. Manchester City were totally different class against the Irons last night and here’s how Hammers fans have been responding to the 5-0 drubbing on Claretandhugh’s Facebook […]

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It’s so easy isn’t it….spin loads of words on Twitter about how useless everybody is, recall past mistakes, demand changes from the top down – sit back,  and feel you’ve done your bit! It’s all the fault of Sullivan, Gold ,Brady, Bilic, Henry an anyone else we can find as a scapegoat. The only people who […]

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BBC pundit Alan Shearer doesn’t believe Slaven Bilic is in any danger of being sacked despite another five goal humiliation at the London Stadium. Speaking after the game he answered the question of Bilic’s position by saying: “No (he is not under threat). “I don’t think West Ham are in any danger of relegation but […]

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See more here: Video: Slaven delivers his verdict

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Slaven Bilic, David Sullivan and Tony Henry now know the size of the problem – we need a colossal January transfer window. We need to bring in players full of confidence who can bring a new belief to a team which for all the recent League results remains desperately low on confidence. This was a […]

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West Ham’s famous Insider has found himself exiled to the cold outside. The official website has been featuring news and gossip from the thinly disguised  source who yesterday made some interesting revelations in what was turned out to be his last appearance. Among the information he shared with fans was that a £20 million bid […]

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