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Stoke City need a victory when they host West Ham in Saturday’s Premier League clash if they are to secure a top-10 finish for the fourth consecutive season, captain Ryan Shawcross has said.

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Over 31,000 West Ham season ticket holders have yet to renew at the London Stadium with just 35 days to go until the deadline. West Ham claimed an 18% renewal rate on the first day of the renewal period in March and Claret and Hugh have been told that since then it has further increased to […]

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Following well-publicised raids at Newcastle and West Ham by HMRC officials this morning it appears the investigation could centre around Marseille transfer activity and payments to agents. West Ham purchased Dimitri Payet and Alou Diarra from Marseille in recent years and rumours suggest it is these deals are being looked into closely. Chelsea has also […]

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David Sullivan and Karren Brady  could be forgiven a  mental exclamation of “been there, done that, got the t-shirt” when HMRC officers  arrived at the London Stadium at 8 am. For the pair were questioned and later cleared by the City of London fraud squad on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and false accounting in 2008 […]

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Newcastle United and West Ham’s grounds are being searched by revenue and customs officials.

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The BBC website is currently carrying this report: “Several men working within professional football have been arrested over a suspected income tax and National Insurance fraud. HMRC said 180 of its officers had been deployed across the UK and France. It said investigators had searched a number of premises in the north east and south […]

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West Ham have cooled considerably on the possibility of signing Jermain Defoe. The former Hammer was in flying form earlier in the season but has scored only once in the last eight games since February. The club have had the striker checked out regularly and took a particularly close look at him during the 2-2 […]

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Continued here: Stoke 0-0 West Ham recap

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West Ham has reportedly reignited interested in signing Winston Reid’s International team mate Chris Wood, according to calciomercato.com. The Hammers were linked with the Leeds striker back in January. The 25-year-old has gone on to score 25 goals in the Championship this season, making him the league’s top scorer, and his form has once again […]

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West Ham is claimed to be the latest club to join the pursuit of Jonathan Cafu. The 25-year-old Ludogorets winger is a target for a number of Premier League sides. After 10 goals in 24 league outings for the Bulgarian club, Cafu is ready to seek a fresh challenge and the Hammers could be one […]

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With the London Stadium out of bounds, this summer due to the World Athletics Championships West Ham will do a mini tour of Europe pre-season. Previous negotiations to play in Australia or the Asia Trophy in China and Hong Kong came to nothing and instead the Hammers will travel much closer to home by staying […]

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Top man Gonzo – of ClaretandHugh’s partners Hammers Chat  – has launched his latest video series – ‘A Beer with the Boys’ – where  you the punters have  your say on all things West Ham. In this first edition Gonzo opens up with an ind depth discussion on Slaven Bilic’s future and along the way […]

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West Ham have a reputation as a haven for young, developing talents and the situation is very much the same in the current environment. The Hammers have regularly handed youngsters a route to the first-team, whilst also sending players out on-loan to earn vital experience. Martin Samuelsen is one player who’s undergone those experiences this […]

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The chances that West Ham could ground share with Chelsea or Spurs have been described as extremely unlikely despite reports in a tabloid last week.  The Sun newspaper claimed Chelsea were holding talks with West Ham over moving to the London Stadium for three years while they rebuild Stamford Bridge. However, a stadium insider described […]

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The Irons are oday being reported as having made an offer for Saint-Etienne full back Kévin Malcuit, but appear to be in competition with Newcastle. FranceFootball claims both clubs have made offers for the defender – who is in his second season with the French club – ahead of a potential summer switch  The Irons have been […]

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Jack Wilshere has been the most injured Premier League player over the past six seasons, data shows.

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West Ham midfielder Josh Cullen has won FOUR awards at the Bradford City end of season awards night. The loanee midfielder was chosen as the JCT600 Players’ Player of the Year by his fellow squad members. He also picked up the Club’s Social Media Player of the Year, Supporters’ Trust Under 25s Player of the […]

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West Ham been linked with a move for Turkish goalkeeper Onur Kivrak. According to media reports in Turkey, the Hammers are in talks with the 29-year-old Trabzonspor captain ahead of the summer transfer window. Kivrak has kept 13 clean sheets in 27 appearances this term and has reportedly been scouted by West Ham Slaven Bilic tried to […]

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The young Hammers confirmed their place in the Premier League 2 play-offs with an emphatic 4-0 thrashing of West Bromwich Albion last night. The U23s travelled to the Hawthorns knowing their fate wasn’t in their own hands with result elsewhere needing to work in their favour. But they seriously turned on the style with goals […]

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Michail Antonio believes West Ham are just a handful of new signings away from challenging for European football next season. He also offered an update on his bid to return to fitness.

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West Ham will need to fight for every point to earn a bigger share of the new TV deal this season. Just four points separate 9th to 16th place in the Premier League table as it stands with West Ham currently in 14th place on 38 points. Each Premier place is worth £2m this year as a […]

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West Ham is selling shirts off their player’s backs in a new auction site launched in association with Germany company Sportnex. The proceeds of the sale appear to go straight to the club as there is no mention of any charity or even the West Ham Academy as beneficiaries of the sale. The new scheme […]

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Havard Nortveidt is looking for a big finish to the season after producing his best display in a Hammers shirt against Everton. He said: “We played well and might have got more than just a point. We kept a clean sheet and also had a couple of chances to score, but we’ll take the one […]

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Jonathon Calleri  will not be offered a permanent West Ham deal at the end of the season and Sofiane Feghouli is another the Irons are ready to offload if they receive the right offer.. Slaven Bilic has been uncertain of Calleri’s future at the club but has had little chance to make a judgement until […]

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Slaven Bilic isn’t considering the surgery he faces on his hip as the team limp towards the safety line this season. The manager is ready to face that issue in the summer declaring: “My hip is nothing worse than it was last year. I don’t have time [for surgery]. You need six weeks for the […]

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Former West Ham manager Alan Pardew made an appearance on Sky Sports’ Goals on Sunday yesterday, where he discussed his management of the Hammers. Pardew enjoyed a successful spell with West Ham between 2003 and 2006, where he led the Hammers to promotion to the Premier League and signed the likes of Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano. […]

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