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Reece Burke has been told he has a long term future despite having spent last season and this on loan. The Academy product – having enjoyed a tremendous campaign at Bradford City last term – will be playing Championship football with Wigan this year hoping to make a difference to a club hovering just above […]

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Slaven Bilic sees Dimi Payet will again be the key as the Hammers head home looking for their second win of the season this weekend. Watford provide the opposition as the fabulous Frenchman looks to become the game changer nd the team looking to end the 90 minutes with six points from four games. And […]

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Reece Oxford is locked into talks with the Hammers over a new contract. However, ClaretandHugh understands that there is no agreement with ‘Team Oxford’ claiming that at this stage there is no rush to do the deal given his current contract doesn’t run out until 2019. The Hammers know however that should the issue go […]

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West Ham manager Slaven Bilic insists it is crucial that star man Dimitri Payet opted to stay this summer, after impressing for club and country last season.

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EXCLUSIVE By Hugh Southon David Gold has started talks with manufacturers of safe seating systems which he wants to see introduced at the London Stadium. In a major exclusive with ClaretandHugh this morning the co-chairman revealed: “I have been speaking with the people who put in the rail seating at Celtic Park. I have been […]

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Former Hammer Paolo DiCanio recreated the push which bought him fame in the nineties. A team of former Arsenal players reunited to take on AC Milan’s Glorie side for charity. Milan gave Paolo Di Canio a start, who provided one of the highlights of the afternoon when he and Nigel Winterburn recreated an infamous incident […]

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West Ham are interested in signing Millwall defender Mahlon Romeo in a £2m move, according to the Sun. The 20-year-old broke into the Lions’ first-team last season. The right-back has now notched up 24 league appearances for West Ham arch rivals and is starting to attract attention from other Premier League clubs. Despite the transfer window closes […]

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With the approach of the African Cup of Nations next January, West Ham could miss out on three key players for three crucial weeks next winter. Both Senegal and Ghana have qualified for the African cup finals meaning Cheikhou Kouyaté, Diafra Sakho and Andre Ayew could all play if fit. The tournament will be hosted in Gabon […]

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Slaven Bilic has spoken for the first time of his delight that the club has held on to Dimi Payet and hopes the top man can grow even stronger this season. Speaking to the official site the manager said: “It is key for us if he can produce his best form again. He has the […]

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Guest post by Hammers Balkan West Ham starlet Luka Belić has joined Scottish Motherwell FC on initial six- month loan deal. Before talking with Hammers Balkan journalist he could not hide his joy with this loan deal. “I am very satisfied with this deal, and I will try to prove my self“, he said at […]

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Hammers skipper Mark Noble has a sure fire way of overcoming any disappointment he may feel when failing to be selected for England – GO FISHING! The midfielder has been taking some time out for himself these last few days and although we have no info on which fish this is  the image we have […]

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A media report in France today claims Real Madrid made inquiries about Dimitri Payet this summer. The report from buzzsport.fr in France claims Real Madrid President Florentino Pérez was particularly charmed by Dimitri Payet after the Euro 2016 championships. But West Ham quoted a ridiculous price to scare off the Madrid boss. Pérez was told that […]

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We’re all moaning of course – the man didn’t get on and that is a huge disappointment for all Irons. Given some of the ineffective forward play before a late scrappy winner it would have been reasonable to expect Michail Antonio to have got the usual mid second half call but no, we were all […]

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Sam Allardyce has had senior West Ham insiders scratching their heads today after comments over his alleged interest in Leicester City and England striker Jamie Vardy whilst Irons boss. The morning papers revealed that the former Hammers boss claimed Allardyce was advised to sign Vardy when he was in charge at the club and the player […]

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West Ham hero Alan Devonshipe really hopes Michail Antonio gets his England chance tonight but has his dounts. The former legendary midfielder said: “I am really pleased for Michail Antonio being called-up by England for the first time. With the way he has played for West Ham this year, I think he deserves it. It’s […]

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Sam Allardyce is keeping Hammers fans in suspense – as was always the way – over whether he will hand Michail Antonio his  chance in tonght’s international against Slovakia. As revealed earlier this week the starting line-up does not include the Hammer but he has been named among 11 subs for the game. Antonio has […]

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West Ham are set to see four players – all of whom have suffered major or minor injuries – become avaialble for the match against Watford…with of course Dimi Payet leading the way. According to the very well respected Physio Room website which lists Premier League return dates for injured players, Sofiane Feghouli could be set […]

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Adrian has given an interview to Spanish daily newspaper Marca about his call up to Spain. Adrian told Marca: “After completing training with West Ham I saw that my mobile had 300-odd Whatsapp messages and thousands of calls from people wanting to congratulate me. Going to the Premier League changed my life. England is where […]

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West Ham have twice missed out on signing Jamie Vardy. It is now well known the club had him as No 1 on their hit list for a long time this summer before missing out when Arsenal came in. The player eventually stayed at the Foxes although ClaretandHugh can reveal the Irons were also ready […]

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Sam Allardyce has told Jamie Vardy he tried to sign him while he was West Ham manager and Vardy was at non-League Fleetwood only to be beaten by Leicester City. The England manager told Vardy that Fleetwood’s then manager, Micky Mellon, had recommended him in 2012. Vardy admitted: “When I first arrived for the squad, the manager […]

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Manchester United are this morning reportedly keen to sign former Irons Academy product Idris Kanu to their own youth set up. The club is monitoring the striker’s progress after he impressed for the under-18 side against Middlesborough at Carrington according to the Manchester Evening News. Kanu scored twice in United’s 5-1 win and could be […]

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The referee’s organising body has denied claims by Mark Halsey they have put pressure on refs to claim they had not seen controversial match incidents. ClaretandHugh covered Halsey’s comments yesterday after they had appeared in the national press and followed closely on the Sergio Aguero/Wimston Reid elbowing affair. The organising body for elite referees in […]

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David Gold has admitted being seriously hurt at a Twitter claim which questioned his motives on telling supporters to sit not stand at the London Stadium. The club has issued a recent statement via Karren Brady that the club would take serious action against those who continue to stand and obstruct the view of others. […]

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David Gold has made it clear there was NEVER any intention of allowing Dimitri Payet to leave West Ham this summer despite him becoming one of the top players at the Euro 2016 tournament. The co-chairman told the official site: “There was obviously a lot of speculation surrounding the future of Dimitri Payet and a […]

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Hammers vice chairman Karren Brady claims the Irons are no longer a selling club. And she points to the summer signings to back her claim after the club brought in Sofiane Feghouli, Ashley Fletcher, Andre Ayew, Alvaro Arbeloa, Arthur Masuaku and Havard Nordtveit on permanent contracts amongst other players. Simone Zaza and Gokhan Tore on loan […]

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Idris Kanu started for Man Utd’s Under 18s against Middlesbrough at Carrington on Saturday and scored twice in a 5-1 win under the watchful eyes of new coach Kieran McKenna.

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