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The 24-year-old is on a season-long loan at Upton Park but has sustained a knee problem and may force the Hammers to dip into the transfer market to acquire a replacement

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The much maligned and often criticised retractable seating appears to be moving ahead at pace despite the scare stories that have been doing the rounds recently. Claret and Hugh partners hammerschat once again bring you exclusive video footage from the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park with the most up to date progress. This particular video was recorded […]

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West Ham have enquired into the availability of Swansea forward Andre Ayew, according to Sky sources.

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West Ham chairman David Sullivan has been speaking to the official website about transfer news in the light of the recent Europa league loss and the injuries. “Thursday’s performance and the injuries suffered by Aaron Cresswell, Manuel Lanzini and Gokhan Tore have only increased our eagerness to get deals done. There has been some good […]

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Chelsea away sold out in just four hours this morning.  The Hammers were allocated 3,000 tickets at Stadium Bridge at£30 each for the opening game of the Premier League season on Monday night 15th August. West Ham introduced a new online away ticket system at 9am morning but just after 1pm this afternoon all 3,000 […]

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Enner Valencia is not on his way to Galatasaray or anywhere else at the moment. Reports from a generally unreliable Turkish media suggested that the Ecuador international was on his way to the club later this summer. But ClaretandHugh has learned there is not a word of truth in the suggestion with soures close to […]

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Manu Lanzini will be missing from the Hammers action for anything between three to six weeks. The brilliant midfielder – injured while on international duty for Argentina ahead of the Rio Olympics – flew back into the UK earlier in the week and after scans at Spire Roding Hospital has been told that he has […]

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West Ham United have attempted to make splashes in the transfer market over the summer in their bid to break into the Champions League next season. But the lack of a new top class striker and the crucial injury to Aaron Cresswell are serious body blows with, maybe, some of the cash put aside for […]

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I can think of many reasons to worry and I’m trying hard to avoid them but in doing so dishonesty creeps in and that’s not on. Ok, so we are still well alive in the Europa League – an invaluable away goal and another get fit week will help when we enter the London Stadium […]

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West Ham were forced to play without a sponsor name on their shirt last night as they lost to Domzale in the Europa League first leg and many supporters commented how better the shirt looked and they much preferred it. Early speculation suggested that UEFA bans gambling sponsorship on shirts in European competitions but this […]

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West Ham assistant manager Nikola Jurcevic says he is ‘not satisfied’ after the Europa League qualifying defeat to NK Domzale.

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West Ham will award priority points to season ticket holders attending European and domestic home cup games starting this season. In line with many other clubs, West Ham will award one priority point for each home cup match attended at the former Olympic Stadium including next Thursday when West Ham play the second leg against Domzale […]

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 By Pete Ellis So with the season officially starting I started to think about the last 26 years Ive spent marching along the Barking road to my home from home. Leaving the Boleyn has made us all reminisce about the place, and recall our most poignant memories. I’ve shared mine on this site, detailing the […]

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Assistant manager Nikola Jurcevic has hinted Lanzini could be out for a ‘long time’ in his post press match conference after yesterday’s Europa League first leg loss but admits “we don’t have exact information” yet. Jurcevic stated that West Ham will have to delve into the transfer market to add reinforcements after losing Gokhan Tore, […]

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Assistant manager Nikola Jurcevic has said that West Ham will have to delve into the transfer market to add reinforcements after losing new signing Gokhan Tore to a knee injury. Speaking to the press after the 2-1 loss Domzale in the absence of Slaven Bilic who was serving one match touch line ban Jurcevic said:  “Gokhan Tore […]

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West Ham were at their poorest or Domsele were a far better team than anyone expected? Whichever view you take last night’s result was deeply disappointing and there’s one heck of a lot of tuning to go on before next week’s second leg at the London Stadium. Here. ClaretandHugh readers give their thoughts on last […]

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West Ham winger Gokhan Tore requires a scan on his knee injury, after being hurt in training on Monday.

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The Hammers slumped to an away defeat to the Slovenian minnows in the first leg of their third qualifying round tie but the midfielder says they have to remain positive

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ClaretandHugh’s ratings man Niall McDonald delivers his first verdict of the new campaign Adrian: No chance with either goal and a magnificent double save kept us in the tie. Not much else to do, which was strange considering the chaos in front of him 6 Antonio: Caught upfield for both their goals and on any […]

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Domzele 2 Irons 1 That really was a night to forget but it could have been a whole lot worse! And at the end of it all the surprising thing was to see the smiles on the Domzele faces because the Irons won’t be this bad again (surely) and with an away goal in the […]

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West Ham were beaten 2-1 by NK Domzale as Matic Crnic scored twice to give the Slovenian underdogs a narrow advantage after the first leg of the Europa League third qualifying round tie.

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Irons sponsors Betway are being forced to swallow a bitter pill tonight. Their logo is missing from the shirt for tonight’s match in Slovenia despite the match getting hgh profile treatement by BT Sports HD. It would have been a real bonus for the company but sadly from their point of view Uefa rules have […]

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West Ham United’s eighth European campaign begins at the Stadion Stozice in Ljubljana on Thursday evening, as they take on NK Domzale. Join JOHN DOWNES for all the LIVE action.

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West Ham are back on the trail of Swansea’s Andre Ayew but Swansea chairman Huw Jenkins is unimpressed with our opening offer of £15 million. Rumours have been circulating of our interest for the last 24 hours and we have had it confirmed by a source close to the club that the Irons have renewed […]

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Season ticket holders in the Olympic Stadium West Stand have been given deadlines to buy their seats for the Europa League next Thursday before their seats go on sale to Claret Members tomorrow. Seats in the West stand lower went on sale yesterday after the club were finally given permission to sell them by stadium […]

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The process for buying away tickets has changed and will be used in anger tomorrow (Friday) for the first time when Chelsea tickets become available for priority points applications.  Gone are the days of faxing or posting paper application forms and now the whole system is completely online. We have asked the obvious questions to West Ham […]

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