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If reports in Spain are to be believed, West Ham are on the verge of signing Valencia wonderkid Toni Martinez. Radio Taronja claim we’ve reached an agreement over a deal worth between 2.5 and 3 million euros. The 18-year-old has scored over 100 goals in four seasons with Valencia’s youth team and is supposedly one of

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Andy Carroll has made it clear the squad is targeting the Champions League. With Saturday’s game against Palace almost demanding three points as the Hammers keep up their charge AC said: “We want a top four spot. “We’ll have to concentrate game by game and see how it goes, I’m really looking forward to it, […]

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Join Gary Lineker and the FA to get knighthoods for the Lions who won the World Cup in 1966. Now – 50 years on from England’s 1966 World Cup success  the Sunday Mirror is calling for Sir Alf Ramsay’s legendary team to finally receive fitting recognition of their historic achievement. They need your signatures to get the […]

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What is it with Harry Redknapp? He has used his story about Bobby Moore being asked to leave West Ham 36 years ago over and over again – once in one of his numerous books and also at various times as a stick with which to beat the Irons. His story goes like this: “He […]

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David Gold has cleared up any issues surrounding the Olympic Stadium capacity and hinted that that the club may eventually go for a 66k capacity. With the waiting list growing to around 50k the co chairman has revealed that the 66,000 is the ultimate limit at the club’s new home With the subject under keen […]

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Liverpool’s Christian Benteke has been regularly mentioned as a Hammers target in recent weeks but it seems the player is now being ruled out as an option. ClaretandHugh first brought the news that his £120k a week wages were too much for the Hammers and that was confirmed this morning by David Sullivan to the […]

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The 24th Premier League season has been a thriller. But is it the most exciting ever? Here are 24 stats and facts which suggest it is…

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• Argentinian midfielder signs four-year contract at West Ham • Midfielder was on season-long loan from Al Jazira West Ham have completed the signing of Manuel Lanzini on a four-year contract from Al Jazira. The 23-year-old midfielder had been on loan from the UAE club and has sealed a permanent switch to Upton Park. The deal, which includes an option for a further two years, is understood to be worth around

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David Sullivan has shown a generous spirit to cock-up referee Rob Madley after he awarded his soft spot kick to Chelsea at the weekend. The co chairman said: “It was really hard to see us concede a late goal two weeks in a row and for two weeks in a row to draw games we […]

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Slaven Bilic is thrilled that the Irons are getting and KEEPING their best players. The manager got his mind off the Chelsea disappointment to tell whufc.com: Cheikhou [Kouyate] signed, which is great for the club. and Dimitri [Payet] is in the national team. “It shows that the players are enjoying playing for West Ham and they […]

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Should Manchester United have had a penalty? Should Chris Smalling have been sent off? Was Ruben Loftus-Cheek inside or outside the box when fouled against West Ham? And was Neymar correctly awarded a penalty against Villarreal?

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Slaven Bilic has declared that the late spot kick for Chelsea which gave them a share of the Stamford Bridge spoils should never have been awarded. The manager told the official site after the game: “When you concede from a penalty that wasn’t a penalty it makes it really hard and unacceptable. We didn’t deserve […]

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The Irons were twice cheated – once from a free kick deliberately taken from the wrong spot and at the end when Michail Antonio brought Ruben Loftus-Cheek down with replays showing contact was outside the area. Wrong…out of order and bang disappointing – add it all to the foul on Darren Randolph last weekend which denied […]

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Eden Hazard is set to join Diego Costa on the Chelsea sidelines for the match against us at the Bridge tomorrow. The manager Guus Hiddink told the pre-match press conference the game would come too soon the player who hobbled out of the Chapion League game against Paris Saint-Germain. As a result of that he missed […]

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Ok, here we go with another ClaretandHugh/Hammers Chat first and if you love a bet on the weekend footie this is a must for you. Making money out of the beautiful game can often be a nightmare – how many times dos that banker bet let you down. It can be an absolute minefield. But […]

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West Ham are interested in signing Borussia Monchengladbach midfielder Havard Nordtveit, Slaven Bilic has confirmed.

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Development manager boss Terry Westley reckons his young Irons were well worth their place in the Final following a 3-2 semi-final win over Liverpool at Rush Green, They came from a goal down after Pedro Chirivella scored early on with Doneil Henry’s close range finish levelling. The scores were level at full time but Marcus […]

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Rio Ferdinand will lead his nation for the last time when England Legends take on Germany at the Boleyn Ground! Rio has agreed to captain  a host of Three Lions stars of days gone by in a unique Farewell Boleyn fixture on Monday 2 May at 4pm. Tickets for a game which will include such […]

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Top ClaretandHugh blogger Pete Ellis has been casting his ironic eye over the weekend events at Old Trafford and clearly can’t handle some of the stuff coming out of the Manchester United camp but finds it impossible to suppress a grin. As we all know, Sir Alex Ferguson loved a good bottle of red and […]

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Andy Carroll is a fully paid up member of the Dimitri Payet fan club declaring: “You always think he’s going to score when he puts the ball down (for a free kick).  Payet’s amazing goal from a 30 yard set piece has been the talk of football since the Manchester United game and the striker […]

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The boys from Hammers Chat are providing some high interest video blogs – the highlight being the trip from the Boleyn to the Olympic Stadium. Now the lads have laid their Irons credentials on the line in this latest video blog which will make great viewing for all followers. Here they take an emotional look […]

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The FA Cup Quarter-Final replay at the Boleyn Ground against Manchester United should net the Hammers another £1m on top of the estimated £3.8m they have earned so far in their FA Cup run this season. Assuming West Ham set ticket prices around the £40 mark, a sell out 35,000 capacity crowd will bring in […]

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IAN LADYMAN AT OLD TRAFFORD: West Ham came to Old Trafford on Sunday smelling blood, seeking victory not survival. They came within seven minutes of getting it too.

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Young Hammer, Reece Oxford has solved the mystery of his exclusion from the FA Cup squad that travelled to Manchester over the weekend. The 17 year old central defender who can also play in midfield has revealed he suffered a small injury in training yesterday which ruled him out. Speaking on his personal twitter account this afternoon […]

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The Irons fans have busily been giving their Man U v Irons match verdicts – here’s the latest batch from the ClaretandHugh Facebook forum at https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/   Graham Hatt Di Canio was 100-1 with a 1-0 win. Remember loads cashed in that day. Trevor Newman 2-1, EL Liverpool loss, Man Utd rubbish and under pressure at […]

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