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• Burnley’s initial £7.5m offer with up to £2.5m in bonuses accepted by Hull • West Ham and Middlesbrough expected to improve bids for Snodgrass Burnley, Middlesbrough and West Ham United are in contention to sign Robert Snodgrass after Hull named their price for the Scotland international. Having previously rejected a number of offers for the 29-year-old, Hull finally relented on Wednesday morning when Burnley submitted a bid of an…

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By the time Alexis Sánchez scuttled through the middle to complete West Ham United’s humiliation and claim his hat-trick with a beautiful dink, Arsenal had produced enough moments of class to underline their title credentials. Related: West Ham United 1-5 Arsenal: Premier League – as it happened Continue reading…

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Some teams have had harder starts, some spent more money, some sneaked results they never should have. We crunch the key numbers to produce the Premier League table of justice Liverpool fans are no doubt finding the Premier League table extremely attractive but the truth is that at this stage of the season it remains deeply flawed, skewed as it still is towards teams that have had favourable fixtures and …

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Impressive start to the season has been tempered by a run of five without a win but there is enough talent out wide to arrest their run against West Ham Wayne Rooney heading back to Everton makes a great story but let’s face it, Ronald Koeman was only answering a question. Probably as keen as anyone else to change the subject after five winless games, the Everton manager was not about to turn down the invitation to …

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• Former ladies’ chairman Stephen Hunt accused club of refusing funding • Karren Brady: ‘Today marks the next step in future of West Ham women’s football’ West Ham United have taken full control of their women’s team after claims of discrimination. The team’s former chairman, Stephen Hunt, accused West Ham of refusing to provide funding for the women players, who play in the Premier League Southern Division , and even forcing them to pay…

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In part two of our investigation into the world of agents, the Guardian reveals how Jonathan Calleri and Gerónimo Rulli moved to the Premier League from the Uruguayan club this summer, despite rumours of third-party ownership Of all the millions of pounds spent this summer by Premier League clubs, the arrival of two players from an obscure club in Uruguay’s second division has not raised too many eyebrows. Seven games into …

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Southampton inflict West Ham’s fifth league defeat of the season. Plus, Arsenal annihilate Chelsea; Manchester United win without Wayne Rooney; and City head to Celtic in the Champions League Subscribe and review: iTunes , Soundcloud , Audioboom , Mixcloud , Acast On today’s Football Weekly , AC Jimbo is joined by Iain Macintosh , Barry Glendenning and Un’appy ’Ammer fan Jacob Steinberg to look back on a weekend of ups and downs in the Premier League. Continue reading…

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• Panel say Manchester City player endangered safety of West Ham opponent • Striker remains banned for next two Premier League matches over incident An independent commission has ruled that the controversial elbowing of West Ham’s Winston Reid by the Manchester City striker Sergio Agüero in a Premier League match at the Etihad Stadium last month was a “brutal” incident that “clearly endangered the safety” of the Hammers player. Related: Sergio Agüero to miss Manchester …

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Fluid full-backs still central to the Catalan manager’s City plans, but win against West Ham proves that he also knows how to win ugly This game featured much less of the Manchester City full‑backs moving inside, a ploy of Pep Guardiola’s that was first sighted when Sunderland were defeated in the season opener at the Etihad Stadium. Instead, the Catalan secured a third consecutive Premier League victory by implementing a more …

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Stamford Bridge’s new manager shows total absorption in the 2-1 win over West Ham, punctuated by yells of frustration in Italian at missed chances For the Chelsea supporters who arrived at a balmy Stamford Bridge for the opening salvo of the season against West Ham there was a weird sense of everything being kind of the same but different. The external decorations outside the ground still depicted giant posters of José Mourinho in his Chelsea blazer holding the Premier …

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• West Ham fail to make breakthrough in talks for Milan’s Carlos Bacca • Former France Under-21 striker scored 17 goals in Ligue 1 last season West Ham’s long search for a striker has led them to make a new approach for Wissam Ben Yedder, although they face competition from Leicester City for the Toulouse forward. Having failed with bids for Michy Batshuayi, Alexandre Lacazette and Christian Benteke, West Ham had hoped to convince the Colombia striker Carlos Bacca …

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• Left-back follows winger Michail Antonio in committing future to club • Cresswell’s extension will keep him at the club until 2021 West Ham full-back Aaron Cresswell has signed a one-year contract extension, the Premier League club have announced. Cresswell, 26, joined the Hammers from Ipswich two years ago and has firmly established himself in the side during that time. Related: Sport picture of the day: Andy Carroll tries his arm at American football Continue reading…

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The France international playmaker has said that he is hopeful of developing further as a player at the Olympic Stadium outfit after signing a five-year deal

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West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic says the team’s 3-2 victory over Manchester United in the Premier League was ‘like a fairytale’ as the Hammers bid farewell to the Boleyn Ground in Upton Park on Tuesday West Ham promise to ban fans for life after Upton Park violence Continue reading…

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Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal gives his reaction to his team’s 3-2 defeat by West Ham United on Tuesday at Upton Park. Defender Winston Reid’s goal in the 80th minute secured the Hammers’ victory in the Premier League match. It was West Ham’s final game at the Boleyn Ground, the club’s home for 112 years West Ham promise to ban fans for life after Upton Park violence Continue reading…

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Sergio Aguero scores twice as Manchester City keep in touch with Premier League leaders Leicester with a draw at West Ham.

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Preview followed by live coverage of Tuesday’s Premier League game between Bournemouth and West Ham United.

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Tottenham make it 12 Premier League games unbeaten as two goals from Harry Kane help them to victory over West Ham.

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West Ham move up to fifth in the Premier League despite having to settle for a point at home to Everton.

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West Ham's unbeaten away Premier League record came to a grinding halt as Watford recorded a deserved 2-0 win at Vicarage Road.

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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho’s constant spats with referees are tarnishing the image of the Premier League, according to the former general manager of Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) Keith Hackett. The Football Association (FA) has charged Mourinho with misconduct for comments made to Jon Moss that resulted in the Portuguese being sent to the stands during Saturday’s 2-1 defeat at West Ham United.

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Jose Mourinho has been charged with misconduct following Chelsea's Premier League defeat at West Ham.

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Jose Mourinho has been charged with misconduct following Chelsea's Premier League defeat at West Ham.

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LONDON, Oct 25 (Reuters) – Manchester City returned to the top of the Premier League by drawing 0-0 away to Manchester United in a disappointing local derby on Sunday. They have 22 points, the same as Arsenal, but a better goal difference. United stay fourth, two points behind, with West Ham United also above them. They came closest to a goal when substitute Jesse Lingard hit the bar six minutes from the end. City had won six of the previous eight league derbies, but…

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Arsenal has shown a strong mentality to recover from defeat to West Ham in its first Premier League match and go top, says Arsene Wenger.

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By Mike Collett LONDON, Oct 24 (Reuters) – When Slaven Bilic took over from Sam Allardyce as West Ham United manager in June, he said one of his ambitions was to lead them into the Champions League for the first time. As West Ham have never finished higher than fifth in the Premier League, not many took him too seriously.

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