West Ham United are still interested in signing Alexandre Lacazette, according to Sky sources, but they have not made an improved bid of £42m (€52m) for the Lyon striker.
Posted on 24 June 2016.
West Ham United are still interested in signing Alexandre Lacazette, according to Sky sources, but they have not made an improved bid of £42m (€52m) for the Lyon striker.
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Posted on 22 June 2016.
Besiktas have rejected West Ham’s recent £2.3m bid for midfielder Atiba Hutchinson, as reported by talkSPORT. West Ham are in the market for midfield reinforcements after they decided against making Alex Song’s two-season loan spell permanent. Hutchinson was a mainstay for Bilic when the Croat was in charge of the Turkish giants between 2013 and
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Posted on 21 June 2016.
Sources close to Lacazette’s agents have confirmed our story this morning that any Lacazette deal is off as the player has no interest in joining either West Ham or Spurs. Football website HITC Sport has followed ClaretandHugh by reporting that any move to the Olympic Stadium is a non starter. We reported our own sources as […]
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Posted on 20 June 2016.
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Posted on 18 June 2016.
You have to agree with every word of The Mirror’s comments on Slaven Bilic and the Euro 2016 tournament. The paper simply can’t stop singing his praoses and have today explained why our manager’s brilliantly “charasmatic appearances on ITV have been more entertaining than some of the matches he’s been analysing.” It declare Slav a GENIUS and […]
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Posted on 17 June 2016.
The Daily Mail is today reporting that West Ham are considering abandoning their pursuit of Alexandre Lacazette. Just one problem with the story – it’s not true! Simon Jones writes: “West Ham may consider shelving their expensive pursuit of Lyon’s Alexandre Lacazette to ensure Dimitri Payet remains their star man. “Lyon are continuing to demand £40m for […]
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Posted on 17 June 2016.
West Ham’s Enner Valencia and Ecuador were knocked out of the Copa America quarter final last night by USA last night in Seattle. USA triumphed 2-1 despite Valencia featuring for the full ninety minutes but he could not find the net on this occasion. At one point Valencia was bought down in the penalty area but the […]
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Posted on 16 June 2016.
So many rumors …such a frantic time of the year. With the opening of the transfer window approaching fast all sorts of stuff is being put out there – some inspired guessing and occasionally genuine news. Sorting the chaff from the wheat is a tough old call unless you know your sources well and which […]
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Posted on 15 June 2016.
Following the announcement of the 2016-17 fixture list , Sportsmail looks at 10 key issues that have emerged, including some fortunate scheduling for defending champions Leicester.
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Posted on 15 June 2016.
Slaven Bilic’s men face a challenging start to their first season at the Olympic Stadium but will be confident of building upon the success they enjoyed in the previous campaign,
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Posted on 14 June 2016.
Head of media and communications at AFC Bournemouth, Max Fitzgerald will join West Ham as the new Hammers Head of media relations before the start of the new Premier league season. The position was left vacant after West Ham fan, Paul Stringer left to join the Premier League after four years in charge of the […]
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Posted on 13 June 2016.
West Ham are set to beat Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United to the signing of Algerian international Sofiane Feghouli according to reports in France.
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Posted on 13 June 2016.
Diafra Sakho has reportedly asked to leave the Irons following what the Mail calls “a revised offer from Sunderland.” The report claims Sak and Slaven Bilic have met and the striker has revealed he sees his future away from the club. Sunderland have made a revised offer of around £12m for Sakho with manager Sam Allardyce […]
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Posted on 13 June 2016.
Algerian international Sofiane Feghouli is expected to join West Ham this summer after agreeing terms to a three-year deal. According to French source L’Equipe, the former Valencia winger has opted for a move to East London with the Hammers. It’s understood that the 26-year-old had a sit down with Slaven Bilic, who showed the most desire […]
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Posted on 12 June 2016.
French football supporters have adopted a French version of West Ham’s Payet song as the hero of their opening game receives cult status in the home nation of Euro 16. The french version of the song goes “Nous avons Payet. Dimitri Payet. On ne sait pas si vous vous rendez compte. C’est l’homme de Super Slaven […]
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Posted on 12 June 2016.
West Ham have had no enquiries for any of their players but the release of several loanees has released around £200k a week in wages as the club continues its hunt for new stars. A top source inside the club have revealed the precise wage bills of the four players who have now gone back […]
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Posted on 11 June 2016.
By Hugh Southon David Sullivan has made it crystal clear to every top club in the world that our hero Dimi Payet is simply not for sale. Fears have not unnaturally grown among the Hammers fans that after an epic performance in the opening Euro 2016 clash between France and Roumania that the midfield magician […]
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Posted on 10 June 2016.
Dimitri Payet starts for France against Romania at 8pm tonight live on ITV in the UK. The West Ham star won the battle between Anthony Martial and himself as to who plays on the left wing. Yesterday, Frank Leboeuf backed Dimitri Payet to emulate Michel Platini by firing France to Euro glory on home soil. Legendary […]
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Posted on 09 June 2016.
News that the Hammers are keen to bring in striker Johnathon Calleri indirectly confirms the Irons are looking for two front men as we suggested a few days here. The 22 year old has already interested Spurs but we had it confrmed this morning the Hammers are now in talks and hopeful of concluding the […]
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Posted on 08 June 2016.
A public appeal to raise funds for a statue of Bobby Moore has been launched in his home town of Barking. It aims to raise almost £160,000 to cover the costs of commissioning, casting and erecting the monument.Barking and Dagenham council leader Darren Rodwell launched the campaign alongside Roberta Moore, daughter of the late ex-West […]
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Posted on 08 June 2016.
The bookies have Bournemouth’s Matt Ritchie as an overwhelming favourite to join the Irons before the summer transfer deadline. SkyBet have the midfielder at an extraordinary 1/4 which suggests the deal is all but done despite Cherries boss Eddie Howe claiming he’s not interested in selling the player. The Hammers launched a bid for Ritchie […]
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Posted on 06 June 2016.
Italian newspaper, Tuttosport reports that both Manchester United and Manchester City have been scouting West Ham’s Angelo Ogbonna with a view to a possible summer bid to strengthen their defences. West Ham completed the signing of Juventus centre back Angelo Ogbonna last year for an £8.5million fee on a four-year deal. He made an impressive 34 […]
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Posted on 06 June 2016.
According to Crotian Daily Evening newspaper ‘Večernji list’ “Slaven Bilic & West Ham United are ready to offer 13m euros (£10m) for Croatian youngster, Ante Coric from Dinamo Zagreb. Coric is part of the Croatian squad at the upcoming Euro 2016 tournament in France but is unlikely to play in the starting XI. The 19-year-old broke […]
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Posted on 06 June 2016.
It was the best season most of us can recall in many years. Slaven Bilic marched in with his men and Dimi Payet became the star of a team which for a long long time looked to be on the edge of something really mazing. At the end though we found ourselves in seventh position […]
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Posted on 06 June 2016.
West Ham’s Financial Fair Play limit rises to £64m this coming season and over a third of it could be available to spend this summer. The loss of loanees Alex Song, Victor Moses, Emmanuel Emenike together with end of contract Joey O’Brien have released over £10m wages already from our annual bill plus Carl Jenkinson who we […]
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Posted on 05 June 2016.
A document claiming to show the fixtures for the new Premier League season emerged on Twitter this evening. ClaretandHugh cannot confirm the details contained withn https://www.docdroid.net/syClcJY/premier-league-fixture-list-2016-17.pdf.html. However, we are bringing it to your attention as a matter of course given that it has now entered the public domain. Share This:
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