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Blowing Bubbles Magazine are offering readers of this site a brilliant subscription offer as they gear up for their – and West Ham’s – biggest season to date. Following on from the huge success of their commemorative Farewell Boleyn issue and Summer Annual, the monthly magazine is giving people the chance to subscribe to have

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We knew this day would come. The Boleyn Ground is in the process of being boarded up today as access to the public to the Green Street site is restricted as it was handed over to developers at midday today. Supporters were told to pick up their £50 seats by yesterday or face losing them […]

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The Telegraph has reported today that Carlos Bacca has become Wenger’s first choice target after missing out on Vardy and Higuain. Bacca appeared to rule out any prospect of joining West Ham earlier this week when he revealed his desire to play in the Champions League. Bacca’s agents held talks with the Hammers earlier this week after they agreed a £26million  with […]

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Dimitri Payet has told the Sun newspaper: “I’ve heard about all the interest and I’m flattered. But I love West Ham. We had a fantastic season and I can’t wait to play in the Olympic Stadium. I’m 100 per cent staying at West Ham, I love the club. I can tell the Hammers fans that.” The statistics […]

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David Gold has taken a hefty sideswipe at France boss Didier Deschamps declaring: “You don’t take a player off because he has a quiet 20 minutes – that’s just wrong. The French boss took he West Ham hero Dimi Payet off in the Euro 2016 Final and saw his team slump to defet even with […]

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Dimitri Payet is now firmly odds on favourite to stay at West Ham with odds of 1/6 with bookies Sky Bet that he will remain a Hammer. Real Madrid odds have drifted out to 10/1 while PSG are now 14/1 outsiders. AC Milan, Arsenal, Man City, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Barcelona, Liverpool and Chelsea are now all […]

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Sam Allardcye is 2/1 favourite for the England manager job. Here he is raving in Marbella in full manager suit: pic.twitter.com/u9W7e75vjV — Paddy Power (@paddypower) July 11, 2016 Share This:

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 West Ham’w first-team will travel to Austria for a pre-season training camp.Up first, the Hammers face Czech First League side FC Slovacko on Tuesday 19 July, kick off 6pm in Rohrbach. Hailing from the Uherské Hradiště region of the Czech Republic, FC Slovacko finished eighth last term and the Czech outfit will be doing all […]

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Andy Carroll continues to head the wages list at West Ham despite Dimi Payet’s much hyped £125k  a week deal. And that will remain the case even should Carlos Bacca arrive with the same sort of deal as the fabulous French midfielder who we understand is on a basic of £67k. Bacca wants to match […]

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It will become the crowning moment in an extraordinary year for Dimi Payet. And just as they did when England won the World Cup in 1966 the Hammers will have a massive stake in a France Euro 2016 victory against Portugal in Paris tomorrow night (Sun). Precisely 50 years on West Ham look to provide […]

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OK so we don’t usually do baby pictures here at ClaretandHugh but we just wanted to add our congratulations to Hammer Michail Antonio and his family on the birth of his baby daughter. Antonio was given special permission not to travel with the first team to US cities of Seattle and North Carolina as his […]

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With just 26 days before our first Europa League match on the 4th August at the former Olympic Stadium, work is continuing at pace to install the alternative wrap around the outside of the stadium before the first event of the summer which starts next weekend. Construction workers have been busy over the last few […]

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Fresh reports today from Italy media suggest that Enner Valencia could be on verge of loan deal with Lazio with an option to buy at the end of the season. Reports earlier this week claimed West Ham rejected a £10m offer from Lazio. Sky Italia, reported the Hammers were set to reject Lazio’s original offer and […]

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West Ham have tonight revealed the club is attempting to put the final touches to a year-long loan deal for Gokhan Tore. A highly placed source told ClaretandHugh earlier today that the club is hopeful of getting the deal across the line within the next couple of days and speaking to us again a few […]

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West Ham suffered defeat in the first game of their US tour when Jordan Morris came off the bench to score two second-half goals to seal victory for Seattle Sounders.

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Cheikhou Kouyate has told Senegal media about his love for his great friend Dimi Payet. Speaking to www.senenews.com in Senegal Kouyate said: ‘We must not kid ourselves, everything Payet has achieved he deserved. When he arrived at West Ham from Olympique Marseille, he had trouble physically early on. But during the first friendly matches, he let everyone […]

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Cheikhou Kouyate has told Senegal media he was frustrated not to qualify for the Champions League with West Ham. The twenty six year Hammer is currently back in Senegal with his parents during the month of Ramadan. www.senenews.com asked Kouyate “Is not it frustrating not to play the Champions League?” Kouyate said “It’s true that it’s frustrating. But […]

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  ClaretandHugh can today reveal the official West Ham squad for the US tour to Seattle and North Carolina. James Tomkins is missing confrming that he is on the verge of leaving the club whilst Diafra Sakho will link up with the club later after suffering a sickness bug. Darren Randolph, Enner Valencia, Dimitri Payet, […]

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While co-chairman David Gold has promised he will do everything he can to keep the Frenchman in East London, he admitted it would be difficult to stop Dimitri Payet joining Europe’s elite clubs.

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West Ham are this morning being linked with a possible move for exciting Crystal Paace winger Yannick Bolasie as a reult of Andros Townsend’s switch to Selhurst Park. According to The Mirror the exciting DR Congo man interests the Irons although Palace have a £20 million price tag attached to him. However, the flaw in the […]

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Belgian international right back Thomas Meunier claims he will decide his future today following offers from West Ham, Paris St Germain, Napoli and Torino. Meunier, 24, started for Belgium on Friday evening as they were beaten 3-1 by Wales, but has enjoyed an impressive European Championships campaign in general. His performances in France impressed some […]

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The club’s own insider is back to set the record straight on media rumours surrounding West Ham transfers. The ITK starts: “My sources have confirmed to me that one of the most promising young strikers in England is set to undergo a medical with the Club and a deal could be finalised in the near future.” […]

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West Ham co-chairman David Gold is convinced manager Slaven Bilic would not be “the slightest bit interested in taking on England”.

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Mark Noble and the lads return to training at the end of the week and the skipper is massively excited about the pre-season trip to the United States.   The Irons  face the Seattle Sounders,  claimed to be the best-supported and most-valuable franchise in Major League Soccer (MLS), on Tuesday 5 July, before facing North […]

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West Ham have had an offer for Inter Milan striker Mauro Icardi rejected, according to Gazzetta dello Sport. The Hammers are stepping up their efforts to secure a marquee striker signing ahead of the 16/17 season, with a number of big names being linked with a move to Stratford already this summer. But the reports coming

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There’s never been any doubting Slaven Bilic’s deep rooted desire to sign Gokhan Tore and it’s likely that will happen via a season-long loan arrangement. However,  it’s noticeable – at a time when a striker apparently remains the priority – that maybe we could become a little top heavy with right sided midfielders. No doubt […]

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