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The chance of signing a right back this January look increasingly slim to none after David Sullivan bigged up Sam Byram on the official website in his view from the boardroom feature. We are hearing no right back names in Claret and Hugh towers indicating there are no targets for this window. New signing Fonte […]

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West Ham duo Andy Carroll and Mark Noble will both be fit for the match against Manchester City a week tomorrow. The striker was subbed at Middlesbrough after suffering a tight groin and Noble went off to be replaced by Edmilson Fernandes early in the second half. Noble’s injury looked quite worrying but ClaretandHugh learned […]

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Scott Hogan is inching towards a £10 million move to the London Stadium as the transfer window countdown continues. The Brentford striker’s “on, off maybe ” move across London is apparently now  more likely than not with insiders believing the switch has moved from 50-50 to 60-40 over the last 48 hours. The move has […]

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Sam Byram drew a lot of excited comments on Saturday at a time when social media comments are regularly calling for the club to sign a new right back. But such was the quality of the defender’s performance perhaps this won’t be necessary after all. Speaking about his return Byram said:“I was glad to get […]

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Crowds come and crowds go and new American president Donald Trump makes some pretty strange comments when they do. On the one hand he is quoted as saying that his inauguration was the biggest of all time whilst in another interview explains that crowd measurements aren’t ever performed. But we have unearthed a picture 🙂 […]

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Winston Reid is expecting more new arrivals in the window following the arrival of a new defensive partner. He said: “We’ve had a bit of injuries so to get a good new signing in with Fonte will add to the group. “I’m sure the Club will still want to do more business, but in these […]

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London Assembly member Andrew Boff says the London Stadium is a White Elephant which could end up costing tax payers over one billion pounds. Boff tells the BBC Inside Out investigation tonight: “As far as I can see there is no end to taxpayers’ money being used to prop up this white elephant — they’ve been […]

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West Ham will earn TV rights worth £122m this season if they finish in their current position of tenth place in the Premier League. If they manage to climb to seventh like last season the total will top £128m.  Each league position is worth £2m per place in the Premier League merit payment this season […]

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David Sullivan has sent a big message to manager Slaven Bilic  in his latest ‘From the Boardroom’ column on the official site. Following the brilliant victory over Middlesbrough he said:” Like you, I was a very proud West Ham United fan at the Riverside Stadium. Not only did the team win for the fifth time in […]

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Brentford director Phil Giles raged after West Ham target Scott Hogan received phone calls regarding his future on the eve of Brentford’s last TWO games. The Bees’ co-director of football made it clear that he was NOT criticising the 24-year-old striker and understood that it would impact on Hogan’s preparation. The Bees have rejected multiple […]

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West Ham are this morning reported to be considering  a possible loan deal which would see Dimitri Payet join French outfit Nice . Nice lead Ligue 1 and are believed ready to make an offer after the Irons again turned down Marseille’s on the ‘cheap attempts’ to get the playmaker. The deal would see West […]

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Angelo Ogbonna is our of action until next season. Ogbonna featured in  today’s win over Middlesbrough but must undergo an operation to correct a problem he has been carrying for the whole campaign. Slaven Bilic said: “I have to praise Angelo Ogbonna, because he has played the whole season with an injury. “He needs an […]

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Middlesbrough 1 Irons 3 CandH Match verdict Now we know it’s for real…now we know the Irons are back in business. A top result and performance from front to back. The flourish and style is back and fears are receding. Two games – six points and six goals – what’s not to like. This was […]

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Randolph: No chance with the goal – cone particularly great save, otherwise safe as houses 6 Byram: Growing up fast – barely a foot wrong – do we need a right back  now? 7 Reid: Usual composed performance when under pressure 7 Ogbonna: Maybe rose to the challenge of Mr Fonte arriving – no complaints […]

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Hammer Cheik Kouyate was awarded the man of the match after Senegal’s 2-0 win over Zimababwe yesterday. Senegal beat Zimbabwe to become the first team to reach the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals. Liverpool’s Sadio Mane tapped in the opener from close range in the ninth minute from Lazio forward Keita Balde Diao’s low […]

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Boris Johnson will be asked to justify his management of London’s Stadium as part of an in-depth investigation into the “skyrocketing” costs of converting the Olympic Stadium for West Ham. The investigation, commissioned by London Mayor Sadiq Khan was announced last year after transformation costs increased again by £51m. The costs include an estimated £8m […]

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West Ham has signed Jose Fonte, announcing it on the official website this evening. The Portugal international centre-half joins the Hammers from Southampton on a two-and-half-year contract with the option to sign for another season for a fee of £8million. Fonte told WHUFC.com: “I signed for West Ham because they are a great club and a […]

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Yes it’s a week on but the red hot discussion is still going on! And the big question under the microsope from club sponsors Betway is whether Andy Carroll’s incredible bicycle kick and resulting goal was the best we have ever seen of its type. It forms a central question on the Betway Insider video […]

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Geo is joined by Tom and Jason to preview tomorrows game at the Riverside Stadium. Tactics, starting line-ups, predictions and the current form will all be discussed as the hammers chat lads try to talk a good game.    

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By Rich Sprent 2017 has started off like a rollercoaster for West Ham. The downs are all very obvious with Mike Dean, Dimi Payet, a 0-5 Cup reverse, the league position, yet another BBC programme about the London Stadium and inevitably winter transfer window. The ups? There is some positivity about West Ham again – […]

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ARSENE WENGER has ruled out a move for West Ham rebel Dimitri Payet – despite admitting he is a big fan . The Arsenal boss has been regularly linked with a move for the Hammers rebel but has made it clear today that he has no interest in signing him. Wenger said: “I rate Payet […]

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The Daily Mail are reporting that a brick has been thrown through the window of Dimitri’s Payet’s car while parked outside his house in Loughton. Matt Lawton writes in the Mail “Dimitri Payet’s return to France appeared inevitable on Thursday night after it emerged the West Ham rebel’s car had been vandalised. The car was targeted […]

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Jose Fonte’s imminent arrival from Southampton has thrown a shadow of James Collins future with London clubs being West Ham’s only option on terms of selling the Irons loyalist. Fonte is now virtually nailed on to sign at a fee of around £8 million over the next few days and the plan would be to […]

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With the signing of Jose Font looking increasingly likely we decided to spend a couple of minutes looking at the players qualities from a West Ham perspective.

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37 year old former West Ham captain, Matthew Upson is training with Dimitri Payet and the Under 23’s at Chadwell Heath this week. Upson joined West Ham in January 2007  from Birmingham City after being sold by the then managing director Karren Brady. He agreed a four-and-a-half-year contract with West Ham with them paying Birmingham […]

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