West Ham are still waiting on manager Slaven Bilic to give the go-ahead for Scott Hogan’s move across London from Brentford. And in the meantime the club has explained that any hopes of bringing former striker Jermain Defoe to the London Stadium are “well and truly dead.” Bilic – having seen the summer transfer programme […]
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Bilic continues his waiting game
Posted on 19 January 2017.
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One centre back in, one centre back out
Posted on 19 January 2017.
West Ham are said to be in advanced talks to sign defender Jose Fonte from Southampton, according to Sky Sports. The Portugal international, who has 18 months remaining on his contract at St Mary’s, expressed his desire to leave Southampton earlier this month. Fonte revealed on social media in December he had not rejected a new […]
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Payet : No deal is better than a bad deal
Posted on 18 January 2017.
West Ham are fully prepared to allow Dimitri Payet to serve out his remaining years of his contract in the West Ham Academy at Chadwell Health if needs be to prove a point to the football world. They are keen to prove that West Ham are no longer a selling club and this is not […]
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Irons duo get away to wins
Posted on 18 January 2017.
Cheikhou Kouyate and Andre Ayew were both on the winning side at the start of the 2017 CAF Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon. Kouyate skippered Senegal to a 2-0 Group B victory over Tunisia in Franceville, and the team now tops the the group following Algeria’s 2-2 draw with Zimbabwe – their opponents tomorrow […]
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Payet’s pleas set to fall on deaf Irons ears
Posted on 18 January 2017.
Dimi Payet is this morning being reported as having made a desperate plea to West Ham to allow him to leave for Marseilles this January. We understand he has cited family reasons but the Hammers remain unmoved until the bidding hits their absolute minimum of £30 million. Payet is allegedly insisting he wants to go […]
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Hammers wait on Bilic’s thumbs up
Posted on 18 January 2017.
West Ham are still to make a final decision on the signing of Brentford’s Scott Hogan. Having arrived at an upfront figure of £9 million for the Bees striker, the club are edging towards a deal although his injury record remains a worry. More importantly, however, is getting Slaven Bilic’s final approval on the 24 […]
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Bust up with Andre Ayew denied
Posted on 17 January 2017.
The Ghana FA has dismissed reports claiming that Asamoah Gyan has stormed out of Black Stars’ 2017 Africa Cup of Nations camp on the night before their crunch clash with Uganda in a dispute with West Ham’s Andre Ayew over captaincy. The GFA was forced to issue a statement on Twitter after a website published […]
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Marseille set deadline for Payet deal
Posted on 17 January 2017.
Media reports in France this morning suggest that Marseille will make one more bid for Payet this Thursday before turning their attentions elsewhere. Marseille’s latest bid of £22m on Monday is nowhere near West Ham’s valuation of Payet of £35-£40m. The report in France says Marseille will likely make one more bid for Payet and […]
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Payet looks glum as he leaves training early
Posted on 17 January 2017.
Dimitri Payet was pictured looking glum as he left the Chadwell Heath training ground at 9.45am this morning. The Daily Mail published a photo of the 29 year old French player behind the wheel of his £90,000 AMG CLS63 S sports car. ClaretandHugh understand that Payet is doing one to one training with the Academy […]
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Zarate looking to make a return
Posted on 17 January 2017.
Watford want to bring former Hammer Mauro Zarate back to the Premier League with a £3m bid. The Argentinean striker has had stints with Birmingham, West Ham and Queens Park Rangers. But the Hornets ‘ manager Walter Mazzarri believes he can tame the fiery Fiorentina star and is close to tying up a loan deal […]
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Hammers linked with £15m New Zeland star
Posted on 17 January 2017.
Leeds United have slapped a £15 million valuation on their striker Chris Wood after West Ham have allegedly shown interest according to reports. The New Zealand international has been tearing up the championship this season with his goals firing Garry Monk’s men up to third in the league. Wood has scored 17 times in 29 […]
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Mooro & Bilic was not the same as Payet request
Posted on 16 January 2017.
Inevitably comparisons have been made by non West Ham supporters of the time Slaven Bilic wanted to leave West Ham for a ‘bigger club’ namely Everton and Bobby Moore tried desperately to leave West Ham for Spurs in 1966 before winning the world cup with England. While both facts are true, both players were professional […]
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Carroll’s odds for goal of season
Posted on 16 January 2017.
Andy Carroll’s goal against Crystal Palace has been dubbed “the best in Premier League history” and less ambitiously “the main contender for Goal of the Season.” AC himself has dubbed it the best he’s ever scored and good judges everywhere have gone entirely overboard about it. However, even if it’s to become the goal of […]
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Mooro was mistaken as a drummer
Posted on 16 January 2017.
This interview with former West Ham physiotherapist Rob Jenkins talks about the old days when the physio was based in a flat at 540 Green Street above Bobby Moore’s sports shop. Rob explains how his dad rented the flat from Bobby’s agent, Jack Turner for nine pounds per week. Rob took over from his dad […]
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Merson reacts to Carroll’s bicycle kick goal
Posted on 16 January 2017.
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Caroll talks about his wonder goal
Posted on 16 January 2017.
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Official: Zaza joins Valencia
Posted on 16 January 2017.
Simone Zaza has officially signed for Valencia on loan. Speaking to Valencia’s official website Zaza said: “I am very happy and I’m here because I love the fans, I went to the stadium today and saw the game, the fans were incredible. I saw a good team. It’s not an easy time for the side, but […]
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Payet U-turn chances under discussion
Posted on 16 January 2017.
West Ham believe the chances of Dimi Payet doing a U-turn are about one in ten but remain insistent that he won’t be allowed to leave the club on the cheap. Publicly the Hammers are insisting that he’s not for sale but in reality the Frenchman appears to have burned every bridge and it would […]
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Payet’s shirt was never a permanent fixture
Posted on 15 January 2017.
Payet’s giant shirt in the London Stadium was never intended to be a permanent fixture ClaretandHugh understand and its was only there by virtue he was crowned Hammer of the year. In May last year the official club website said: “Newly-crowned Hammer of the Year Dimitri Payet is the latest West Ham United hero to adorn […]
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Operators gave permission to ‘Palace Ultras’ to drum
Posted on 15 January 2017.
Operators London Stadium 185 gave the self styled Crystal Palace ‘Ultras’ prior permission to bring in a drum despite prohibiting all musical instruments which could cause a nuisance. Under the security and safety section of the stadium’s official website it says: “Unlicensed musical instruments: trumpets, drums and other devices capable of causing a disturbance or […]
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Sullivan reveals bids have been made
Posted on 15 January 2017.
David Sullivan has moved to reassure fans the club is making several moves in the transfer window. The co chairman – after thanking fans for their support against Palace yesterday – said: We have already made a number of bids on players to improve the squad, but the January transfer window is the most challenging […]
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Thrilled Sullivan thanks fans
Posted on 15 January 2017.
David Sullivan has thanked every fan inside the London Stadium yesterday which “made a massve difference and inspired the team to victory. Speaking on the official website he said: “It made a massive difference and clearly inspired the team to victory. It has been a difficult week for everyone associated with the Club, but the […]
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West Ham laugh off first Marseilles bid
Posted on 15 January 2017.
Exclusive West Ham have received the most derisory of offers from Marseilles for Dimitri Payet which, should a multitude of clauses come to fruition, would have given us just under £20 million. It has been rejected and the French club told to come back when they are ready to start living in the real world. […]
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NO PAYET- no problem – watch AC’s phenominal goal
Posted on 14 January 2017.
Match verdict Irons 3 Palace 0 It couldn’t have been better scripted …no Payet – NO PROBLEM…quite the opposite. After a nervous first half the Irons grabbed their big London Stadium win via sensational overhead scissor kick from Andy Carroll which followed a Feghouli tap in before Manu Lanzini dinked home a magnificent effort. That […]
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On Payet guard – all the best with that mate!
Posted on 14 January 2017.
These were the special security measures taken by the Stadium this afternoon as the fans arrived ready for a Payet-less West Ham. Frankly nobody at ClaretandHugh Towers would have wanted to swap places with the single security guard so all the best with that mate.
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Bilic calls on midfield ace to step out of Payet’s shadow
Posted on 14 January 2017.
Slaven Bilic has urged Manuel Lanzini to emerge from the shadow of Dimitri Payet and become the top man! That could start today as Manu has the knack of scoring crucial goals against Crystal Palace. Bikic said: ‘Since I’ve been here we played Palace twice at Selhurst Park. ‘Last year we won 3-1 and this […]
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