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John Terry, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Jesus Navas are among the list of Premier League players to become free agents as of July 1.

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West Ham’s new Head of Medical Services Gary Lewin is understood to have already started a shake-up of his medical team with one club doctor reportedly already gone from his staff. It is understood that Dr. Tamim Khanbhai -the Consultant in Sport and Exercise Medicine at Homerton University Hospital Foundation Trust – is no longer employed […]

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West Ham have inched closer to a deal for Kelechi Iheanacho by accepting Manchester City’s requirement for a buyback clause to be agreed. The problem establishing his legal representation along with the buy back clause are the two major issues facing the Irons as they bid to bring the exciting striker to the east end. The […]

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Pedro Obiang and Sam Byram are the first Irons to make a training ground return and Angelo Ogbonna and Michail Antonio are also expected to be back at Rush Green early after injury issues. But there’s no sign of injury ravaged strike pair Andy Carroll and Diafra Sakho who missed so much of last season […]

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Oliver Giroud remains the 5/2 favourite to join West Ham while the Hammers are also listed as the 3/1 favourites for Theo Walcott to join the Irons. Sky Bet offers odds of 5/2 for Giroud to become a Hammer this summer while Lyon is 7/2  Napoli 14/1 Marseille and Everton both art 18/1 PSG 25/1 […]

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David Gold has declared publicly what ClaretandHugh has been telling it’s followers for several weeks this summer – ignore speculation on any West Ham signing apart from front men! The media has been full of rumours that any number of midfielders will be on their way to the club – including bookies’ favourite Jack Wilshere. […]

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Aaron Cresswell is thrilled that Pablo Zabaleta has joined the club recalling his “fantastic ” record at Manchester City. The Hammers’ England international declared: “Watching him throughout his time with Manchester City, which was nearly a decade, the things Pablo Zabaleta did for that club were fantastic, winning Premier League titles cups and the like. He […]

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Former Hammer Savio Nserenko has returned to professional football after a year in the German amateur football wilderness. The 27-year-old has signed FC Pipinsried who are in the fifth tier of German football. In 2012 Karren Brady announced that West Ham had begun an investigation into the reported £8.3 million transfer of Savio Nsereko from Brescia in […]

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Once again there appears to be a trend emerging in West Ham’s summer transfer window. That is that the fans are growing frustrated at a lack of business despite the transfer window not officially opening until Saturday and it still being June. The season only ended around six weeks ago and our fans are already […]

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West Ham are monitoring Sassuolo star Gregoire Defrel, but face competition from Roma for the classy forward claims on Italian site Tuttomercatoweb claim. The 26-year-old has pacey left-footed striker can operate anywhere along to forward line is valued at £18million. Defrel scored 13 goals for the unfashionable Italian outfit who finished a respectable tenth in Serie […]

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West Ham will insist on a 50 per cent buy back clause should they be successful in winning the race for Manchester City starlet Kelechi Inheacho. But they are seriously unhappy at closing a deal which could see City decide to insist on his return next summer or any window after it should the striker […]

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West Ham loyalist James Collins looks booked to see out the final season of his contract at the London Stadium. There has been much discussion about the 34 year old’s future but insiders at the club claim he will not be sold. Here’s how fans and followers of ClaretandHugh’s Facebook forum @https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ responded to the […]

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Slaven Bilic is a massive admirer of the Portugal youth international  who played in the high profile London Stadium opener against Juventus, featured in the Europa League and was on the bench 12 times last season. Indeed he even missed the Under 21 promotion clinching game at Newcastle as expectations grew he may feature in […]

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West Ham will play Hamburg-based club Altona 93 in the third match of the German leg of their European tour this summer. The Hammers will face the fourth tier German side on Tuesday August 1st at 6.30pm local time (5.30pm BST), following on from the Betway Cup double header against Werder Bremen. The match will […]

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We’re back again to discuss the weeks goings on at West Ham United in our live show at 8:40pm this evening which you can view here on Claret & Hugh. Nordtveit, Reece Oxfords loan move to Germany, season tickets, the kit launch and of course all the transfer rumours will go under the microscope whilst myself […]

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Mark Noble is keen for West Ham to get active in the transfer market and add more big names to their squad ahead of the 2017-18 season.

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West Ham chances of landing Kelechi Iheanacho received a boost after Manchester City are said to be preparing a big bid for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Sky Sports News have reported that Pep Guardiola is interested in bringing the Borussia Dortmund striker to the Etihad. The 28-year-old was expected to join Paris Saint Germain last month in a […]

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West Ham United striker Andre Ayew is set to remain at the club this summer, his father has confirmed. Andre Ayew had been linked with a move to Marseille but his father has moved to quash that speculation after stressing that the Ligue 1 club are not interested in him, according to Ghana Soccer Net. […]

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As the fans create the regular summer clamour for signings, the best one may have already arrived. It was very hard not to be impressed with the wise words from new medical head Gary Lewin who with so much experience at club and international level looks to be exactly the right man in the right […]

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Super Slav has suggested that we don’t need to sign any midfield players and when you look at what is currently available you can kind of see where he’s coming from. There may be room for one wide player apparently but according to an official source on the West Ham web-site several weeks ago, we are looking at 2-3 signings max and we already have one new acquisition. As we are in desperate need of a striker…

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Leicester City have had their first bid for Manchester City striker Kelechi rejected according to Owngoalnigeria.com today. Overnight Leicester have suddenly become the bookies favourite at Evens to land the 20 year old Nigerian forward after talks with West Ham are said to have broken down over the fee that will be inserted in his buy back clause. […]

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Here is a new feature from hammers chat set to run for the duration of the summer where we talk with a few forum members and discuss specific West Ham issues. In our first episode Geo sits down with Tom and Mike to talk about what the future holds for our fringe players.

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West Ham may have to play their first three matches of the Premier League season away from home.

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Following the 2017/18 Premier League fixtures announcement, we analyse the opening six fixtures for each club and see which title contenders will be hoping for a head-start.

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As has been stated previously, our defence during the 2016/17 season was as leaky as Julian Assange’s outbox, so whole scale changes should be the order of the day surely? Um, well no actually. Injuries to key players took their toll. Aaron Cresswell – despite being called up for England duty this weekend – looked half the player that he had been prior to his pre-season ligament problem, Angelo Ogbonna was out for practically the whole …

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Supporters on a guided tour of the London Stadium are regularly told that a private West Ham board room cost £1m to decorate and furnish with art but the room is strictly out of bounds to non-board members. The area which is said to be off limits to staff, visitors and operators  London Stadium was designed by David […]

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