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Manuel Lanzini spent the night at the Hospital Quirón Barcelona in Spain after his surgery on torn anterior cruciate ligaments by pioneering orthopaedic surgeon Dr Ramon Cugat last night. He will be visited today by West Ham’s new head of medical, Richard Collinge and should soon be discharged to begin his recovery. West Ham expect to find […]

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West Ham are said to have shown interest in Lazio defender Jordan Lukaku according to the Daily Mail. The Hammers claimed to be keen on the brother to Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku, is a left back who can also be used in an advanced position out wide on the left flank. The 23-year-old made Belgium’s preliminary squad […]

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Mark Noble is more than happy with the Hammers opening fixture of the new season at Liverpool. Speaking after the Hammers programme for the new campaign became apparent he said: “Playing  at Anfield is always special and everyone always looks forward to the opening game of the new season, so it should be a really good […]

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Reports that Mark Arnautovic has fractured his wrist in the game between Austria and Brazil on Sunday have been denied. The Austrian was pictured playing with a wrist protector as his team lost 3-0 to the Brazilians but Claret and Hugh have been told by club insiders it was purely a precaution after the player suffered […]

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Manu Lanzini heads into surgery to repair his anterior cruciate ligament in Barcelona tonight. Hopes rose initially that the damage is not as extensive as at first feared but until the midfielder goes under the knife there is no confirmation of the true extent of the injury. Manu will be operated upon by pioneering orthopaedic surgeon […]

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Manuel Lanzini has posted a photo of his injured knee on social media today. Lanzini explained how he got injured saying: “I received a pass from Marcos Rojo and tried to give it to Javier Mascherano who was behind me. “When I turned, I didn’t set my foot firmly on the ground and all my weight […]

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Manuel Pellegrini is expected to take an ‘elite’ group of Hammers Academy prospects on the close season trip to Switzerland next month. The new manager has made it clear that no player will be allowed out on loan until he has taken a close look at them  in pre-season. Academy boss Terry Westley made it […]

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West Ham have made an opening bid worth between €15m (£13.2m) and €20m (£17.5m) for Toulouse central defender Issa Diop, according to French newspaper L’Équipe. The Frenchman is also attracting interest from Sevilla, Everton, Fulham and RB Leipzig, according to the publication. The report says Toulouse have yet to respond to the Hammers’ proposal. Meanwhile, […]

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West Ham boss Mauel Pellegrini and his director of football Mario Husillos will hand the board their list of player targets when  they return to London this week. The Hammers put false stories in The Sun of Husillo’s decision to reject the Director of Football’s job to bed today when formally announcing his position on […]

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West Ham boss Manuel Pellegrini has explained his thinking on the Hammers pre-season campaign. The Hammers will travel to Switzerland for a training camp and game against Challenge League side FC Winterthur before returning to England to face four EFL clubs. They will play  trio Aston Villa, Preston North End and Ipswich Town and League One […]

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West Ham striker Javier Hernandez has denied suggestions that the Mexico squad were joined by escorts at his 30th birthday party following their friendly win over Scotland. The El Tri squad gathered to celebrate their 1-0 victory over Alex McLeish’s side in Mexico City last week, but local reports in the country alleged the festivities lasted […]

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EXCLUSIVE West Ham is set to announce their second signing of the summer – Swansea keeper Lukasz Fabianski. Terms are now said to have been agreed between the clubs as well as personal terms with the 33- year-old Polish National. CandH has learned exclusively that all being well Fabianski should put pen to paper this week […]

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West Ham’s ‘serious’ transfer activity is set to start over the next few days as Manuel Pellegrini and Mario Husillos return to London. The pair have been in constant touch whilst in Chile and Spain over the last week to ten days and will be moving in on chosen targets with Husillos now in total […]

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The Sun newspaper has today claimed that Manuel Pellegrini has lost a boardroom battle to install his friend Mario Husillos to head up recruitment for the Hammers. However, Claret and Hugh understands this report is fundamentally untrue and Husillos will soon join West Ham as was always planned. The tabloid falsely claimed ‘reports have already […]

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West Ham have been told they must pay more to land Swansea keeper Lukasz Fabianski. As reported by Wales Online the Hammers had their opening bid rejected last week as part of a double swoop which included defender Alfie Mawson. 33-year-old Fabianski played the second half of Poland’s 2-2 draw with Chile last Friday as he […]

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West Ham have tonight flatly denied various reports across Europe that they are about to do a deal for Barcelona defender Marlon Santos. The Irons have been linked with the player for a couple of weeks now since The Sun somehow managed to create a link to the 23 year old after he has enjoyed a […]

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Manu Lanzini is heading to Barcelona for a consultation with world renowned orthopaedic surgeon Dr Ramon Cugat in Barcelona this week. He will be joined by the Hammers new head of medical Richard Collinge and has vowed to ‘come back as best as possible’ after suffering a serious knee injury. Lanzini is believed to have suffered a […]

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The Hammers will pick up no insurance compensation whatsoever following the dreadful injury to Manu Lanzini whilst the club’s star midfielder was on World Cup duty with the Argentine. International countries do not accept responsibility for payments in such situations and like most players in the modern game Manu was uninsured by the club. This […]

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West Ham boss Manuel Pellegrini is understood to have left Chile this morning en route for Spain as the serious transfer market discussions look set to start in earnest. Pellegrini and his director of football Mario Husillos and assistant Ruben Cousillas – both currently believed to be in Spain – are set for their first […]

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West Ham – despite, as regularly reported, having had no contact from Manchester United over Marko Arnautovic – are keeping an eye on a couple of United players as they head into the final year of their contracts. Both defender Chris Smalling and striker Anthony Marital would be of interest although the striker is currently […]

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Well, after so long on the dark side I supposed some of us should be used to West Ham life. A summer that started in a blaze of happiness and optimism with the appointment of our new manager is slowly slipping gears into neutral or reverse even. There weren’t many who weren’t well pleased with […]

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West Ham’s goalkeeping position is today continuing to cause anxiety with Adrian allegedly seeking assurances over his position at the club. We reported last night the Spaniard is unsettled by the current situation with the club looking for and launching bids for a new keeper. And today word is that with a year left on […]

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Speculation that West Ham could reconsider a move for Jack Wilshere is on the rise following the injury to Manu Lanzini. Despite the club having made it clear that the player’s own injury record is more than suspect, the talk has now restarted seeing he is the sort of playmaker the club could need in […]

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West Ham remain entirely confident that Declan Rice will sign a new three or four years deal with the club and are unworried by the leak which claimed the defender had only been offered an £8k weekly wage. The preliminary skirmishing around such contract negotiations are entirely normal and there has undoubtedly been some predictable […]

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Hammers youngster Dan Kemp has agreed a new three year deal with the club. The 19-year-old winger is set to remain until 2021 and with Nathan Holland, will be looking for a first team breakthrough next season. Kemp is currently recovering from a cruciate injury but is expected to be fit for the start of […]

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West Ham have been hit by the worst possible update on Manu Lanzini’s injury after contacting Argentine national team medics. The club believed they were ready for the worst when hearing he had ruptured the cruciate in his right leg but were stunned when the full extent of the damage was revealed to them this […]

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