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West Ham continue to negotiate with Lazio over Felipe Anderson’s possible switch to the London Stadium with the player’s personal terms unlikely to be a problem. We understand that the right sided midfielder – currently earning around £48k a week in Serie A – is looking for £80k which is well within the Hammers budget […]

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West Ham are this morning insisting there’s been no contact from Manchester United over Marko Arnautovic. Media reports and social media chat has been suggesting that a deal is in the offing after talks, on the one hand with Marko’s agent, and. on the other, with the club. However, despite figures being bandied around of […]

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West Ham and Lazio along with various intermediaries are still talking about a deal which would see Lazio’s Felipe Anderson become a Hammer. Reports earlier this week suggested the Italian club had snubbed a £33m bid  but last night another report claimed the initial bid was closer to £22m with £4.4m in  add-ons. Today reports from Italy […]

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Online broadcaster Amazon will show 20 Premier League matches a season for three years from 2019, after winning one of the final two TV broadcast packages. The online streaming service has won the rights to show one round of midweek games and one round from a bank holiday. The matches will be available to Amazon […]

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Manuel Pellegrini – the affable 64-year-old Chilean usually is a man who keeps himself to himself if you overlook his recently media outbursts! “Tactician” would be the first word that springs to mind when considering the man’s character over a career which has seen him manager in Argentina, Chile, and finally – in 2004 – […]

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West Ham will attempt to hijack Chelsea’s talks to land Jean Michael Seri, if media reports are to be believed. The 26-year-old Nice midfielder has been in demand since last summer, with Arsenal, Manchester United and Barcelona in addition to Chelsea all interested. Rumours are that Chelsea is in the latter stages of securing a […]

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Manuel Pellegrini is keen to sign a top class name to West Ham and the player he is particularly keen to get into the club is Paris St Germain’s Javier Pastore. The Argentinian, however, is currently reported to be earning around £190-£200k a week which is as much and more as most players involved in […]

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Malaga sporting director Mario Husillos has left the club to become the new West Ham director of football. The Spanish club released an official statement to say: ‘Mario Husillos has finalised his last stage with the Club, in which he has been a player, coach and sports director. The club would like to thank Mario for his […]

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Manuel Pellegrini has ruled out bringing in fellow countryman Claudio Bravo to West Ham this summer. Pellegrini said he wouldn’t be making a move for is his compatriot, the Manchester City goalkeeper telling the Chilean media in a Live interview “Signing [Claudio] Bravo for West Ham is not viable either. It is not in West Ham’s […]

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Jack Wilshere will not become a West Ham player this summer! New speculation arose today that the Arsenal midfielder could be on his way to the London Stadium after appearing to drop a heavy hint to that effect on social media. He dropped the name Arsenal from the description of himself on his personal bio […]

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Ryan Fredericks is now a West Ham United player as Manuel Pellegrini starts the rebuilding of a Hammers side which by common consent needs surgery. The official site announced the news after ClaretandHugh had brought the news a couple of hours earlier and were quick off the mark with the first words from the former […]

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Jack Wilshire may have dropped a heavy hint as to where his future lies…West Ham United. The Arsenal midfielder is rumoured to have rejected a new three year contract at the Emirates after weeks of negotiation with the club. And following the arrival of new boss Unai Emery it seems that negotiations may have finally […]

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West Ham boss Manuel Pellegrini is expected back at the club over the next couple of days as the serious business of organising departures and arrivals to the club begins. The Chilean has been in regular contact with his newly appointed Director of Football Mario Husillos (pictured right) since taking his summer break and will […]

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The big six will demonstrate precisely what’s wrong with the Premier League at a summit meeting later this week. They want a  larger slice of international television cash with Liverpool owner John Henry making tetchy noises about it being wrong that lower-ranking teams should be subsidised via the broadcasting cash. So far all previous attempts […]

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With the departure of James Collins and concerns over Winston Reid’s injury record, the centre back position is an area Manuel Pellegrini is reportedly prioritising over the summer transfer window. A number of defender names have been linked in the media to this position including Barcelona’s Marlon Santos, Leeds Pontus Jansson, Stoke’s Ryan Shawcross,  Genoa’s Armando Izzo, Swansea’s Alfie Mawson, West Brom’s Johnny Evans […]

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Mike has and has actually HAD a dream which has him believing the Hammers will finally win the title. Yeah, well we are talking comedy stuff here and we are  listening to Mike on what turns out to  be a very hot day so maybe it’s given him a funny head. It’s Monday again and […]

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Marko Arnautovic’s links to Manchester United continue to be at the centre of the early transfer window speculation but the Hammer of the Year has been playing it down. He recently told Vivaro News. that Jose Mourinho’s appearance at the match involving his international team and Russia was simply in account of the United boss being […]

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Manuel Pellegrini has been quick to thank his local police force in Chile after he and his wife were mugged in Santiago. The couple were on their way to a restaurant with friends when the incident happened and although no-one was hurt in the drama, when the couple had a gun pointed at them the armed […]

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Former Hammer Marlon Harewood scored 56 goals in 170 games for West Ham. This week he has dug out a treasured memory and took to Instagram to reveal the piece of nostalgia he found during a clearout of his garage at his home. While searching around Harewood found his all-gold Nike boots which he used against […]

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West Ham could have the last laugh over  old foe, Sporting Lisbon president Bruno de Carvalho, as they bid to reinforce their squad in a big way this summer. The Hammers are continuing to track defensive midfielder William Carvahlo’s situation at the club as the Portuguese outfit descends into chaos. The player, 26,  is desperate to […]

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West Ham has yet again been linked with Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere. The Daily Stair claiming an Exclusive say this morning that Manuel Pellegrini has long been an admirer of Wilshere. While in charge of Manchester City he was heavily linked with a swoop for the England outcast. The Arsenal’s midfielder’s current deal runs out at […]

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The Premier League fixture list for the 2018/2019 season will be officially published on 14th June at 9 am so less than two weeks to wait to see what order our season will pan out. At this time of year, there is usually a fake list on social media which claims to be a leak and this […]

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Bookmakers Sky Bet are running their Summer transfer specials and as normal this includes a number of West Ham players linked in the media as possible outbound transfers from the Hammers. Marko Arnautovic is at odds of 7/2 to join Manchester United and 12/1 to join Everton while Spurs and Wolves are both 25/1 However, […]

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Javier Pastore’s agent has jetted into London for talks with West Ham, according to RMC Sport journalist Saber Desfarges. The journalist claimed on his personal Twitter account on Friday night that the Paris Saint-Germain midfielder’s representatives has held positive talks with the Hammers after Sky Sports reported that the Hammers are discussing a deal that could be worth up […]

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The new incoming West Ham director of football Mario Husillos will be appointing his trusty number two Claudio Carsi as his new Head scout of West Ham to head up the scouting department. The news was broken earlier by social media account  WHUFC Bulletin. The two have had a partnership for over 19 years in football. […]

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West Ham’s chances hopes of signing Javier Pastore from Paris St Germain do not figure very highly on the club’s radar. The brilliant Argentine midfielder has been the subject of interest from the Irons but his incredible wages look likely to scupper any deal before it has a chance to get off the ground. The […]

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