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The ex-Chelsea boss has been linked with a return to Stamford Bridge, along with possible jobs at Arsenal, Everton and West Ham following Bayern exit

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The Hammers have announced that the club has been allocated a total of 4,800 tickets for the  Carabao Cuo fourth-round tie at Spurs. The fans have had to wait for some time to learn that they will be receiving a smaller allocation than many expected to watch the club’s bid to advance in the competition […]

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Slaven Bilic is pleased to see the international break as he bids to get the squad up to full fitness. The manager is particularly pleased that the pearl in the pack – Manu Lanzini – will be able to work his way up to  a peak ahead of the next game against Burnley. He said: “I […]

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The Premier League’s twenty clubs will discuss a new proposal that would change the way they receive money from overseas broadcasting deals.

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One debate that has been on the lips of many West Ham fans so far this season is whether Aaron Cresswell should be permanently replaced with Arthur Masuaku in the starting XI. Cresswell hasn’t been at his best since that injury he picked in pre-season last summer and he has really struggled to be the […]

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Reece Oxford is happy and settled in Germany and stories that he will be on his way back to West Ham in January look wide of the mark. Academy boss Terry Westley has told ClaretandHugh that he has no idea where the story that he is set to return to the East End has come […]

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Let’s take a look at some of the main points of discussions from Saturday’s dramatic win over Swansea City, as Slaven Bilic completed his mission in a must-win clash to climb out of the bottom three. “Outcast” Sakho The Unlikely Hero In Stratford Many Hammers will only need to cast their minds back a couple of weeks and Diafra Sakho was a name that the masses thought they would …

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It’s that time of the week again to check in with our Hammer loanees at their various Clubs both in England and Continental Europe, as Reece Burke and Josh Cullen were dropped by Phil Parkinson, Robert Snodgrass netted his first for Villa and Reece Oxford endured another week on Borussia Monchengladbach’s bench. Reece Burke and Josh Cullen (Bolton Wanderers) Things went from bad to worse this week for Bolton Wanderers and more specifically the Academy…

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West Ham manager Slaven Bilic was delighted with how his team handled the pressure to beat Swansea.

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Diafra Sakho scored a late winner to lift West Ham out of the relegation zone and condemned Swansea to another late loss.

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We are receiving late and unconfirmed reports that Marko Arnuatovic may be missing from this afternoon’s line up against Swansea City We have been told the left sided £24 million record signing went down with a sickness bug overnight and could be replaced by Andre Ayew. And that suggests that Andy Carroll and Javier Hernandez […]

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Sometimes you just have to trust people because there is absolutely nothing else you can do! So it is this weekend with the return of Manu Lanzini and the reported fitness of Michail Antonio after leaving the action against Spurs in the 28th minute last weekend. Already the forums are full of doubts and anxieties […]

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Swansea City boss Paul Clement  believes Slave Bilic is suffering unfair pressure as he bids to get the Hammrs season back on track. The Swans boss spoke out on behalf of the Hammers boss declaring: “It is unfair that in such a short period managers are under pressure. The Hammers boss has been under the […]

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West Ham United duo Joe Hart and Aaron Cresswell have been named in the England squad for the Three Lions’ final two 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. And Cresswell immediately put his ultimate ambition on the line saying: “The main aim for me is to play well this season and go to the World Cup. “It’s […]

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It’s going to be very interesting to see how Slaven Bilic sets up the team for Swansea without Michail Antonio given the events of last weekend and Spurs! We need no reminding that he started with Hernandez up top, subbing Antonio with Carroll and thus returning to a shape we had become so used to. […]

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We asked the Soccer Saturday pundits to name the Premier League’s best striker after another weekend in which the attacking stars shone.

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Dress up in claret and blue to join bike riders on Saturday 30th September to celebrate the special link between the old Boleyn ground and West Ham Cycling from the Bobby Moore statue to the club’s new London stadium in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, you’ll be part of a mass ride, on a mainly off-road […]

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West Ham are this morning reported as having added German coach Thomas Tuchel (right) to that of Napoli boss Maurizio Sarri should they sack Slaven Bilic. The 44 year old Tuchel managed Borussia Dortmund for two years. In his first season at Dortmund, Tuchel led the club to the quarter-final stage of the Europs League where […]

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Tottenham gained a measure of revenge for last season’s painful defeat at West Ham as Harry Kane scored twice in a 3-2 success.

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Last week West Ham World went behind the scenes at the London Stadium to see where and how West Ham prepare for their home games. The engaging and interesting 60 minute tour took us through the corporate sections, into the back end of hospitality, down through the players entrance – and, in an exciting adventure […]

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Spurs will hold a meeting today with Police, Brent Council and Wembley stadium owners to discuss the allocation to be given to West Ham for the league cup-tie in October. Planning permission granted in March by Brent Council allows Spurs to play twenty-seven matches at the full 90,000 capacity but after this football games are limited to use the […]

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Slaven Bilic has been hammered by many West Ham fans over the decision to play Chicharito on the left side of the front line. Here’s the response from followers of the ClaretandHugh Facebook forum after the manager told the striker he needs to “sacrifice” himself for the team by playing out of natural role.   […]

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More: West Ham v Spurs Press Conference

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Slaven Bilic has addressed two key issues so far in the pre-Spurs press conference art Rush Green today. And he has not been shy in proclaiming that he’s delighted to see skipper Mark Noble available – although whether he starts will depend on how Pedro Obiang reacts to a pulled muscle over the next couple of […]

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Slaven Bilic as a selection dilemma hanging over the involvement of Arthur Masuaku and Declan Rice ahead of the match against Spurs at the weekend. The manager made a point of drawing special attention to Rice’s performance against Bolton describing him as having the brain of a 30 year old and finding it impossible to […]

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This week Claret and Hugh associate editor Sean Whetstone spoke to Director of Football, Barry Fry about what it is like to be a manager under David Gold, David Sullivan and Karren Brady. What it is like to be sacked by them and his views of Sullivan as a director of football. Fry explained “I […]

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