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Manuel Lanzini insists he is not feeling the pressure of attempting to fill the void left by Dimitri Payet at West Ham.

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West Ham captain Mark Noble will be on the sidelines for the Premier League visit of Leicester on Saturday.

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We have featured the sad story of Robbi ‘Bish’ Reardon on ClaretandHugh previously but Saturday March 25th represents the 26th year of his passing. We are featuring it a year on from the quarter of a century date because given the huge events of last season, as we said farewell to the Boleyn, his family believed […]

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Aaron Creswell may face the chop when the Hammers go into action against Leicester City on Saturday afternoon. The left back’s very average season hot the depths at Bournemouth at the weekend when he was widely panned for his worst performance since arriving at the club. Pundit Tony Gale was particularly scathing during a commentary […]

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West Ham boss Slaven Bilic has been told he needs to all but rebuild his stuttering side ahead of next season’s Premier League campaign. Hammers legend Tony Cottee reckons the crop of recruits brought in last summer have failed to ignite the London Stadium outfit’s season and he is backed up by the fact that they are currently 11th in the standings with 33 points. West Ham suffered defeats in their previous two top flight matches at Bournemouth and at …

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Italian media claim that Genoa star Diego Laxalt could move to West Ham this summer. The Uruguayan has long linked with a move to the Premier League and reports claim he is interested in joining the Hammers after they scouted him. TuttoMercatoWeb claim Genoa are willing to sell Laxalt in the Summer after turning down […]

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Michail Antonio’s new deal will be put before him at the end of the season. There has been some concern since the news was first reported that the ongoing delay had put the situation in jeopardy but CandH understands the club will attend to the issue once a “tricky” season has come to an end. […]

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Reid, 28, is set to be handed renewed terms worth around £65,000 per week to bring him into a wage tier with centre back partner Jose Fonte, as the Hammers aim to keep their key men.

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Exclusive West Ham are again looking keenly at Jermain Defoe as they bid to strengthen their striking options in the summer. The 34 year old would in no way be the main striker target but should he become available on a free – which is BELIEVED to be the case if Sunderland are  relegated – […]

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The bookies are entirely unfazed by David Sullivan’s veiled threat towards manager Slaven Bilic’s job following the defeat at Bournemouth. The co chairman declared on the official website: ““Slaven, the players and the staff all know we have to do better. We have conceded too many goals early in halves in recent games and, while […]

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Michael Owen appears to be questioning Bilic’s choice of Kouyate in his role as right back after he called the midfielder lazy and lacking discipline for the role. On BT Sports LIVE TV Owen said:“Kouyate has been playing right back hasn’t he, he was poor for West Ham to give a penalty away. I don’t […]

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Manchester United strike duo Rooney and Rashford will both miss the FA Cup quarter-final against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, while Spurs forward Kane hobbled off injured against Millwall.

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West Ham have reportedly triggered an option to keep Adrian at the club. With the 30 year old’s  deal due to run out at the close of the campaign the club and Slaven Bilic are keen for him to remain at the London Stadium. The Spaniard hasn’t been involved in any first team action since […]

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West Ham have this evening confirmed that Winston Reid will be given a new £70k plus a week contract in the summer. Reid has seen his wages eclipsed by Jose Fonte’s arrival and the club are ready to offer him parity and beyond to reflect his value to the club. And a similar deal will […]

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West Ham co-chairman David Gold said last Wednesday “I think the majority of fans are happy with the Stadium given the alternatives and if all goes to plan it will be the biggest in London. dg” On the back on Mr Gold’s statement, Claret and Hugh ran a poll to ask West Ham supporters the very […]

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West Ham medical chief Stijn Vandenbroucke has delivered and encouraging treatment room report following the match against Chelsea. And it seems there are no worries over absences from action at Bournemouth despite various player picking up what he describes as “the normal bumps and bruises.” Speaking to the official website Stijn said: “We picked up […]

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West Ham pitch invader one of three arrests from Chelsea clash – Sky Sports News HQ Sky Sports, along with various other sources were quick (and probably happy) to report on the three arrests made at the ‘infamously troubled’ London Stadium, during the Monday night loss to Chelsea. Despite the “robust” security measures set out by the police before the game, there were a few isolated incidents during the game. This…

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A West Ham fan who ran onto the pitch to confront the Chelsea players on Monday night has been arrested and is set to face a lifetime ban from London Stadium if found guilty. Ian Paul Crouch, 51, has been bailed to appear at court in two weeks’ time. Should magistrates find him guilty of […]

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  Irons 1 Chelsea 2 Well, perhaps the best thing we can say about tonight was that West Ham didn’t collapse before a very talented Chelsea team. But they did themselves few favours notably when a sloppy Mark Noble pass saw a host of our players the wrong side of the ball as the west […]

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West Ham face Chelsea at home in tonight’s late kick off knowing that a win will move them back into the top half. Following results elsewhere, three points for the Hammers will put them just eight from a possible European qualification. Chelsea however can extend their lead at the top back to 10 points with a win. Tottenham now sit just seven points behind Chelsea in second thanks to a late…

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Slaven Bilic readily admits this has been one of the toughest of his managerial career. And he has spoken about the pretence involved when at home as he tried to come to terms with an utterly disastrous early season which put him under enormous pressure for his job. He said: “You pretend at home that […]

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Aaron Cresswell has a defiant message for any West Ham United doubters who believe the players will simply see out the season and settle for a mid-table comfort zone: Think again! Cresswell has been crocked for a large chuck on the campaign but he has figured of late and has grown in fitness and form since his return; and his re-emergence as one of the top flight’s leading exponents of the left-back position has coincided with a decent …

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Slaven Bilic insists there is “no way” West Ham gave permission for an agent to sell Andy Carroll to China.

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They say to win the Premier League you must score the most, concede the least, and have a 20+ goal striker.

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The Chinese Super League’s transfer window closed today. Clubs such as Shanghai Shenhua, Jiangsu Suning and Guangzhou Evergrande have manage to spent hundreds of millions of pounds buying high profile players from various countries but one country that the Chinese have struggled to crack is England. There have been rumours suggesting that Wayne Rooney could […]

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Back last year The Mirror’s Mike Walters gave Claret amdHugh his assessment of the Hammers and their manager as we went from chaos to disaster . Now Mike – a great writer and  personal pal – takes a look at what’s happened since in a blog which brings an  objective view of where the Irons are […]

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