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Slaven Bilic goes into West Ham’s first home game this season knowing that defeat could result in him losing his job. West Ham lie bottom of the table after losing their first three matches and could be distracted by the dispute with Sporting Lisbon over William Carvalho. The mood at the London Stadium will be poisonous if Huddersfield Town, who have adjusted well to the Premier League, increase the pressure on the manager. Jacob Steinberg Kick-off

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Slaven Bilic has used his London Evening Standard column to speak about William Carvalho for the first time. Slav writes:  “The other thing which has dominated the last week or so has been our attempt to sign William Carvalho from Sporting Lisbon, an attempt that ultimately failed. There has been much said and written since. […]

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Today’s tittle-tattle is on a roll These are dark times for the Mill, concerned reader, following the news that Premier League clubs have agreed to end all the transfer piffle, wiffle and waffle before the start of the season , despite noble resistance from Manchester City and Manchester United. It’s struggling to cope with the idea of getting its yellow tie out of the wardrobe at the start of August, which just feels too …

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Cheikhou Kouyate and striker Diafra Sakho could play in a World Cup qualifier replay in November after FIFA ordered Senegal’s result with South Africa should be scrapped. The qualifier will be played again after the referee, Joseph Lamptey was found guilty of match-fixing in a game which saw South Africa win 2-1 last November. Lamptey has now […]

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Sky Sports have published emails from West Ham co chairman David Sullivan as proof of bids with Sporting Lisbon for Wiliam Carvalho. The first emailed dated 10th August from Sullivan’s private email address confirms an offer of 25 million euros over 24 months with 8.333m up front.  On 11th August this is followed up by […]

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The Premier League returns this weekend but it is a fair bet Slaven Bilic and Frank de Boer have not enjoyed the international break too much and both are in dire need of a positive result As international breaks go, the one England have just enjoyed was quite eventful, even if nothing Gareth Southgate’s players could produce on the pitch was likely to steal the headlines from the way in which Wayne Rooney celebrated…

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West Ham’s version of transfer events has been called into question twice this week. Sporting Lisbon questioned David Sullivan’s statement on the West Ham official website by claiming they had never received a formal bid from the Hammers and today a French newspaper claimed West Ham agreed on a deal with Rennes for Sakho only […]

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After fever pitch speculation that Rafa Benitez could take over as West Ham manager as early as October, media reports produced a U turn suggesting he has committed himself to Newcastle until the end of the season. Last week the Telegraph claimed Benitez has been left disillusioned by the blatant lack of ambition this summer and his […]

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West Ham are set to have the entire squad fit for the clash with Huddersfield – although Marko Arnautovic will serve out the last game of his suspension. And that could see Slaven Bilic  put out the strongest West Ham team we have seen in months and months. ClaretandHugh has learned that both Winston Reid […]

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The director of football role is underrated in England but may have helped the transition to Frank de Boer or forced Arsène Wenger to leave his comfort zone Now the honeymoon period has well and truly fizzled out, extinguished by so much sideways football that soon Louis van Gaal will be making a pilgrimage to Selhurst Park to see what all the fuss is about, it comes as no surprise to learn Crystal Palace …

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Sky Sports claims that a medical can be completed after the 11pm transfer deadline day in direct contradiction in a statement released by the West Ham joint Chairman last night on the official website. In a Sky Sports Transfer Q&A Can a medical take place after 11pm (or midnight on Sept 1 in Spain)? Yes, a medical […]

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Michail Antonio has claimed West Ham have the players with the ability to bring their season back on track and show how good they are. Speaking to the London Evening Standard at the launch of the Third Kit he said: “We had three games with not good results, but hopefully back at home against Huddersfield […]

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Jack O’Brien was on motorbike when he pulled alongside West Ham striker’s Jeep in north-east London and demanded watch A serial thief has been jailed for attempting to steal the Premier League striker Andy Carroll ’s £22,000 wristwatch in a drive-by robbery. Jack O’Brien, 23, was on a motorbike when he swooped on the England player’s Jeep Wrangler near Hainault, north-east London, as Carroll was driving home from West Ham ’s training ground last

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Diafra Sakho will tomorrow meet  Slaven Bilic at the Rush Green Training Ground and should he choose not to turn up will be fined a week’s wages – £27k. And that would come on top of the £54k the club will take from him his monthly pay cheque for his trip to France which resulted […]

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Diafra Sakho is still in France missing training at Rush Green for the second day running after allegedly agreeing on personal terms to join French Ligue 1 team Rennes.  France Football claims the Senegal striker and his representatives “do not understand” what has happened over the last 24 hours. He will remain in France on […]

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So we know from David Gold and David Sullivan that they have no intention of selling Diafra Sakho and plan to resist offers for him. For that to happen West Ham supporters, and for him to have a way back, we all need to accept he was most likely badly advised to skip training and travel […]

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    Exclusive by Hugh Southon     David Gold has tonight declared that Diafra Sakho will remain a West Ham player into the “forseeable future.” The co chairman cleared up the incredible rumour mongering surrounding “the move to Rennes that never was” by telling ClaretandHugh exclusively: “I can confirm that Diafra is staying at […]

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Fans from all 20 Premier League club tell us how well their signings are settling in and who they want to bring in before the window closes on Thursday night Alexandre Lacazette looks ready to hit the ground running but another centre-back is a must. Virgil van Dijk would be a big improvement in a defence that includes an ageing Laurent Koscielny, an erratic Shkodran Mustafi and a slow, retiring Per Mertesacker. Having said that, Sead Kolasinac looks like a great …

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MATT LAWTON: Only last week Gareth Southgate acknowledged that the pressure is on Joe Hart as England’s goalkeeper. The competition for the No 1 shirt is more intense than it has been for some time.

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Slaven Bilic is set to get four more games to turn around the club’s disastrous form but the Davids are making plans to plug the gap should he being unable to do so. Nobody truly expected Bilic to be out of a job until he had been given the chance to get some home games […]

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Newcastle earned their first Premier League victory of the season, beating winless West Ham 3-0 at St James’ Park on Saturday.

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Robert Snodgrass has joined Aston Villa on a season-long loan from West Ham. ‘I am delighted to join,’ Snodgrass said. ‘I have had offers from other clubs but it was an easy decision to come here.’

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Diafra Sakho is in the best shape of his life and thoroughly enjoying life at the London Stadium. The striker slotted his first goal of the season at Cheltenham last night and laid on the assist for Andre Ayew’s second as he started to show huge potential that he is coming back to his best. […]

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Aaron Cresswell has received another England call up from Gareth Southgate for England’s World Cup qualifiers against Malta and Slovakia. And Joe Hart has been named as one of the four goalkeepers with Jack Butland, Tom Heaton and Jordan Pickford also named. Cresswell played his first competitive game of the season at Southampton last weekend […]

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By Matthew Kemp With an abundance of centre backs at West Ham, to such an extent that both Reece Burke and Reece Oxford have been loaned to Bolton and Borussia Mochengladbach, the Hammers also have an international defender has another yet to play for the club in the Premier League. Candaian internationa Doneil Henry is […]

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