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Posted on 05 August 2018. Tags: club-insiders, instead-listen, other-reports, sky sports, whispers
Italian journalist Alfredo Pedulla has reported that Brazilian free agent Bernard has chosen to reject West Ham’s offer & will instead listen to mega money offers from China. However, other reports suggest negotiations are still ongoing with an offer of a four year contract at £110,000 per week on the table. On Friday club insiders […]
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Posted on 04 August 2018. Tags: coaches, compared-him, deep-midfield, News, paris, sky sports, whispers
Former Hammer Joe Cole has told the Coaches’ Voice that Manuel Pellegrini should play new signing Jack Wilshere deeper in midfield and compared him to Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Marco Verratti. Cole has urged Pellegrini to play the 26 year old in deep midfield rather than the number 10 role – and reckons he shows similarities […]
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Posted on 04 August 2018. Tags: claret, internet, visits-per, west ham united fc, whispers
Claret and Hugh has renewed it’s associate membership of the Football Supporters Federation (FSF) C&H is a Associate member of the FSF for the third year running representing 74,255 registered website users. With an average of 1.5 million visits per month Claret and Hugh remains one of the most read West Ham sites on the Internet […]
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Posted on 04 August 2018. Tags: conclusion, players, skysports, the-conclusion, victory-over, west ham united fc, whispers
Manuel Pellegrini is delighted with the squad’s attitude following the conclusion of their pre-season programme ahead of Liverpool next weekend. Speaking after last night’s victory over Angers SCO, he said: “The players that have come in with our new project, both the new signings and the players who were here before, feel that the club is […]
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Posted on 04 August 2018. Tags: footy news, News, premier league, topped-the-poll, trinity-mirror, whispers
Trinity Mirror ran a poll last week asking football fans whether they love, hate or are indifferent to each Premier League club on the cusp of the new 2018/19 campaign next weekend. Chelsea topped the poll with 68.7 percent of fans saying they did not like the Stamford Bridge club while 68.1 percent expressed their hatred for Manchester […]
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Posted on 03 August 2018. Tags: excellent, fredericks, News, ratings, the-business, west ham news, whispers
Hugh hands out the ratings as the Hammers conclude pre-season games Fabianski: Only had one real shot to deal with and produced a decent save 6 Fredericks: Excellent performance from a guy who really looks the business 7 Ogbonna: Steady Eddie, never in trouble. 6 Balbuena: Couple of scary moments when dispossessed and a […]
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Posted on 03 August 2018. Tags: club, football news, grodig, last-season, republic, screened-live, whispers
West Ham have confirmed that Friday’s match will be screened live for supporters in the UK and Republic of Ireland via the club’s official Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/westhamunited West Ham will meet Angers, who finished 14th in Ligue 1 last season, at the 4,128-capacity Das.Goldberg-Stadion in Grodig. The stadium is the home ground of SV Grodig, who […]
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Posted on 03 August 2018. Tags: good-training, News, west ham news, West Ham United, whispers
West Ham’s Head of Medical Richard Collinge has provided an injury update on WHUFC.com Collinge revealed that Chicharito, Felipe Anderson and Aaron Cresswell could all play some part at Das.Goldberg Stadion after a strong week of training in Kitzbuhel. “It’s been a good week in a fantastic location for us with a good training venue […]
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Posted on 03 August 2018. Tags: attacking, attacking-wide, sky sports, stir-on-social, whispers
Daily Mail journalist Lee Clayton caused a stir on social media this morning when he posted on Twitter “West Ham growing increasingly confident of signing Bernard, Brazilian international and another attacking wide player. I think that’s known as going for it.” West Ham were initially quoted £200,000 per week wages by his agent back in […]
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Posted on 03 August 2018. Tags: good-idea, News, stage, whispers, world-on-fire
Cheik Koutaye’s departure from the club came as no shock to most but was it a good idea to let him leave at this stage? It’s true that he hasn’t exactly the set the world on fire over the past season or two and that many thought it would be a good idea to move […]
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Posted on 03 August 2018. Tags: barely-appeared, hammers, hammers news, liverpool, super sunday, upton park, whispers
Felipe Anderson is set to get a run out against Angers Sco tonight as the Hammers conclude their pre-season build-up ahead of the Liverpool game. The club’s record £35 million signing has barely appeared since arriving at the club and manager Manuel Pellegrini hinted after the last match against Mainz that the Brazilian is all […]
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Posted on 02 August 2018. Tags: asked-visiting, News, sky tv, westham fc, whispers
The FSF Away Fans Feedback Survey 2017/18 has not fared well for the London Stadium for the second year running. The FSF Away Fans Feedback Survey asked visiting fans to rate a range of factors across the whole of their matchday experience, both outside and inside the ground. All Away fans were asked to rate […]
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Posted on 02 August 2018. Tags: goal, great-year, heights-under, martinez, spain-on-loan, valladolid, whispers
Toni Martinez is hoping to follow up on a great year in Spain on loan with a breakthrough season at West Ham. And his goal against Mainz in the Betway Cup was a confidence booster as he aims the hit the Hammers heights under Mnauel Pellegrini. The striker helped Real Valladolid win promotion to La […]
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Posted on 02 August 2018. Tags: joins-the-likes, News, portugal, small-gamble, three-year-deal, whispers, xande-silva
West Ham are posied to announce Portugal starlet Xande Silva as their eighth summer signing. The 21-year-old forward has put pen to paper on a three-year deal from Portuguese side Vitoria, subject to international clearance. The £1.8m capture with £1.3m of potential add-ons is a small gamble for the future. Silva joins the likes of […]
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Posted on 02 August 2018. Tags: cheik-kouyate, club, hammers, means-the-club, News, offers-comes, whispers
The departure of Cheik Kouyate (right) to Palace at £9.5 million has barely made a dent in the Hammers net spend for the season. And with only very fringe players being allowed to move on if the right offers comes in it means the club’s overall expenditure has hit an all time high this season. […]
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Posted on 02 August 2018. Tags: antonio, eight-starts, having-made, media-outlet, scored-eight, whispers, whtid
According to a report in Spanish media outlet Marca, West Ham are planning to offer a bid of around £20 million to sign striker Antonio Sanabria from La Liga outfit Real Betis. The 22-year-old is a full Paraguay international, having made nine appearances for his country since making his debut in 2013. He scored eight times in eight starts […]
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Posted on 02 August 2018. Tags: 147-appearances, football banter, football latest, having-made, News, transfer gossip, whispers
West Ham has confirmed that Cheikhou Kouyate has joined Crystal Palace on a permanent four-year contract for an undisclosed fee thought to be worth £9.5m plus a further £1.5m of add-ons. The Senegal international leaves the Hammers having made 147 appearances and scored 15 goals across four seasons. The midfielder joined from Belgian club Anderlecht for […]
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Posted on 31 July 2018. Tags: among-the-fan, cure, fabianski, fans, football latest, News, whispers
Lukasz Fabianski may be suffering a hang ovcr from last season but he sees the cure as being not very far away. The former Swansea keeper suffered a relegation of course but is now entirely focused on the Hammers as excitement builds among the fan base. However, he has issued a warning to the fans […]
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Posted on 31 July 2018. Tags: 2018-19-season, fronts, main-sponsors, the-fronts, transfer news, whispers
Premier League clubs have broken their own record for combined shirt sponsorship deals, with the 20 clubs generating £313.6 million for the 2018-19 season, a rise of £31.8m on last year Sportingintelligence.com has revealed. This is ‘only’ for the main sponsors on the fronts of the shirts. Sleeve sponsors are paying a further £46m to the 20 clubs […]
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Posted on 30 July 2018. Tags: general-media, premier league, striker-targets, the-reality, westham news, whispers
Moussa Marega does not figure highly on the manager’s list of striker targets although the club do hold a “tiny interest” in the Porto front man. The general media have been touting the 27 year old as a target for the past couple of weeks but the reality is he is one of five front […]
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Posted on 30 July 2018. Tags: afternoon, arnautovic, kitzbuhel, latest football news, whispers
West Ham players have reported to Rush Green for a morning training session before flying to Austria this afternoon. The Hammers have a four-day trip to Arnautovic’s homeland, where they will be based in the Alpine town of Kitzbuhel at a five-star hotel with stunning views of the mountains. Arnautovic told WHUFC.com “It’s nice to be there, […]
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Posted on 30 July 2018. Tags: money-under, online soccer news, solhekol, still-want, upthehammers, whispers
The Daily Express yesterday claimed again that West Ham is chasing Porto striker Moussa Marega. The report seems to be based on comments made by Sky Sports reporter Kaveh Solhekol a few days ago who said: “West Ham have spent quite a lot of money under their new manager Manuel Pellegrini and they still want to […]
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Posted on 30 July 2018. Tags: david-moyes, first-surfaced, manuel, News, predecessors, should-come, whispers
Barcelona’s Andre Gomes has long been linked with West Ham. Rumours first surfaced last Summer under Slaven Bilic and they returned again under David Moyes in the January transfer window. It should come as no surprise they have returned yet again under Manuel Pellegrini who also said to be an admirer like his predecessors. Last week […]
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Posted on 29 July 2018. Tags: official, such-as-myself, the-official, tractor, tractor-boys, transfer gossip, whispers
Marko Arnautovic made a very strong point to those such as myself who weren’t overly impressed with the Irons outing against the Tractor Boys yesterday (Sat). Speaking to the official website he said: “We are trying to work on the basics that the gaffer wants from us. But it is not always easy because the […]
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Posted on 29 July 2018. Tags: life-at-west, making-it-clear, million-record, sports news, then-revealed, West Ham United, whispers
Felipe Anderson grabbed his first goal in claret and blue and then revealed how Chelsea’s Wilian had persuaded him to swap Serie A for the Premier League. And he’s very glad to be here making it clear the £35 million record fee down’t faze him in the least as he prepares for life at West […]
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Posted on 29 July 2018. Tags: coyi, fredericks, love-the-bloke, marks, whispers
Hugh hands out the marks as the Irons complete another pre-season victory Fabianski: No complaints at all particularly as he was always looking to deliver straight to feet. 6 Fredericks: Love the bloke. Lightning down the right side and fine assist for the goal. Knows how to defend 7 Balbuena: Early days but […]
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