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Hammer Diafra Sakho marked his return to International football with a goal in Senegal’s 2-0 victory over Cape Verde Islands in Saturday’s World Cup qualifiers. On his first international appearance in almost two years, Sakho helped his country to all three points which takes them to the top of Group C in the African qualification […]

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West Ham are this morning claimed to be set for a £7million swoop on Anderlecht’s Polish striker Lukasz Teodorczyk The 26-year-old was linked with an Anfield move in the summer after scoring 27 goals in Belgium. And after the deal failed to materialise the Hammers have been tracking him and are reported to have sent […]

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West Ham are watching a number of strikers ahead of the January transfer window fearing that “unpredictable” Diafra Sakho will again push for a move. The Hammers striker will see duty with the Senegal international team this evening as he returns to form  with the Irons but the club know there are no guarantees he won’t […]

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The Premier League has been urged to reconsider reported proposals to play matches on Christmas Eve.  Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport,Tom Watson MP, has written to the league’s chief executive Richard Scudamore. Some reports have been saying Leicester v Manchester United, Arsenal-Liverpool and West Ham-Newcastle could be moved for live […]

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Spanish football website donbalon.com says Hammers striker Chicharito is not a completely happy man in East London and is considering a move in January to be closer to his girlfriend. A report in Don Balon today says the Mexican striker is head over heels in love with the Spanish actress Andrea Duro and knows that remaining […]

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Arthur Masuaku is being seen as a better bet for the left wing spot than £24 million record signing at the moment. Hammers fans voting in a ClaretandHugh poll have plumped for the back up left back to Aaron Cresswell on current form. We asked who was the best of the two on the left […]

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West Ham are set to be rivalled by Southampton in a January chase for Theo Walcott in January. The Irons have the Gunners and England star very much in their sights after inquiries in the summer window but his former club are keen to stage a reunion with the 28 year old. With just 18 […]

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Michail Antonio has been honoured with a giant hanging shirt bearing his name and number at London Stadium. He has been celebrated in recognition of his status as the reigning Hammer of the Year – the first recipient of the prestigious award at the LS. The number 30 shirt will now hang in the concourse […]

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The Premier League have called an end to money loaned against future TV money previously used by West Ham since 2013. “The clubs have agreed a new rule which will mean that any assignments of central funds can only be made to Financial Conduct Authority-registered lenders,” a Premier League spokesman has confirmed. In layman’s terms, […]

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Hammer Marko Arnautovic masterminded an Austrian comeback last night for a 3-2 win although his efforts were in vane and Austria won’t be going to the World Cup. Arnautovic’s 16th international goal gave Austria the lead for the first time at 2-1 after Guido Burgstaller had cancelled out Luka Milivojevic’s opener. However, there would be one last twist in […]

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West Ham are said to be tracking Sporting CP right-back Cristiano Piccini according to reports on Desporto in Portugal today. Spanish club Real Betis sold Piccini to Sporting CP in May this year for €3m with a percentage of the fee going to Fiorentina. The Italian wing-back joined Betis in 2014 on-loan before signing permanently from Fiorentina in the summer of […]

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Michail Antonio has become the latest Hammers hero to be honoured with a giant hanging shirt bearing his name and number at the London Stadium. The 27-year-old gets a shirt as reigning Hammer of the Year just as Payet was displayed last season until his departure. Antonio’s number 30 shirt was unveiled this week alongside […]

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West Ham’s Premier League match against Newcastle on Saturday 23rd December could move to a Friday night on 22nd December. Sky and BT Sport paid a combined £5.136bn for the UK TV rights which works out £11m per match. Sky Sports are legally entitled to two matches every Sunday with 1.30pm and 4pm slots and […]

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West Ham is considering an approach for Espanyol Coach Quique Sanchez Flores, according to reports in the Spanish Diario Sport today. The 52-year-old previously managed Watford during the 2015-16 season leading them to the FA Cup semi-finals and a mid-table league position. Flores signed a three-year contract with Espanyol last summer bu the report states he […]

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The Hammers could make a move Kwadwo Asamoah in January if he refuses to sign a new contract with Juventus. The 28-year-old has one year left on his current contract. According to Calciomercato West Ham are ready to put in a bid for the Ghanaian but will face competition from Galatasaray who are readying a £3.35m bid for […]

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West Ham are in a three-horse race to sign talented Ghana Under-17 defender Rashid Alhassan, GHANAsoccernet.com claim today. Hannover 96 and Chicago Fire in addition to West Ham are all said to keeping tabs on the highly rated young left-back. The 17-year-old has been linked to a host of clubs in recent weeks but the […]

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Former Hammer Kevin Nolan has been named the Sky Bet League Two Manager of the Month for September. Nolan’s Notts County were almost unstoppable in September, winning six successive games to jump to the top of Sky Bet League Two and collecting 18 points from a possible 21. Joining in January after a failed management […]

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Ekaterinburg Arena in Russia has built temporarily seats on scaffolding outside their stadium to meet a FIFA criteria of 35,000 spectators for the world cup. The London Stadium has often been criticised and mocked for their of scaffolding for the lower tier retractable seating but this new barmy seating in Russia takes it to a […]

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Arthur Masuaku has proved himself to be just as capable on the left wing as the left back. The left-back signed from Olympiakos in August 2016 for a fee understood to be £6m. Last week he told WHUFC.com “I like to go forward because when I was younger I played left wing, so for me my best position […]

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Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo has put a spoke in the wheel of any hopes the Hammers may have of signing William Carvalho in January. The Hammers are still hoping the feud between themselves and Sporting Lisbon will have cooled sufficiently for them to return with another bid in the window with Sporting apparently ready to […]

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Diafra Sakho is very much in the frame to play a part in the World Cup qualifier against Cape Verde with West Ham medics hoping there is no replay of the horrors that last hit him on international duty. The striker’s long term injury problems began on an international treatment table in 2014 whilst on […]

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West Ham would veto any possible disruption to football fixtures because of Athletics championships a source close to the club has claimed today. Recent reports have suggested that UK Athletics could bid for the European and World Athletics championships in 2022, 2027 or 2029 but a senior West Ham source has told Claret and Hugh […]

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A brilliant double save was enough to ensure that Joe Hart collected the Man of the Match award from last night’s dreadful game between England and Slovenia. That was a morale booster for the Hammers keeper who has been under keen scrutiny since his move to the London Stadium but it’s not enough to keep […]

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With the international break boring the living hell out of us all ClaretandHugh has taken the opportunity of rating the Hammers first teamers and managers over the first seven League games. Here’s how we see em along with the manager. Hart: With the exception of Palace, the Hammers have conceded more goals at 13 than […]

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The UK will bid to host nearly 50 major events in 19 sports over the next eight years, including the return of the IAAF World Athletics to Stratford. According to elite funding agency UK Sport, the events would attract over seven million paying fans and have an economic impact of more than £440million to host […]

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Cand Exclusive Burnley boss Sean Dyche is set to  become a surprise runner in the West Ham managerial race if the Hammers decide not to renew  Slaven Bilic’s contract next summer. The Croatian boss can save himself with a rapid rise up the table and were he to turn the team’s fortunes around with a […]

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