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West Ham are said to be in talks with the representatives of Alexandre Mlinde claim the French media. The 17-year-old unknown striker currently plays for French team AS Minguettes, an amateur club in the suburbs of Lyon and it is claimed he has caught the eye of Hammers French scouts. Mlinde scored 21 goals in 22 games […]

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Exclusive By Sean Whetstone   Diafra Sakho could be fined two weeks wages for travelling to France today without the club’s permission. Today was a normal training day at Rush Green and assuming Sakho is in France as widely reported he will be most likely to face the maximum fine of two weeks wages costing […]

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David Sullivan has joined David Gold in uttering the words we have been waiting to hear: Diafra Sakho is going nowhere” – full stop! The chairman – who was responsible for bringing the striker to the club during the Allardyce era – has been watching media events unfold and has joined Gold in telling  CandH […]

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Celtic starlet Anthony Ralston is on West Ham’s radar claims the Scottish Sun newspaper. The report says his performances for the Hoops have alerted a clutch of clubs, including the Hammers after the right-back impressed since breaking into the Hoops first team and was asked to train with the Scotland senior squad on Monday. West […]

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French side Lorient have told Abdul Majeed Waris that he can only leave the club if  West Ham or another club is willing to pay 12 million euros (£11m) for his signature in this transfer window reports claim this afternoon. The Ghanaian is desperate to leave but has been frustrated throughout the summer with three […]

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West Ham’s first team squad have been given NO extra time off over the international break. Our club insiders have totally rubbished social media and general internet stories claiming that to be the case and have made it clear to ClaretandHugh that after the Newcastle  defeat the players only had their normal Sunday and Monday […]

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Stories that Diafra Sakho is leaving the club for Rennes have been roundly denied by Jack Sullivan jnr and his brother David Sullivan. As Sky Sports News and the rest of the media world let us all know that the striker was on his way to Rennes in a £9 million deal the Sullivan boys […]

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Newcastle’s Aleksandar Mitrovic is facing a three game ban after being charged with violent conduct against Manu Lanzini in the weekend match. A  Football Association   statement said:  “Aleksandar Mitrovic has been charged for an alleged act of violent conduct which was not seen by the match officials but caught on video. “The Newcastle United […]

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West Ham are reported to have weighed up a move for PSV Eindhoven goalkeeper Jeroen Zoet. He is also a Crystal Palace target. The Hammers are said to see him as a second keeper replacement only if Adrian leaves before transfer deadline day which is looking unlikely as the Thursday deadline approaches. Zoet is a […]

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Sean Whetstone, George and John Bucci plus Nigel Kahn are back on the West Ham podcast Moore Than Just A Podcast Season 7 Episode 3 to discuss the Slaven Bilic Condundrum in addition to the Cheltenham town League cup win and Newcastle Premier League loss.  Claret and Hugh founder Hugh Southon joins us on the phone […]

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Diafra Sakho’s much speculated switch to Rennes has been dismissed as highly “highly unlikely” by a key club insider after the “news” broke out on social media last night. But ClaretandHugh had it confirmed the French Ligue One outfit had made a bid which was immediately snubbed and described as “ridiculously low.” Rennes had shown […]

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One short and sharp Twitter pic should be taken more seriously than most this evening! It came from veteran journo Alan Nixon who has worked as a freelance for respected national newspapers and is well contacted within the game . Alan gets  more right than he gets wrong but regardless of that until we know […]

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    By Hugh Southon     I wrote recently that it took three years to judge a manager – perhaps that should have been three GAMES! Manchester United was one thing, Southampton quite another but Newcastle? Nah, I’m not having that! I won’t try to find words to explain how I felt as I […]

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Former Hammer Ravel Morrison is set to make a switch to Atlas in the Liga MX after he underwent a medical in Guadalajara today ahead of the move. It was thought he was about to join former West Ham manager Harry Redknapp after the 24-year-old trained with Birmingham over the summer and was taken on the tour of […]

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As fans we find ourselves in a strange position going into this most unwelcome international break (although I’m sure Gareth Southgate won’t see it that way). I always find this particular break in the season the most irritating, it follows a long hiatus from football and just as we are all getting ourselves back into […]

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Monaco are this morning being reported as likely to make a late move for West Ham target William Carvalho. Leading French newspaper L’Equipe say that the Sporting Lisbon defensive midfielder is fancied by the Monaco despite reports  that Anderlecht’s Leander Dendoncker is close to the move to the club. Monaco boss Leonardo Jardim is reported keen on […]

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Manuel Lanzini is this morning reported to have has withdrawn from Argentina’s squad for their World Cup qualifiers with a knee injury. Sky Sports have reported the news amid rumours that he suffered a new setback in his appearance against Newcastle at the weekend. That remains unconfirmed at this stage but it would be a […]

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The Hammers have made a late bid for Valencia defender Aymen Abdennour. They are trying to persuade him to turn his back on a move to Zenit St Petersburg and instead move to the London Stadium and the Premier League. However, the Tunisian is reported to have completed a medical with Zenit and appears to […]

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West Ham have their fingers crossed that Sporting Lisbon will have a last minute change of heart over the proposed switch of defensive midfielder William Carvallo to the London Stadium. Although the deal remains where it was several days ago – with the Hammers offering £5 million less than the Portuguese demands – our negotiators […]

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Crystal Palace boss Frank De Boer is reported to be eyeing up West Ham central defender Jose Fonte as he bid to relieve the pressure on his job after just three games The Dutchman has overseen three straight defeats for zero goals since taking over from Sam Allardyce who quit the game at the end […]

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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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Slaven Bilic’s reign as West Ham United’s boss this afternoon looked to be drawing to an inevitable close. Reports that the manager is set to meet David Sullivan tomorrow (Mon) were overtaken by events at Rush Green this afternoon when the chairman and manager both arrived for what may have been crunch talks. Sullivan – […]

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West Ham manager Slaven Bilic has been made the over night bookies favourite for the first Premier League manager to be sacked. Yesterday Bilic was the fourth favourite at 4/1 behind Frank De Boer, Rafa Benitez and Antonio Conte but he has been made the odds on favourite overnight after the crushing 3-0 defeat at Newcastle.  Sky […]

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A big majority of West Ham supporters want Slaven Bilic to leave the club. The  popular independent website ClaretandHugh launched a new poll on the manager’s position after the 3-0 defeat by Newcastle asking fans whether they would prefer hes hould stay or leave the club. And the site’s followers rushed to cast their vote […]

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Reports have emerged this morning that Slaven Bilic’s position is under review at West Ham and that he will meet the owners to discuss his future. These are not far wide of the mark after the performance at Newcastle yesterday which left board members shocked at the terrifying performance of the team. The Hammers looked […]

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Robert Snodgrass has delivered a devastating assessment of  his time at West Ham and how he couldn’t wait to get out of the London Stadium. And he claims his entire problem at the club centred on Slaven Bilic’s  determination to play him out of position. Speaking to Aston Villa media officials following his loan move […]

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