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Sporting Lisbon officials will return to the negotiating table with West Ham on Thursday morning as a very happy group. William Carvahlo was missing from the team but the Portuguese team completed an absolute rout of Steau Bucharest in Romani tonight (Wed) to win their way through to aa Champions League place. And that may […]

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Slaven Blilic was delighted and relieved to secure his first win of the season declaring: “All and any victory creates confidence.” He was equally happy with the clean sheet after seeing the side ship goals in their two first outings of the season but added: “We can’t get carried away because with all the respect in […]

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Cheltenham Town 0 West Ham 2 Birthday boy James Collins was named man of the match which probably wasn’t a true reflection of a game which which finally saw the Irons get a much needed win under their belts. It was never THAT easy but late first half goals from Diafra Sakho – slowly coming […]

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William Carvhlo is a significant absentee from the Sporting Lisbon team which takes on Steau Bucharest in the second leg of the Champions league clash in Romania this evening at 7.45 pm. It’s one of the Portuguese club’s most important games in years but with transfer negotiations going on with West Ham, the defensive midfielder’s […]

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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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Bordeaux and Lazio are today being reported as being interested in signing Diafra Sakho. But with the striker only just recovered from injury and making tentative steps to full fitness it would come as a surprise if the Irons were ready to let the player leave at this stage. Andy Carroll is still sidelined leaving […]

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David Gold has taken the opportunity to clarify comments he made on social media about West Ham’s youth players. In June the Joint Chairman said on twitter “It’s hard for a teenager to break into the first team and it becomes even harder as the first team gets better but they are, not teenagers forever. dg” […]

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Adrian has the chance to put some heat on Joe Hart this evening although the majority of us will probably be hoping otherwise. We need no further dramas in a season which has got off on entirely the wrong foot with Hart himself looking uncertain at the start of his Hammers loan spell. A top […]

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Cheltenham Town manager Gary Johnson has challenged his players to enhance their reputations against us as the Hammers make their first visit to Whaddon Road. He said: “West Ham need a result and I am sure they don’t care who it’s against or how it comes. I am sure they will be putting out a […]

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West Ham’s hopes of landing Michy Batshuayi  in a late shock loan move  look to have been killed off by the player’s desire to stay at Stamford Bridge The Irons have never stopped tracking the player since failing with a 35 million euros bid for him ahead of his decision to join the champions. And […]

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Slaven Bilic insists he feels under no added pressure following his point-less start to the season. The first ‘he’s on thin ice’ story emerged yesterday but the simple truth is that every manager in the country is under scrutiny in all circustances. Football management is one of the most vulnerable positions on earth and the […]

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Raging Slaven Bilic has blasted Marko Arnautovic and admits he is still fumig at the £24million record signing’s sickening attack on Southampton’s Jack Stephens. Most knew that attitude and risk came with the former Stoke man’s arrival but Bilic hasrarely been seen so angry as he was during yestrday’s presser – banging the table with […]

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This edition of ‘Your Shout’ see’s the bloggers from West Ham Uniteds premier magazine discuss some of the articles that feature in this months publication. Each author has sent me a video clip with their mobile phone and pose a question to me pertaining to their feature. Blowing Bubbles Magazine founder and editor David kicks […]

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Slaven Bilic gave some guarded guidance on transfers in and out as he prepared for the first Cup game against Cheltenham Town tomorrow night (Wed). And it didn’t take too much reading between the lines to work out what he was talking about as the club approaches the final days of the summer transfer window. […]

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Aston Villa and Sunderland are scrapping it out to take Robert Snodgrass into Championship action. The Scotland winger has been training with the under 23s and is now very much out of Slaven Bilic’s plans for the season. And ClaretandHugh has learned this evening that his two former bosses ,Steve Bruce at Villa and the […]

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Sead Haksabanovich could make his first appearance in a West Ham shirt at Cheltenham Town tomorrow night in the televised League Cup match on Sky. The young Swede – who cost us £3 million – has been included in the travelling party which is travelling to  Gloucestershire . Having impressed in the recent win over […]

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Slaven Bilic has revealed that he will take “a really strong squad” to Cheltenham for tomorrow nights League Cup clash against the league Two side. But he hinted that Michail Antonio will be left behind saying: “Only with the players like Antonio – who came back after a long injury and played on Saturday – […]

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Manu Lanzini has issued a timely tweet to ease the anxieties of Hammers everywhere. Injured in pre-season, the Argentine playmaker is on his way back – hopefully to form a positive link with Javier Hernandez who should thrive on the sevice he supplies. Things are starting to look a lot better on the injury front […]

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West Ham have little chance of tying up a deal for William Carvahlo in time for the weekend match at Newcastle despite optimistic reports in the media. And reports coming out of Portugal that the defensve midfielder will travel to London for a medical are quite simply wrong despite the claim he has agreed a […]

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What I’m about to write here will of course create a huge over-reaction among many but I need to get it off my chest regardless and take absolutely no pleasure in doing so. Watching players coming to the end of their career is never easy. I was there for Mooro, Devo, Sir Trev and Billy […]

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Declan Rice looks booked for his second start for the Irons at Cheltenham Town tomorrow evening in the League Cup clash. But hopes that young Nathan Holland may get his chance along wth Toni Martinez appear to have been ruled out by their involvement in the under 23s victory over Spurs yesterday. Manager Slaven Bilic […]

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West Ham this morning are reported to already be eyeing up possible Slaven Bilic replacements with only two games of the season gone. The story has emerged in  The Mirror which claims the usual candidate as a possible next manager,  Rafa Benitez, as the next one. Two defeats – at Mancheter United who repeated the […]

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By Jack Lebeau Follow on Twitter @JackLeabeau66 West Ham U23 miraculously came from 2-0 down at half-time to beat Spurs 3-2 at Hotspur Way on a very rainy afternoon. We started the better of the two teams, with Spurs rarely getting out of their own half. This was supported by us having a good couple […]

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Academy chief Terry Westley has put his first brick in West Ham’s first team wall…and could not be more delighted with his protege Declan Rice. The 18 year old being freely tipped as the next big thing at the club now has a building job to do according to his mentor who speaking to ClaretandHugh […]

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West Ham’s under 23s grabbed victory with an amazing comeback at Spurs. It gets no better than to beat the north Londoners on their own manor and whatever words Terry Westley gave the bys after break  worked the oracle big time after they went in two down. But within 15 minutes they had turned everything […]

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West Ham have dismissed speculation that Andy Carroll will be loaned to Newcastle or any other club. But were there to be a firm offer for the striker to come in before the window closes the club would consider the possbility of a permanent move. Speculation arose over the weekend that Rafa Benitez may attempt to […]

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