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Exclusive by Hugh Southon Manchester City are playing serious hardball with West Ham as they bid to bring Kelechi Iheanacho to the London Stadium this summer. Reports arose on Sky Sports that the player will undergo a medical to finalise the transfer after City accepted a £24 million bid from the club. But a senior source at […]

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Just over one fifth of people employed in casual and full-time contracts at the London Stadium are Newham residents, figures have revealed in a Freedom of Information published by the Newham Recorder. Only 247 out of 1,207 people employed at the Stratford venue in February 2017 were from Newham – equating to 20.5 per cent […]

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Everton are ready to pass up on the chance to sign Enner Valencia on a permanent deal claim the Liverpool Echo this afternoon. Everton signed the 27-year-old on a season-long loan from the Hammers in August with the option of buying him in a transfer worth around £10million to the Irons. The ECHO says that […]

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David Sullivan has hailed the arrival of Pablo Zabaletta dubbing the Manchester City cult hero “a supreme professional.” The co chairman has been working day and night to nail down the deal and said: “I have been working on this solid for the last ten days since Manchester City gave us permission to speak to the […]

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Welcome Pablo Zabaletta – Argentine right back, still a top defender and from all my Manchester mates tell me, a great bloke. Yeah of course there will be the moaners who reckon he’s coming to us too late and already I hear the “arriving at the end of his career” grumbles. Not many players get […]

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Leeds United have appointed West Ham Managing Director, Angus Kinnear as their new managing director. Kinnear is due to leave West Ham in June, where he had been managing director, and presided over the club’s move from the Boleyn Ground to the London Stadium. The move comes in the same week as Andrea Radrizzani’s takeover […]

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The Boleyn ground is in its final weeks of demolition as the final West Stand is demolished in which has been a long agonising death over many months for many. Many supporters will be relieved when it is finally over and the ground levelled and that point could be very close.  One of yellow castle […]

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WEST HAM are continuing to hope that Pablo Zabaleta can help them in their bid to bring City striker Kelechi Iheanacho to the London Stadium. With just a few details remaining to be tied up between the Manchester City right back and the Hammers it looks near certain the Argentinian will join the club. He […]

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The Irons have revealed the Club’s striking new away kit for next season. The new design will see the Hammers take to the pitch in style in a Black and Bluefish strip, stating the Club’s intention to make their mark on the Premier League next season. Skipper Mark Noble commented: “It’s a really smart kit! I […]

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When Slaven Bilic signed for West Ham in June 2015 on a three-year contract, excitement was high at the club. The former Croatia boss had been linked with a number of big sides in Europe so for the Hammers to secure his services was seen by many as a coup. He took us to seventh […]

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No formal request has been made by operators London Stadium 185 to increase the London Stadium football capacity to 60,000 for next season the operator has confirmed. Operators LS185 will need to make a formal request to Newham’s Safety Advisory Group (SAG) to increase capacity but have not done so to date. The Safety Advisory Group […]

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West Ham United have issued the Club’s annual Retain List of players at the end of the 2016/17 season which has confirmed the departure of seven Hammers. The has club confirmed that Jonathan Calleri has returned to Uruguayan parent club Deportivo Maldonado after appearing 19 times for the Hammers in which he scored once. Loanee, Turkish […]

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West Ham is on target to exceed an eighty percent renewal rate a source close to the club have told Claret and Hugh.  Premier League clubs work on an 80/20 rule where eighty percent of current season ticket holder renew each season. However, we have been told the club are on target to exceed this […]

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West Ham season ticket holders renewing for next season have agreed to updated terms and conditions which include a new clause in which the club could withdraw their season ticket if the holder does not attend seven or more Premier League matches. All season ticket holders are required to tick a box on renewal online […]

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West Ham have accepted there is little chance of the club being able to move Andy Carroll on this summer whilst they have no alternative but to hope Diafra Sakho can truly get himself fit. The club is frustrated at having two front men on their books who cost over £100k together in wages who […]

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Over 72% of supporters believe Sofiane Feghouli should remain a Hammer after the summer transfer window. In a Claret and Hugh poll of over 1,500 fans, 1,107 (72.16%) said we should keep the 27-year-old who had a good run of form in the last few games. Nearly 18% (276) said we should sell the Algerian […]

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West Ham will press on with Adrian as their No 1 keeper in the 2017/18 season and see signing a new  new stopper as a lesser priority! The club had been linked with the likes of Joe Hart and Jordan Pickford but neither is likely to become available with such as Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester […]

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David Sullivan’s hunt for the homeless man featured on TV after the Manchester terrorist outrage has proved successful. The Hammers co chairman – speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live said: “It looks like he needs some help, so we are desperate to find who he is and give him six months free accommodation and a little […]

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All the dust has settled on a challenging season for the Hammers and the final Premiership table does not actually look that bad. Granted, finishing 11th isn’t great after last year’s seventh and European qualification. But given how keenly we have flirted with relegation all season, it could have been a lot worse. A final […]

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West Ham boss Slaven Bilic has ruled out Liverpool and England striker Daniel Sturridge as a summer transfer target. Despite learning that the Hammers are ready to consider any striker with a top six club on the fringes of the first team, Sturridge is not on the Irons wanted list. With Diafra Sakho and Andy […]

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The story of a homeless man in Manchester called Steve Jones who helped after the cowardly terrorist attack wich killed 22 people has touched West Ham United’s co-owner, David Sullivan. Speaking on ITV, Steve told viewers: “Just because I’m homeless doesn’t mean that I’ve not got a heart. I’m still human still. They needed the help, […]

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Martin O’Neill has drafted West Ham teenager Declan Rice into the Republic of Ireland squad for the end of season internationals. Rice, who turned 18 in January, made his Premier League debut for the Hammers as a late substitute in last Sunday’s 2-1 win over Burnley spending four minutes on the pitch. It was the first […]

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West Ham midfielder Josh Cullen has his sights set on propelling himself into the first-team with the Hammers next season after his loan to Bradford City ended at the weekend after a defeat at Wembley at the weekend to Millwall. “Hopefully, I will be in West Ham’s plans. But if not, then a Championship club is […]

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Should West Ham consider selling Sofiane Feghouli over the summer transfer window or has he proved his place in the squad? French-born Algerian Feghouli started his career in France with Grenoble before he got his big move to Spanish giants Valencia in 2010. He became a key player for Valencia, scoring 30 goals in 198 […]

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The London Stadium could soon by protected by Army troops again after the country’s threat level was raised to critical by MI5’s Counter-Terrorism Analysis Centre this evening following the tragic terrorist events in Manchester yesterday. This means that security arrangements known as Temperer come into play, whereby as many as 5,100 military personnel would take […]

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West Ham should officially announce their first signing of the summer by Friday and it should come as no surprise to most that Pablo Zabaleta is set to sign a two-year contract after agreeing on personal terms with the Hammers. Well-placed Ken Dyer writing in the London Evening Standard claims it could be completed within the […]

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