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The Hammers are ready for a tug of war with Everton for the signature of £25 million-rated Gyfli Sigurdsson. The Irons have tracked the Swansea midfielder for a long time and will move heaven and earth to get him this summer. Much depends on whether the Swans are relegated as manager Paul Clement will fight […]

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London Stadium owners are set to transform the upper tier over the summer by installing a new continuous LED banner advertising screen across the gaps between the lower and upper tiers including the concrete areas next to the giant screens where supporters flags hang including the huge Claret and Hugh flag. Karren Brady bought a new London […]

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West Ham will be investing over £200,000 to replace the Green Astroturf which surrounds the London Stadium pitch this summer. In a continued effort of WestHamification of our new home, the club has decided that replacing the green Astroturf will have a massive visual impact for next season and the new pitch surround will be […]

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Slaven Bilic insists the Irons are ready to turn it on against Liverpool on Sunday just as they did against Spurs last Friday. He told the official site: “We are preparing and we are planning to do something similar to last week when we play Liverpool,” he said. “There are a lot of similarities in […]

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Michail Antonio joined West Ham in September 2015 for £7.5m on a four-year contract said to be worth £25,000 per week at the time with the contract scheduled to last until the end of June 2019. His wages effectively doubled overnight when compared to the £12,500 per week he reportedly received at Nottingham Forest as he made his first […]

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The future of the Hammers Social club remains in limbo this week after an Annual General Meeting (AGM) last Sunday failed to come to a conclusion on its immediate future. Financial accounts for the year were rejected by the twenty plus members present and they complained there was no formal agenda or plan with regards […]

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Slaven Bilic has confirmed Andy Carroll will once again be out for the Liverpool game. On Carroll he told reporters at the press conference this morning: ” “No, he won’t play. He tried to train yesterday and today but it is not good. Again, it is nothing major but it is very frustrating. It is not a subject […]

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Michail Antonio has revealed he wants to play in the Champions League and believes he can do so with West Ham. In an interview with WHUFC.com he said: “I’m a very ambitious person, one thing I want to do is play Champions League and me signing this contract now, in my prime years, is showing […]

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Academy Director Terry Westly believes a number of his youngsters are now ready for the Premier League next season with a particular focus on young centre-back Declan Rice who he believes will be the next Academy product to break through as a regular Hammers first teamer. In March this year, the Under 23 captain, Declan […]

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Slaven Bilic is absolutely thrilled that Michail Antonio has committed himself to West Ham, and revealed there has been interest in him from other clubs. The manager said: “It’s great news for us. To be fair, I have always been confident Mikey would sign, but it is still a great feeling to have one of […]

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West Ham will be looking to save a further £11.4m in wages by ditching four more players over the summer which will free up the wage budget up for incoming players. Gokhan Tore will come to the end of his loan on wages thought to top £60,000 per week, it will also be the end […]

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Captain Mark Noble is the latest Hammer to undergo an operation this week after playing on with an injury for several months.  Michail Antonio and Cheik Kouyate had operations earlier this week and now it is Noble’s turn. Mark Noble will have an operation to rectify a long-standing double hernia injury on Saturday and will, therefore, […]

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West Ham’s patience with Andy Carroll and Diafra Sakho has now been exhausted and the club will consider any or all offers for both in the summer. Carroll has been training all week and looks odds-on to appear at some stage in the match against Liverpool – a club with which it is believed he […]

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West Ham’s new deal with Michail Antonio means the player looks likely to end his career – or very close to it – at the London Stadium. It emerged shortly after the announcement was made that the new Hammer of the Year had agreed what is effectively a six year contract rather than four.   […]

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West Ham maybe heading for an £85 million summer spend in the transfer window. ClaretandHugh has done the sums and with £45 million consistently made available another £40 million could and perhaps should be added to Slaven Bilic’s budget. The club saved  £20m by not signing Simone Zaza in a deal they were obliged to pay […]

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Former Hammers Academy product Frank Lampard Junior refused to airbrush West Ham out his footballing career at a business conference today. Giving an interview to Gabby Logan in front of businessmen at the Excel centre close to Canning Town he refused to gloss over his time at West Ham. Gabby told him she wanted to concentrate […]

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Southampton’s Republic of Ireland striker Shane Long, who was on the club’s radar last summer, could again become a target this summer according to a number of reports in the papers this week. Last week Long came off the bench for his 20th substitute appearance of the season for the Saints. That’s more than double […]

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West Ham is said to be tracking the availability of London-born Kundai Benyu who plays as a central midfielder for Ipswich. The 19-year-old has played for the Ipswich u21s and u18s side and spent last season on loan at Aldershot. He played 22 games for Aldershot scored 5 goals and 2 assists. He has been heavily featured and […]

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West Ham has been linked Bristol City defender Aden Flint, according to reports. The Sun reports that Aston Villa and Derby County are interesting in signing the £5m rated centre-back, who has been one of the standout performers at Ashton Gate this season. West Bromwich Albion is also said to following developments with the 27-year-old. With […]

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West Ham’s under 23s will  take on Newcastle United in the Premier League 2 Division 2 Play-Off final at St James’ Park next Tuesday night ( May 16)  at 7pm. The Hammers will travel to the north east full of hope that they can record their first win over the Toon side this season. Terry […]

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Pablo Zabaleta has reportedly been offered around £100,000 a week to make the move from Manchester City to West Ham this summer. In a story published this morning the Sun reports Zabeleta as having told  Sport360: “I’m not getting any younger and we see new players coming in for the future.” The veteran full-back is […]

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The Irons are set to make a firm offer to buy Michy Batshuyai with Chelsea disinterested in letting the player out on loan. The Belgian striker has failed to make a single Premier League start for the Blues this season despite 17 substitute appearances for the West London team but he has remained bang at the top […]

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It appears West Ham’s injury curse has struck their backroom team too after a photo of Julian Dicks was posted by his daughter. The 48-year-old is seen resting on the floor with an inflatable cast around his knee. A club insider said the first team coach had a nasty slip in the shower after training […]

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Hammer Angelo Ogbonna appears to have revealed one of West Ham’s new kit in an Instagram post on social media. The injured defender posted a photo of his teammate Sam Byram at a photo-shoot at the Chadwell Heath training ground today. The dark coloured kit could possibly be the third kit for the Hammers next season a […]

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  It was a year ago to the day – May 10th – that West Ham United played it’s last ever game at our  legendary home of Upton Park. It resulted in a fantastic 3-2 win over Manchester United but the sheer joy and sadness of that night could be measured in virtually equal parts […]

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West Ham will  most certainly not be going on holiday having ensured their Premier League status. Indeed given the current run of clean sheets and particularly outstanding performance against Spurs, if anything the end of the season is coming too soon. Many teams – whether they have a vacation mentality or not at this time […]

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