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    Dimi Payet turned up for training with the under 23s today and these pictures from Chadwell Heath show exactly what sort of state the Frenchman appears to be in right now. That a European superstar should reduce himself to this situation is really pretty mind-blowing but I guess nothing in football should really […]

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Cheikhou Kouyate and Andre Ayew were both on the winning side at the start of the 2017 CAF Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon. Kouyate skippered Senegal to a 2-0 Group B victory over Tunisia in Franceville, and the team now tops the the group following Algeria’s 2-2 draw with Zimbabwe – their opponents tomorrow […]

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Dimi Payet is this morning being reported as having made a desperate plea to West Ham to allow him to leave for Marseilles this January. We understand he has cited family reasons but the Hammers remain unmoved until the bidding hits their absolute minimum of £30 million. Payet is allegedly insisting he wants to go […]

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As Sean has mentioned below a number of us met with Karren Brady last night to discuss a number of issues and to assist in the transition to the new stadium. We’ll produce a more detailed video analysis over the next couple of days but here is our initial reaction. I’d just like to say […]

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West Ham Vice Chairman Karren Brady spent a three hour meeting on Tuesday evening with representatives of the many of the West Ham websites, blogs fanzines and social media channel community. Together the sites and social media accounts are read and watched by tens of thousands of West Ham supporters. Present at the meeting included KUMB, […]

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Media reports in France this morning suggest that Marseille will make one more bid for Payet this Thursday before turning their attentions elsewhere. Marseille’s latest bid of £22m on Monday is nowhere near West Ham’s valuation of Payet of £35-£40m. The report in France says Marseille will likely make one more bid for Payet and […]

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Watford want to bring former Hammer Mauro Zarate back to the Premier League with a £3m bid. The Argentinean striker has had stints with Birmingham, West Ham and Queens Park Rangers. But the Hornets ‘ manager Walter Mazzarri believes he can tame the fiery Fiorentina star and is close to tying up a loan deal […]

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West Ham have told Dimi Payet to apologise to their fans and show some loyalty to the club after rejecting a fresh bid from Marseille. The club dismissed a £20million offer on Monday for the disgraced 29-year-old playmaker, who is currently on strike. However, it would be a huge shock should Payet to do so […]

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Reports claim West Ham have rejected a second bid from Marseille for outcast Dimitri Payet. The report in the Sun newspaper says that Hammers joint-chairman David Sullivan met with representatives from Payet’s former club earlier today but flatly rejected an improved offer of £22million for his rebel midfielder. The club would prefer Payet to apologise to […]

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Dimi Payet has been valued at £36m while Michail Antonio has been valued £31.8m in a list of the world’s 100 most expensive players. In total, of the 100 players listed by the Football Observatory, 40 are from the Premier League, and nine are English. Neymar who David Sullivan claims he once tried to buy […]

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Simone Zaza has officially signed for Valencia on loan. Speaking to Valencia’s official website Zaza said: “I am very happy and I’m here because I love the fans, I went to the stadium today and saw the game, the fans were incredible. I saw a good team. It’s not an easy time for the side, but […]

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West Ham believe the chances of Dimi Payet doing a U-turn are about one in ten but remain insistent that he won’t be allowed to leave the club on the cheap. Publicly the Hammers are insisting that he’s not for sale but in reality the Frenchman appears to have burned every bridge and it would […]

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Hammers flop Simone Zaza has finally completed his move to Valencia according to The Mirror. The Italian striker – who failed to score in 11 appearances for the Hammers – having been left out of recent games – has now completed a move to Spain. The 25-year-old joins Valencia from parent club Juventus for the remainder […]

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For probably the first time this season West Ham supporters were UNITED in one simple common goal. No difference of opinion about standing or sitting, the popcorn, the stewards, the distance from the pitch or the walk to and from the station. Everyone was UNITED in their disgust of Payet’s behaviour in his refusal to […]

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West Ham responded like men possessed after Payet had walked away from them in his act of treachery. And the ClaretandHugh’s FB group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ have given their reactions. O Outstanding second half. Totally dominated Hope Payet was watching!!!!! OPrediction. Lanzini will continue to grow. He’ll be better than that other bloke could ever hope to […]

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David Sullivan has moved to reassure fans the club is making several moves in the transfer window. The co chairman – after thanking fans for their support against Palace yesterday – said: We have already made a number of bids on players to improve the squad, but the January transfer window is the most challenging […]

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David Sullivan has thanked every fan inside the London Stadium yesterday which “made a massve difference and inspired the team to victory. Speaking on the official website he said: “It made a massive difference and clearly inspired the team to victory. It has been a difficult week for everyone associated with the Club, but the […]

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Exclusive West Ham have received the most derisory of offers from Marseilles for Dimitri Payet which, should a multitude of clauses come to fruition, would have given us just under £20 million. It has been rejected and the French club told to come back when they are ready to start living in the real world. […]

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Us Hammers moan a lot – we’re really good at it but then to be fair we have had a lot of practice down the years when the sun comes out briefly before fortune starts hiding all over again. Paul Ince, Jermain Defoe, yo yoying between divisions on far too many occasions, Dean Ashton’s agony, […]

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Slaven Bilic poured praise in all directions after a magnificent victory and dubbed the crowd as “brilliant” after a great victory over Palace. The manager said: “”It was a very difficult game for us, a very difficult week. But the team showed everything we asked for – determination, character. The first half was nervous but […]

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Andy Carroll believes his amazing strike against Crystal Palace is the best goal he has ever scored. Big Andy struck with an amazing scissor kick to make the score two nil after Sofiane Feghouli had opened the scoring with a tap in and Manu Lanzini added a brilliant third. Ac said immediately after the game: […]

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West Ham beat Sam Allardyce’s Crystal Palace the London Stadium to show they can play without Dimi Payet. Goals from Feghouli, a screamer from Andy Carroll and a chip from Lanzini. Michail Antonio got a hattrick of assists to become the new assist king of West Ham. Payet who? GOAL OF THE SEASON 16/17 BY […]

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Slaven Bilic has called Sam Byram and Jmes Collins into the squad for today’s match declaring: “It is brilliant to have both of them back in contention.” And in his appraisal of the 90 minutes ahead he added: “I was asked in the pre-match press conference if this is the toughest time I have had as […]

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Slaven Bilic has urged Manuel Lanzini to emerge from the shadow of Dimitri Payet and become the top man! That could start today as Manu has the knack of scoring crucial goals against Crystal Palace. Bikic said: ‘Since I’ve been here we played Palace twice at Selhurst Park. ‘Last year we won 3-1 and this […]

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West Ham joint Chairman David Gold and vice-chairman Karren Brady have noticeable absent on social media since news broke of Dimi Payet refusal to play for West Ham seemingly as part of  a deliberate policy not to add more fuel top the fire in twitter outbursts from the two high profile board members. Even Jack […]

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