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“I can’t say I like this window but it can work for you and one or two of the right players coming in can change the face of the team,” Bilic told the London Evening Standard. “We will hopefully do some business in January – not too much but maybe enough to strengthen two or […]

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News that Diafra Sakho could be out until March after deciding to undergo surgery on his long term back injury is irritating …to put it mildly. Slaven Bilic revealed the new in a presser ahead of the trip to Swansea and immediately raised the question which may have been in many minds – why wasn’t […]

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West Ham youngster Toni Martinez is being tipped for a break through to the first team by Academy Director Terry Westley in the new year. Martinez signed a three-year contract with the Hammers in April but has had to settle for life in the U23’s which has been rebranded Premier League 2. Despite missing the […]

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Former Hammer Wellington Paulista has joined Chapecoense on loan for one year. Last month a charter jet carrying the Chapecoense team , along with club officials and journalists, to Medellin for their Copa Sudamericana final match against Colombian side Atletico Nacional came down earlier this month. The extent of Chapecoense’s loss became clear with the confirmed […]

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Andy Carroll is ready to deliver AGAIN against Swansea. The big striker “over the moon to be back in action” has everything crossed he “can keep fit and get back among the goals.” He explained: “I scored a nice goal against Swansea in my last game there and hopefully I can repeat that on Monday. […]

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Slaven Bilic is frustrated by constant speculation about Dimi Payet in the media. In the Swansea pre match press conference Bilic said:  “That is our statement, we don’t want to sell him, speculation is starting again because he is a great player. But he has a long contract with us and we are going to do […]

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Former Hammers boss Sam Allardyce has arrived at Crystal Palace’s training ground for talks with the Chairman. Palace hope a deal can be done in time for Big Sam to be in charge of the Eagles for Monday’s Boxing Day Premier League clash at Watford. As he drove into the training ground, Allardyce told Sky Sports […]

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Valencia will reject an obligatory purchase option linked to a certain number of appearances if they take over West Ham’s loan of Simone Zaza in Januaryu it has been claimed. According to Italian  media outlet Tutto Juve,  Valencia only want to reserve a straight option at the end of the season to make Zaza’s move […]

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Liverpool will demand a loan fee for Mamadou Sakho should West Ham want to loan him for the remainder of the season.   The Daily Mail claim that The Anfield club are commanding a fee of around £500,000 from clubs who wish to take the 26-year-old centre-back for the rest of the season but, combined with […]

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Michail Antonio would be West Ham’s emergency backup keeper if he was ever needed he has revealed. Antonio confirmed: “I sometimes train with the keepers, if it ever comes to it, it’ll be me in between the sticks, and it’ll be a clean sheet.” In August 2015 loanee Arsenal right back Carl Jenkinson found himself […]

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West Ham are one of a number of clubs tracking Brentford striker Scott Hogan reports claim. West Brom, Brighton, Derby,  Reading and Norwich are all said have all shown an interest in the former Rochdale goal frontman. Despite a knee ligament injury last season he has recovered to score 13 goals this season taking his […]

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ClaretandHugh can confirm that “conversations” over the availability of Jermain Defoe have been held but that Sunderland aren’t keen to let their star striker leave the Stadium of Light. The former Hammer has found the net seven times for the third off bottom Black Cats who themselves have only managed 15 all season! And although […]

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Robert Snodgrass is being tracked by West Ham, Middlesbrough and Sunderland after it emerged he has rejected a bumper new three year deal with Hull City. Snodgrass is out of contract in the summer and had initially been hoping to return to Scotland by sealing a fairy-tale move to Celtic. The 29-year-old would have been willing […]

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West Ham have allegedly sent a letter to some the Premier League’s top clubs ahead of the January transfer window as part of a bid to boost their squad with Premier League experienced players claim the Daily Telegraph. The reports claim the Hammers have made specific enquiries over Michy Batshuayi, Daniel Sturridge, Carl Jenkinson, Mathieu Debuchy, […]

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Slaven Bilic will make a fresh bid to land AC Milan striker Carlos Bacca to solve West Ham’s striker crisis claims friend of ClaretandHugh, Darren Lewis in the Daily Mirror today. The Irons agreed a £26million deal for the prolific Colombia striker during the summer – only to see Bacca reject the move. But he is […]

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Reports in the media this morning suggest that West Ham want to bring Jermain Defoe back and are plotting a £6million bid for the Sunderland striker But 34 years of age the big question is whether he would be worth the £6m valuation from Sunderland. The former Hammer has scored eight vital goals for the […]

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West Ham want to bring Jermain Defoe back and are plotting a £6million bid for the Sunderland striker, according to reports. Now 34, the forward continues put them away and has scored eight goals already this season. According to a report in the Sun newspaper, Bilic hopes Defoe will be tempted back for one last stint […]

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West Ham duo Aaron Cresswell and Michail Antonio are both confidently expected to make it into the squad for the match against Swansea on Boxing Day. Both took minor knocks in training during the week but appear to have recovered well and look fine for the game in Wales. ClaretandHugh was also told this evening […]

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e Exclusive Dimi Payet’s discussion about leaving his options has only one flaw – he doesn’t have any at this stage other than West Ham United. Although he is rated one of the hottest properties in the Premier League as yet the club has yet to be approached by any outfit interested in taking the […]

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This afternoon we spoke to the man behind the youtube film which went viral in the last twenty four hours. West Ham fan Jonny Madderson answers our questions about the video which can be found at the bottom of this article. It is a very powerful video, can you tell me a bit about yourself […]

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It’s that time of the year again and as the big day approaches everybody here at ClaretandHugh wishes every single one of our 51k  followers and their families a truly peaceful and happy Christmas. Like the squad, we won’t have a lot of time to rest over the break with the boys back in action […]

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West Ham are looking to ” buy British” this winter after the desperately poor summer window. Stories arose this morning – since denied to ClaretandHugh – that the Irons were interested in Brazilian striker Lucas Pratto. But the Hammers have no appetite for the foreign market after a string of flops have walked into the […]

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ClaretandHugh can confirm that West ham have zero interest in buying Lucas Pratto who was linkd with the club in morning reports. The Sun reported that the club are set to make a shock £12 million bid for Brazil-based Argentinian currently with Atletico Miniero However, a key insider at the club contacted us this morning to […]

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Police have released images of people they wish to trace in connection with disorder at the London Stadium during both the West Ham v Watford match on Saturday, 10th September and the West Ham v Chelsea match on Wednesday 26th October. Police are appealing for help to identify a number of people they wish to […]

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Dimi Payet, Cheik Kouyate and Manuel Lanzini were noticeable absence from first team training at Rush Green yesterday but we have been assured they are back in training today an insider confirmed to ClaretandHugh. West Ham opened their training doors to around sixty season ticket holders from West stand block 114 yesterday in a gesture […]

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It really is very hard not to take a very dim view of Dimi Payet’s behaviour in allowing himself not “to close the door on   anything ” and of being “ambitious.” The timing is thoroughly awful and, whether it is or not, looks to have been made to bring the bids in during the […]

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