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Dimitri Payet was again performing heroics tonight (Fri) as France came from behind to win their World Cup qualifying match against Sweden. Payet found the net from close range with 25 minutes remaining to ensure the Swedes were seen off and Frace stayed top of European Group A. Les Bleus had fallen behind in the […]

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Simone Zaza’s father/agent Antonio has finally admitted what we all knew – that his declaration we would have to sign the striker after ten games was wrong! He was quoted in the Italian Press on October 5 as saying that the deal included the provision that after 14 games we had to sign the front […]

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Huge guffaws of laughter rang around the CandH offices yesterday when we read that the LS  operators are allegedly considering asking the Irons for a contribution towards the increased costs of policing at the London Stadium. Apparently, because of the entirely unforseen possibility that the security they had put in place – and for which they are […]

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Fiorentina are back on the trail of Pedro Obiang. The Serie A outfit have been casting envious eyes in the midfielder’s direction almost from the day he joined the Irons but have little or no chance of wooing the player away. After media reports had surfaced in Corriere dello Sport that he was very much the […]

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Besiktas have confirmed ClaretandHugh’s morning story that Gokhan Tore will only return to the club from his West Ham loan if the Hammers surrender the £2.5 million loan fee. And we understand that the Irons are ready to do so and save the £40,000 a week wages we are paying the flop winger. We reported […]

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David Gold fears that if Aaron Cresswell doesn’t get on for the start against Scotland this evening he won’t get on at all. The co chairman is thrilled our  left back has received his international call up declaring: “No player deserves it more – he has worked so hard and been brilliant for this club […]

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David Gold will be giving full backing to a safe seating proposal which will be discussed at thet Premier League meeting next Wednesday. The Hammers co chairman – speking from Portugal to ClaretandHugh a few imutes ago – made it clear the time had come for the experiment to be given the go ahead by […]

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West Ham have still received no inquiries about Dimi Payet and won’t be selling the player in January even should there be. Despite Payet having become Europe’s most admired playmaker, no Premier League clubs have approached the Hammers and there has been no interest from abroad. Dimi’s future became an issue recently when he apparently […]

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Gokhan Tore is virtually certain to be sent back to Besiktas in the January transfer window. The Irons have accepted they will lose the £2.5 million loan fee agreed with the Turkish club which was believed to be proving an obstacle between the two clubs. Besikitas had recently gone public in claiming they would not […]

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The vast majority of Irons fans do not believe Aaron Creswell will get a start in tomorrow night’s match against Scotland. Gareth Southgate has called up the Hammers left back but most of those voting in a ClaretandHugh poll believe our left back will be cold-shouldered just as our wideman Michail Antonio was before eventually […]

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Headlines about the lack of  a Police radio system have made the newspapers in recent months. Police reportedly refused to enter the London Stadium over a long running argument of who would pay to upgrade the Airwave system within the stadium. We were first told the system would be upgraded by the Arsenal home game […]

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Slaven Bilic has used a remarkable 24 players during our 11 Premier League matches so far. With the international break upon us ClaretandHugh’s regular ratings man NIALL McDONALD runs the rule over our key performers and under-achievers: Antonio: Been played at right-back, left-wing, right-midfield and centre forward with varying success but still scored 6 vital […]

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ClaretandHugh attended a meeting with the Metropolitan Police football unit yesterday in Lambeth as part of a debrief about the policing and security on the night of the West Ham v Chelsea EFL Cup match. The supporter meeting arranged by Football Supporters Federation case worker, Amanda Jacks included representation from operators London Stadium 185 and […]

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Operators London Stadium 185 and West Ham United will introduce a new independent appeal process for anyone facing a stadium ban. Anyone banned from the London Stadium this season has been the result of collaboration between the Stadium Safety Officer and West Ham’s Chief Operating Officer. Once the evidence is collated a letter is sent […]

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Plans to install stadium wide WIFI in the London Stadium have been abandoned after the collapse of the naming rights deal with an Indian company. Mahindra Tech were awarded the technology contract to install and manage the new stadium wide WIFI but that deal also collapsed when Mahindra pulled out the naming rights deal with […]

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Edmilson Fernandes has been called up for the first time by his nation and one has to assume his form for the Irons since his move is responsible. The midfielder has been one of the few Hammers to impress since he arrived in the first team and is delighted to get the call from Switzerland. […]

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Slaven Bilic looks entirely safe in his position despite the team’s uncertain start to the season. The bookies had him at near odds on for the sack a month ago but he is now priced at 11/1 against the bullet with some frms. And ClaretandHugh has been told by club insiders that he will oversee […]

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Hopes are now high that Diafra Sakho will make his long awaited squad return for the match against Spurs at White Hart Lane next weekend. The news has come direct from Stijn Vandenbroeuck, Head of Medical and Sports Science in his latest update on the club’s walking wounded. He said: “Diafra Sakho has been training with the […]

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West Ham are tracking Chelsea’s on loan teenager Tammy Abraham who is proving a goalscoring sensation at Bristol City. With class strikers so thin on the ground, the Irons scouting staff have been watching the 18 year old who has been scoring for fun with the Championship outfit Since agreeing a season long deal with […]

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New stories are floating around this afternoon claiming West Ham are ready to sell Diafra Sakho in the transfer window. Now I know there’s an international break right now and hard news stories are difficult to come by but come on let’s get a grip. There’s fact and fiction but this claim is fantasy! Diafra […]

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CandH blogger Rich Sprent is a worried man and doesn’t expect this piece to be popular or meet with universal approval but finds he has quite a lot he needs to get off his chest! We are happy to give him the opportuty of doing just that. This week the focus has been on Adrian’s […]

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James Collins has made it clear the Adrian error is a thing of the past and that it’s tme to get on with things again. He said: “I’ve had a long career and I’ve probably made more mistakes than anyone, so I cannot really comment on it! “I was there to get the ball and […]

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West Ham United have today released a new UK rate 03 telephone number for the club’s ticket office which will save fans up to 68p a minute. The club has explained calls to 03 numbers must count towards any inclusive minutes included in mobile, BT or other fixed line packages. The new number for fans […]

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Simone Zaza have finally confirmed – albeit indirectly – that  Simone Zaza’s loan deal does contain a 14 GAME permanent signing trigger clause. The Italian media had insisted that the figure was ten but commenting on reports from the players agent/Dad, Antonio that “something is moving” in talks, a Hammers source made it clear the […]

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West Ham fans look likely to spring a small surprise as voting continues in a Dimi Payet “stay or sell”  poll on Irons website ClaretandHugh. With the France midfielder claiming in a TV interview that he wouldn’t close the door on a possible move, Hammers fans  were expected to vote heavily for him to stay. […]

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Last week we ran a poll to ask which West Ham striker would be most likely to score this season. The Hammers remain the only Premier League side where a striker has yet to  score this season but nearly 50% believe Ayew will deliver the goods. From the 949 supporters who took part in the survey […]

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