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West Ham are hoping to discover whether a deal to bring Carlos Bacca to the Olympic Stadium is alive or dead by the end of the week. The Hammers have seen a bid of around £25 million agreed with AC Milan and have held talks with the Colombian striker’s advisors over the last few days. […]

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DAVID SULLIVAN was today reported to be speaking from the set of his latest movie project when telling Darren Lewis of The Mirror that he has slapped a £100 million price tag on Dimi Payet. We reported the piece earlier but the co chairman’s new movie is also of interest to us and other movie […]

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Geoff Hurst’s legendary No 10 World Cup winning shirt goes up for sale at Sotheby’s today with some believing it could collect around half a million pounds. Some West Ham supporters fans may automatically feel the club should buy it but the West Ham don’t believe that would right. Hurst’s incredible hat-trick against then West […]

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West Ham are quoted odds of 33/1 to win the UEFA Europa League before the third round qualifying draw this Friday. Bookies Paddy Power has made Manchester United, the 8/1 favourites with Fiorentina second favourites at 12/1. Athletic Bilbao and Inter Milan are joint third favourites at 16/1. Southampton who join at the group stage at […]

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West Ham are among 25 teams entering the UEFA Europa League competition when the third qualifying round draw is streamed live at 2pm on Friday. West Ham are seeded fourteen in  this round of the competition with a coefficient of 16.256. When the seeding pots  are released on the morning of the draw, the teams will […]

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You really do have to hand it to David Sullivan …this is a bloke who doesnt mess around. And this morning he has sent any clubs interested in Dimi Payet – notably Inter Milan – running for cover by putting an extraordinary £100 million price on the 29 year old’s head. He reckons the market […]

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David Gold has taken a hefty sideswipe at France boss Didier Deschamps declaring: “You don’t take a player off because he has a quiet 20 minutes – that’s just wrong. The French boss took he West Ham hero Dimi Payet off in the Euro 2016 Final and saw his team slump to defet even with […]

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West Ham has appointed a company called Fabric Architecture to design, engineer, manufacture and install large-scale fabric covers over the retractable seating gaps inside the former Olympic Stadium. The company has released a press release saying: “Building on the strong relationships formed with senior members of the project team from Olympic Park related projects like […]

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Dimitri Payet is now firmly odds on favourite to stay at West Ham with odds of 1/6 with bookies Sky Bet that he will remain a Hammer. Real Madrid odds have drifted out to 10/1 while PSG are now 14/1 outsiders. AC Milan, Arsenal, Man City, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Barcelona, Liverpool and Chelsea are now all […]

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Dimitri Payet has broken his  silence on the controversial Cristiano Ronaldo tackle in the finals of the European Championship in France. The West Ham midfielder collided with Ronaldo at Stade de France on Sunday, and the Portugal captain had come off injured after just twenty five minutes after twice tried to carry on. A tearful […]

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Dimitri Payet has received abuse on the social media platform Instagram following his coming together with Ronaldo last night during the Euro 2016 final. Although his latest post of the French team with French fans has received over 154,000 likes it has also received an incredible 335,000 comments, many of which have been abuse in […]

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Joint Chairman’s son, Jack Sullivan has tweeted out in the last hour that Gökhan Töre is finally a West Ham player. Jack who just returned from the South of France with his father posted: “Tore done, loan with option to buy!! Very big loan fee.” The loan fee is believed to be in the region of […]

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Young Hammer Alex Pike appears to be on the verge of joining Charlton for a season long loan. The West Ham right back has impressed  Addicks manager Russell Slade while on trial with Charlton playing in the second half of a pre-season friendly with Welling on Saturday. Slade told the South London Press: “I`m pleased with him. I […]

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David Gold appears to have given the game away over Michail Antonio’s future suggesting strongly that he will again be at right back when the season starts. Many of course are going to be vert unhappy to hear it but the co chairman has made it clear where the manager sees the former Nottingham Forest […]

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David Gold knows exactly why France were beaten by outsiders Portugal in the Euro 2016 Final last night. With Cristiano Ronaldo injured and off the pitch, the French capitulated to a goal in extra time after manager Didier Deschamps had incomprehensibly taken off Dimi Payet. The West Ham midfield genius had been a menace throughout […]

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David Sullivan is heading into crucial talks with Carlos Bacca and his advisors – expecting to know exactly where he is with the signing within 48 hours. The co-chairman is currently in the South of France on his annual trip with David Gold when they talk with agents and players on their wanted list. We […]

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Ben Yedder has once again been linked with a move to West Ham this summer. The 25-year-old bagged 22 goals in 38 games last season for Toulouse. Toulouse have been trying to tie Yedder down to a new contract, with his current deal set to expire in June 2017. West Ham have scouted the Frenchman […]

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Stadium owners, E20 LLP face massive financial penalties if the former Olympic Stadium is not ready by Thursday 4th August for West Ham’s first Europa league match. The £20m retractable seating has been dogged by problems since Alto Seating went into administration last year and the seating has never properly worked as designed. ClaretandHugh understand that […]

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The former Olympic Stadium is still restricted to a capacity of 54,000 for football games but will soon receive the final approval for a capacity increase to 60,000. ClaretandHugh previously obtained a copy of the all-important safety certificate issued by Newham council to French stadium operators London Stadium 185 Limited. The safety certificate issued in May […]

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Andy Carroll continues to head the wages list at West Ham despite Dimi Payet’s much hyped £125k  a week deal. And that will remain the case even should Carlos Bacca arrive with the same sort of deal as the fabulous French midfielder who we understand is on a basic of £67k. Bacca wants to match […]

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Next Sunday will see the re-opening of the former Olympic Stadium when the Great Newham takes place which culminates on the running track inside the stadium.   The London Stadium will open their doors at 8.45am on Sunday to runners and spectators. The 10K run starts in waves at 09.30am with 2K family run starting […]

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Diafra Sakho has handed in a transfer request to the club. The Senegal striker is believed by many to be the best striker at West Ham so how have the fans at ClaretandHugh’s Facebook Group responded. Here’s some views after allowing the news to sink in properly over the last few hours. O Get rid. […]

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Tony Gale was proud to be a  Hammer again last season admitting  this was a squad really going places. And he has been watching every development at the club this summer. In this EXCLUSIVE blog for CLARETANDHUGH he explains is happy with the way things are going and is glad  Slav won’t be swapping his job […]

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This is the link you need if you want to keep updated on everything that’s happening on the Irons transfer scene. The lads in charge are Gonzo and  Geo…the time is 7.30 pm…the day is Saturday July 9 …it’s live and it’s exclusive only with ClaretandHugh’s partners Hammers Chat – the best in the business. […]

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West Ham’s board always relentlessley insist that they are unwilling to discuss any particular player who is at the centre of negotiation until a deal is done. And the official site’s “source” the ‘Insider’ in using the expression in his/her latest column virtually confirms that Carlos Bacca may well be close to hitting the road for the […]

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It will become the crowning moment in an extraordinary year for Dimi Payet. And just as they did when England won the World Cup in 1966 the Hammers will have a massive stake in a France Euro 2016 victory against Portugal in Paris tomorrow night (Sun). Precisely 50 years on West Ham look to provide […]

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