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News that the Hammers are keen to bring in striker Johnathon Calleri indirectly confirms the Irons are looking for two front men as we suggested a few days here. The 22 year old has already interested Spurs but we had it confrmed this morning the Hammers are now in talks and hopeful of concluding the […]

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West Ham have this morning confrmed to ClaretandHugh that they are moving in on Argentine striker Jonathon Calleri after the news was broken by Sky Italia’s Gianluca Di Marzio. Our top source at the club declared: ” We are hopeful but his club are still in Copa Lib and he can’t go anywhere until they are out […]

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As work continues to transform the Olympic Stadium into our home with the WestHamification project, then the de-WestHamification of the Boleyn Ground begins. Following the end of the first online auction  this week, the West Ham crests have started to be removed from the exterior of Boleyn Ground leaving the stadium bare. Much of the […]

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A public appeal to raise funds for a statue of Bobby Moore has been launched in his home town of Barking. It aims to raise almost £160,000 to cover the costs of commissioning, casting and erecting the monument.Barking and Dagenham council leader Darren Rodwell launched the campaign alongside Roberta Moore, daughter of the late ex-West […]

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West Ham are the bookies favourites to land Alexandre Lacazette this summer transfer window at odds of 3/1. PSG are 4/1, with Arsenal 5/1, while Liverpool and Juventus are both 6/1 chances. The Hammers are also bookies favourites to sign Christian Benteke at 5/2 followed by Everton at 6/1 and Juventus at 9/1 West Ham […]

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The bookies have Bournemouth’s Matt Ritchie as an overwhelming favourite to join the Irons before the summer transfer deadline. SkyBet have the midfielder at an extraordinary 1/4 which suggests the deal is all but done despite Cherries boss Eddie Howe claiming he’s not interested in selling the player. The Hammers launched a bid for Ritchie […]

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West Ham vice-chairman Karren Brady has  written to club bosses throughout the UK warning them a vote to leave Europe would have “devastating consequences” for the game in the Premier League. And Premier League boss Richard Scudamore made it clear in a speech to the Institute of Directors last year that his personal view was […]

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An image claiming to be the new West Ham away shirt for the 2016/2017 season has been leaked online today. Hours after an image the new West Ham home shirt was seen on sale in a sports shop Thailand, the image of the away shirt has been doing the rounds. Our source who has seen […]

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West Ham have made a round of redundancies as part of the re-location from the Boleyn Ground to the Olympic Stadium. The Hammers will no longer be responsible for stadium maintenance and safety, pitch maintenance, stewarding or security at their new home. And Claret and Hugh understand a number of staff in those areas have […]

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West Ham United have issued the Club’s official retained List of players at the end of the 2015/16 season.  As expected, Joey O’Brien will be released when his contract expires on 30th June after five years as a loyal Hammer. The full-back joined on a free transfer in summer 2011 under former manager Sam Allardyce. […]

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West Ham are reportedly looking to bring Lyon’s Nabil Fekir to east London. According to the Sun newspaper that it! The tabloid claims West Ham are preparing a big-money move to sign Lyon striker  Fekir despite his lack of football this past season through injury. 22 year old Fekir was born in Lyon and made […]

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A new image of the 2016/2017 Home West Ham shirt has appeared on the internet today. The image is claimed to have been taken in an Umbro shop in Thailand although there is no official confirmation of this. The new shirt is displayed in the shop along side last season’s home kit. West Ham have […]

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Dutch striker Vicent Janssen, who has been likened to Ruud van Nistelrooy, been linked to the Hammers and becomes part of our ever increasing potential striker list. The 21 year old enjoyed a prolific season for AZ Alkmaar, scoring 27 goals in 34 appearances for the Dutch side. He also forced his way into the Dutch national […]

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West Ham are monitoring Juan Mata’s position following Jose Mourinho’s arrival at Manchester United. The former Chesea boss axed the midfielder when he was at Stamfrd Bridge and is being widely tipped to do so again since arriving at Old Tafford. ClaretandHugh reported yesterday that West Ham were aware that a top Euro 2016 Finals […]

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According to French Media West Ham  are reportedly weighing up a move for Ligue 1 striker Alassane Plea. French newspaper Le10Sport claims the Hammers are tracking the 23-year-old who scored twice in the first three games for Nice. Despite having ruptured cruciate ligament which ruled him out of action for four months, the French player managed six […]

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The fabulous West Ham App – launched by ClaretandHugh’s partners Hammers Chat and upon which we provide the news service has stormed into the weekly top free apps chart at No 34. Ony launcheda few days ago it is the only five star app in th top 50 and way ahead of the Barcelona and […]

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Italian newspaper, Tuttosport reports that both Manchester United and Manchester City have been scouting West Ham’s Angelo Ogbonna with a view to a possible summer bid to strengthen their defences.  West Ham completed the signing of Juventus centre back Angelo Ogbonna last year  for an £8.5million fee on a four-year deal. He made an impressive 34 […]

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Speculation that Theo Walcott is the subject of a £25 million West Ham inquiry from the Irons is well wide of the mark. The rumou factory has been throwing up the Arsenal striker’s name for weeks but co chairman David Sullivan has made it crystal clear on several occasions that he wants a 20 goal […]

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A supposed leaked Premier League fixture list published online over the weekend has been confirmed as a hoax. The fixture lists for the top flight and all three Football League divisions appeared online with separate PDF files to reveal the ‘schedule’ of every one of the 92 clubs. But it seems that someone has just had […]

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It was the best season most of us can recall in many years. Slaven Bilic marched in with his men and Dimi Payet became the star of a team which for a long long time looked to be on the edge of something really mazing. At the end though we found ourselves in seventh position […]

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Slaven Bilic and West Ham’s board know full well that they could face bids for Dimi Payet if he carries his pre season Euro 2016 form into the tournament itself. He has been in brilliant form for France in the build-up and with the world watching, the Irons are fully aware that the major clubs […]

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West Ham’s Financial Fair Play limit rises to £64m this coming season and over a third of it could be available to spend this summer.  The loss of loanees Alex Song, Victor Moses, Emmanuel Emenike together with end of contract Joey O’Brien have released over £10m wages already from our annual bill plus Carl Jenkinson who we […]

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Sofiane Feghouli is a French-born professional footballer who plays for the Algeria national team and the Spanish club Valencia CF has been linked to a move to West Ham. The 26-year-old who will turn 27 in September operates  as a right winger, but can also play as an attacking midfielder. He has been scouted by […]

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West Ham believed they had clinched a deal to take Jamie Vardy to the club at around £105k a week before they were hit by new inflationary demands in negotiations. Arsenal are now big favourites to clinch a deal for the Leicester City striker on a deal whic is close to be around £120k a […]

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It seems that Sky Sports are refusing to give up on their Diafra Sakho to Sunderland for £11 million story despite West Ham revealing the bid is entirely unacceptable. Sky have today new spin to the tale claiming the player wants a swift resolution on his future amid the speculation. Well, given the story was started […]

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Big Ray Winstone knows what he’s on a bout when it comes to the Hammers and here he discusses what he reckons we need this summer. This frst appeared on West Ham FC Tv and is well worth a watch! Share This:

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