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Michail Antonio is convinced the the injury-hit Hammers squad can mount a sustained Premier League push for a European place, as well as an FA Cup run.   He said: “We’ve definitely got the squad. We’ve got depth. We’ve already shown it this season. “We lost six of our strikers and hung in there. Now […]

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Jack Collison today announced his retirement from the professional game following his long battle against the knee injury which he sustained at Wigan as an Iron. He could never fully recover and has finally decided to call it a day at just 27 years of age to concentrate on a coaching career and life in […]

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Slaven Bilic is  content with the Norwich result after a physically and mentally.sapping week of football. Speaking to www.whufc.com he said: ” “You can talk about positives and negatives but when you consider we played for 120 minutes on Tuesday night and the fact we were two goals down here in a very short period of […]

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ClaretandHugh’s readers have overwhelmingly backed the West Ham board’s decision to give Dimitri Payet a vastly improved deal. The brilliant midfielder has become the biggest earner in the club’s history at around £100k a week following this week’s negotiations. Some had taken the view that it was far too soon given him a new contract […]

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LIVE updates from Norwich v West Ham Kick Off 3pm LIVE Audio commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live from 3pm HERE Pre Match Fact File Five of the nine Premier League meetings between West Ham and Norwich have ended in a draw, with both sides winning two apiece. West Ham have not won on any of their […]

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West Ham appear to have all but confirmed a story Claret and Hugh published earlier this week. We understand that there are now 34,000 fans on the Olympic Stadium OS season ticket priority waiting list with just 9,000 seats available. In the club’s official stadium newsletter released this week West Ham confirm that “upward of 98 […]

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The Irons are set to send out a powerful team against Norwich tomorrow despite havingbeen hit with a humber of injuries. James Tomkins, Winston Reid and Cheik Kouyate will all be unavailable to manager Slaven Bilic but such is the depth of the squad the Irons will still look a formidable proposition to the struggling […]

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Claret and Hugh can exclusively offer a competition to win an extremely rare Dimitri Payet T-Shirt to celebrate his new contract. The shirts have been made by our partners Hammers Chat who’s founder Gonzo took the original picture himself and turned it into a pastel image. Only six have been produced so they are extremely […]

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Young Hammer Martin Samuelsen produced a brilliant performance for Peterborough United against West Brom earlier this week in the Fourth Round FA Cup replay. He was all over the place running the show and despite a missed spot kick n the penalty shoot out got rave reviews from pundits and fans alike. Posh director of […]

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West Ham came out second in a table watching each home goal scored this season. The cost of attending every home game this season based on the cheapest ticket has been divided by the total number of goals scored. Each goal has cost the average Hammers fan £8.82 to watch just behind Leicester fans who paid […]

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Reports from France suggest Spurs are in advanced talks to sign West Ham’s summer target striker Michy Batshuayi. The 22-year-old has scored 21 goals in 46 appearances for Marseille and was subject to intense speculation in the January transfer window linking with West Ham, Stoke, Newcastle as well as Tottenham. Despite Marseille’s insistence they want to […]

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West Ham fans at the ClaretandHugh Facebook group have been responsing to the news that Dimi Payet has signed a new deal to 2021. Here’s what some of them are saying:   O We don’t get to reduce players wages when their form dips or if they are injured. I don’t really understand why a […]

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So Dimitri Payet as landed himself a new Hammers deal worth over £100,000  week ( for the first year at least) and two camps appear to be arising over the wisdom and ethics of the decision. There are some who believe that it shows a mercenary attitude and that wages are more important to him […]

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The Daily Mail are reporting that the new five and a half deal signed by Dimtri Payet this evening will keep his basic wages at £68,000 per week but add-ons will push his pay package over £100,000 per week at least for the first year of the new deal. Payet is understood to be receiving an add-on […]

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Hammer Josh Cullen has joined League One side Bradford City on loan initially until Saturday 12th March.The 19-year-old youngster, who can play as a holding midfielder as well as a number 10, joins West Ham teammate Reece Burke in West Yorkshire. Cullen is expected to go straight into the Bradford squad for Saturday’s game away […]

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West Ham have released an official statement to confirm Dimitri Payet has signed a new long term contract with West Ham which will keep him a Hammer until 2021. On WHUFC.com  the club website says “West Ham United are delighted to announce that Dimitri Payet has signed a new long-term contract with the Club.“The outstanding […]

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West Ham spent a total just under £86m in transfer fees assembling it’s current first team squad. Football website TransferMarkt.com who often Football website TransferMarkt.com says the current market value of the West Ham squad has increased to over £102m. Our completely Hammers biased valuation takes into account age of player, length of  remaining contract, […]

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Dmitri Payet is right at this moment (Thursday evening) “very close to signing an improved deal with West Ham United. As we reported via our insiders yesterday the brilliant midfielder has been presented with a variety of new contract options and is now in the process of bringing the short saga to an end. Speculation […]

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The London Legacy Development Corporation’s appeal against  a ruling by the Information Commissioner obliging them to release the full details of the 99-year lease agreed between the corporation and West Ham has been adjourned until the 17th March Claret and Hugh understand. The three person panel headed by tribunal judge, Melanie Carter met two weeks ago on […]

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Exclusive Peterborough’s director of football Barry Fry told ClaretandHugh this morning that Martin Samuelsen’s appearance in the FA Cup Final fourth round replay against West Brom last night was his first full match since joining Peterborough United on loan from the Hammers last year. Samuelsen was in fabulous form but Fry said: “He’s still a […]

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West Ham’s wage bill has created a lot of discussion over recent months with claims of FFP and all the rest of it. So ClaretandHugh has taken a look at what we believe to be the situation at the club and has based our Pay League table on information we have received recently and in the […]

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Band 5 season tickets for £289 have now gone on sale at the West Ham reservation centre in Stratford this week. One new West Ham season ticket holder at the front of the priority list snapped up his cheap season ticket in block 214 today. The cheapest season tickets in the Premier League are located […]

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Dimitri Payet’s financial arrangements and dip in form from his own incredibly high standards have dominated West Ham United affairs this week interrupted only by a magnificent 120 minutes of Cup football. Sadly his form dip – which is what we will be addressing here – has coincided with the club claiming they initiated talks […]

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Exclusive David Gold has dubbed this amazing last season at the Boleyn as perhaps being in the grip of “a perfect storm.” He said: “The win last night in the final seconds and everything else that has happened so far seems to be fate – it’s as though everything in the footballing stars is falling […]

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A  marketing video put together by West Ham’s 3D digital partner www.iCreate3d.com appears to show US president Barack Obama among the West Ham fans visiting the former Olympic Stadium presumably to watch West Ham. The video published by Icreate3D on video site Vimeo has since been taken down after Claret and Hugh highlighted it’s existence early […]

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