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Spanish newspaper Don Balon makes the bizarre claim that West Ham have failed in a 60 million Euro bid for Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema. The report suggests the 30-year-old has snubbed a move to East London as he waits a long-awaited move to Arsenal. Benzema has netted just five times in La Liga this […]

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Pedro Obiang is hoping to be back in the Irons squad for the match against Leicester next month. Manager David Moyes revealed today that the midfielder was closing in on a return to action with the early predictions being that he would be out until next season. But we were told this evening that the […]

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Manu Lanzi is set to start against Arsenal as the Hammers go hunting the Gooners and wrecking Arsene Wenger’s Emirates excellent home record on Sunday. Lanzini came on as a late sub against Stoke with David Moyes admitting he was worried that the midfielder’s knee still wasn’t quite right. But we understand the Argentinian – […]

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David Moyes has dropped a heavy hint on his future as we prepare to spoil Arsene Wenger’s long goodbye. It would be so West Ham to arrive at the Emirates and upset that home record and another point or three towards the Scot finally clinching the job at the LS. There seems little doubt that […]

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Mark Lawrenson has delivered his Friday verdict on Sunday’s game and hardly surprisingly he’s going for an Arsenal win. In his BBC column he declares and points to Andy Carroll as probably being a big influence over the closing games. He said: “Getting Andy Carroll fit is a big bonus for West Ham because he […]

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West Ham United U23s will be looking to give the first team a boost tonight by beating Arsenal’s second string at the London Stadium. Top of the table Gunner sit eight points in front of the Irons and boss Terry Westley reckons this is a marvelous opportunity to end the campaign in style. The U […]

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David Moyes has added Pedro Obiang to the list of players who could have returned to action by the end of the season. Speaking at today’s presser ahead of the Arsenal game the manager said:  “We have a few back, Carroll and Lanzini came back for the Stoke game. James Collins isn’t ready yet, so […]

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David Moyes claims he has a difficult decision to make about his goalkeeper for the game at Arsenal on Sunday. Speaking to the London Evening Standard in his weekly column he says: “Joe Hart made a mistake for Stoke’s goal and now I have a decision to make. Adrian was left out following a slight […]

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As expected there has been another mini controversy surrounding the owners and David Sullivan in particular following the announcement that there was to be no director of football at West Ham. And one of the first things pointed out by those who would prefer to see new owners anyway was that Karren Brady had told […]

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West Ham insiders have confirmed that rumours suggesting Celtic’s Brendan Rodgers could be swapping jobs with David Moyes are completely wide of the mark. The report suggested West Ham would not be renewing Moyes contract and would instead make a move for Rogers to replace him this summer. It even suggested out of contract David Moyes could […]

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Edi Fernandes is convinced the Irons can go to the Emirates on Sunday and get something from the game. And he bases his forecast on the growing confidence and determination to keep up the recent unbeaten run against Saints, Chelsea and Stoke City. Five points from the last nine is a booster given what went […]

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The likelihood of Joe Hart remaining at West Ham are about as thin as it gets despite morning newspaper reports that it’s a possibility. ClaretandHugh checked the situation after his performance against Chelsea and was told that the entire goalkeeping situation would be addressed at the end of the season with one or two new […]

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Arsene Wenger has admitted the match against us on Sunday will be play second fiddle to his Europa Cup ambitions. The Gunners go into the semi final of the competition next Thursday and not surprisingly that’s where their real ambitions lie rather than in the Premier League with the Hammers as their opponents. Commenting on […]

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    By Allen Cummings     There’s no disguising the disappointment at not securing three points on Monday evening but Sunday is another day, and there is every chance we can go to the Emirates and take one point – possibly three. Beaten just twice at home this season by both Manchester clubs, City […]

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And there can be little doubt that when this season is well and truly put to bed with another Premier League season ahead of us the Austrian international and our record signing will have become an absolute hero. Kouyate loves the man declaring: “Marko is an unbelievable guy. He is a great player and he […]

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West Ham will appoint  a head of recruitment and introduce an entirely new process in signing players this summer. Additions are being made to the scouting team as the club try to correct past errors and that will involve a major input from the manager. A well placed insider has told ClaretandHugh that the much touted […]

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Yesterday Claret and Hugh replicated an official Everton supporter survey to ask the same questions in a West Ham context. Six hundred Hammers supporters filled in the survey ranking the club between 1-10 on four areas including the loyalty of players, trust in the West Ham board, the loyalty of fellow fans and trust in […]

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Supporters are split over Andy Carroll in the run-up to the Summer. With a year remaining on his contract this June the striker could be sold if a decent offer comes in for the 29-year-old. On Tuesday we asked over 1,300 Claret and Hugh readers in a poll whether Carroll should be sold at the […]

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West Ham United are this morning alleged to have abandoned plans to appoint a director of football with the club after David Moyes made it clear he wanted overall control of recruitment issues. The Times, sadly like its sister paper The Sun  occasionally prone to misinformation – starts by reporting what we already know – […]

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West Ham look set to miss out on Jack Wilshere should the midfielder make his long expected exit from the Gooners this season. Wolves, who have gained a massive reputation for playing as much pure passing football as possible, are today being reported as being ready to move in on the player. The Hammers have […]

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The Hammers are this morning being reported as tracking the highly promising 19 year old Derby County youngster Luke Thomas. The teenager has been outstanding in the outfit which beat the Irons under 23s 1-0 in their last game and has been catching their eye for some time. The youngster  has been in great form […]

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Manu Lanzini has been named as the most likely to leave the Hammers this summer . Bookmakers Ladbrokes have revealed their favourities to be on the way from every Premier League club and the Argentine playmaker is right at the top of the Hammers pile. There are of course other far more likely departures from […]

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Hughie and Mike Manera of ‘Mike on Monday’ fame with the categories that really count as the gongs season comes around Ok, it’s that time of the year again when the achievement awaeds are handed out although there’s probably only two players who are genuinely in the picture for the club’s official awards. Marko Arnautovic […]

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Domingos Quina is fast emerging as a target for AC Milan and continues to hold out on signing a new deal with the Irons. The 19 year midfielder is also fancied by Ajax and could be on his way at the end of the season after failing to make the breakthrough into our first team. […]

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West Ham Season ticket holder Sami Sidhom was murdered outside his home in Forest Gate when four men leapt from two cars to attack him and left him bleeding in the street. The 18-year-old was returning from the Hammers match against Stoke when he was ambushed at 10.50pm on Monday night. He was treated by residents […]

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Everton have launched a supporters survey asking whether Toffee fans have high level of trust in their players being loyal and performing at their best for the club, trust in their senior leadership team in making the right decisions for the clubs future, trust in other fans in being loyal and being committed to the club […]

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