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West Ham has been rated as the 17th richest club in the world in the Deloitte Football Money League 2018 moving up one position from last year. Manchester United topped the list for a second consecutive year ahead of Real Madrid, with Barcelona third and Bayern Munich fourth. Manchester City were fifth, with Arsenal overtaking Paris […]

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Rumours of Chelsea’s interest in Marko Arnautovic have been denied with club insiders saying there has been no enquiry or bid for the Austrian inform attacker. Speculation in the past twenty-four hours which started at Sky Sports suggested that Chelsea could make a bid for the former Stoke City midfielder who cost West Ham a record-breaking […]

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David Moyes remains insistent that he will not make January signings just for the sake of making them. As anxities rise over the number of injuries we are suffering and the lack of new arrivals, the manager told the official site: “I don’t want it to be a lucky dip or just taking anything for the […]

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Josh Cullen may have impressed David Moyes sufficiently to remain at West Ham beyond the transfer window deadline. The manager has been deeply impressed with the young midfielder’s attitude both on and off the pitch and is edging towards a decision to keep him at the club. He has decisions to make on both Cullen […]

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West Ham’s injury crisis has been revealed as far more serious than originally believed with both Manu Lanzini and Marko Arnautovich being ClaretanHugh learned over the last few minutes that the Austrian has a torn hamstring and the early estimate is that he will miss the next three weeks following a scan today. Meanwhile we […]

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West Ham have knocked back a move from Swansea for  Andre Ayew but not for the £12 million reported in some  media tonight. The Hammers have received only a loan enquiry from the Premier League strugglers. Chairman Huw Jenkins wants to take the player back to the club for the rest of the season with […]

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West Ham are ready to offer Adrian a new three year deal in the summer. The Spanish stopper has fought his way back into the team after being dislodged by England No 1 Joe Hart and has been highly impressive since his recall. And the club’s decision to offer him a new deal comes just […]

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Reece Oxford looks certain to return to Germany at the end of the January transfer window. The manager may take a further look at the teenager in the Fourth round of the FA Cup at Wigan but has all but made up his mind that he’s not yet ready for Premier League action. Oxford has […]

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The extent of Manuel Lanzini’s hamstring injury will not be known until the results of a medical scan are known by Hammers medical staff which scheduled for this afternoon a source close to the club has confirmed to Claret and Hugh this morning. A report by the Telegraph suggested the creative midfielder was out for […]

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James Collins says he would be devasted to leave West Ham again saying his stint at Aston Villa killed him. Collins told Ken Dyer in the London Standard “Nothing has been said to me. I don’t know if it’s [talks of a new deal] on the back burner. If nothing happens in January, I could […]

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Swansea City will have to break their transfer record to re-sign Andre Ayew after a £14m offer was rejected by West Ham claims the Daily Telegraph. Jason Burt and John Percy writing for broadsheet says Ayew is a priority target for new Swansea manager Carlos Carvalhal but their opening bid has been turned down, with […]

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Sky Sports are claiming West Ham have rejected a second offer from Rennes for striker Diafra Sakho. The report says West Ham turned down a follow-up offer worth up to £10m, including add-ons, for the Senegal international striker after knocking back Rennes’ initial bid of £6m last week. Sky Sports say they understand Bordeaux’s new […]

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David Moyes is in talks with Lyon’s former French international midfielder Clement Grenier claim reports. The article claims Moyes has contacted Grenier with the offer of a three-year deal and hopes he will sign a pre-contract despite interest from Inter Milan.  Grenier is a free agent in the summer and Hammers could pick him up […]

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The Daily Telegraph claims that Andy Carroll could be facing a three-month layoff after surgery which could mean West Ham won’t see him for the remainder of the season while Manuel Lanzini could be out for at least four weeks meaning he might not return to action until March. The Telegraph report claims: “News on Sunday […]

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Pablo Zabaleta has paid a huge tribute to Chicharito praising his professionalism and focus. Speaking after the Mexican goal poacher had grabbed a typical goal to ensure we took a pint from Saturday’s game he said: “Chicharito is a true professional. “Even though he’s not played as much as he would like recently he’s kept training […]

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West Ham will not be competing with Crystal Palace for £7 million rated hot goals prospect Jack Marriott. The Irons have been linked with a move for the player but Posh director of football Barry Fry denies any interest from manager David Moyes. Marriott has grabbed 24 goals in 39 appearances for the Division One […]

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David Moyes has admitted that Manu Lanzini didn’t live up to his expectations when he took over from Slaven Bilic at the London Stadium. Moyes famously commented after his opening game against Watford that a few of the players he’d inherited needed to start perfroming and show him the reputations they had gained. Lanzini was not […]

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A written response by Karren Brady to the Mayor of London’s independent review into the former Olympic Stadium has been published online after a freedom of information request. The eleven-page email was sent by Brady to Moore Stephens on 15th November just two weeks before the publication of the Moore Stephens report on 1st December last […]

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It was incredibly cold yesterday but I managed to take the gloves off for long enough to get the camera out and record my day. I love Saturday 3pm kick-offs but they seem few and far between these days so it was good to get down to the London Stadium nice and early for a […]

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Eddie Howe admitted his “frustration” as Bournemouth threw away a late lead to eventually draw with West Ham at the London Stadium yesterday. Howe said his team were slow out of the traps against West Ham and did well not to concede in the first half under early pressure by the Hammers. He was pleased […]

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David Moyes has pledged to do all he can to bring in a couple of players to help the Hammers cause with just a few days of the winter transfer window left. The injury to Manu Lanzini could possibly cause a major problem and Moyes declared; “We will do all we can to bring in […]

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Joao Mario’s proposed loan transfer to West Ham has been blocked yet again claim Calciomercato.com The website says the discussions have been going on for days and were originally stopped by the player himself who was not entirely convinced by moving to the London Stadium to play for the Hammers. He subsequently agreed to let the discussions continue which […]

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Swansea’s January plans are set to be given extra financial backing from Swansea City’s US owners Steve Kaplan and Jason Levien. The American pair has approved an additional £10m on top of the existing £20m to help push through signings to aid survival hopes. A Wales online report says the Swans are determined to make the […]

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The Ginger Pele is a happy man and reckons the point against Bournemouth was a decent return for the team’s performance. David Moyes had warned of the Cherries threat before the game saying how they had things that could hurt a team and so it proved during a testing encounter. But the Irons are a […]

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“Lanzini is a worry,” Moyes revealed during his post-match press conference following yesterday’s draw against Bournemouth. “Because I’m worried that, it looks like a hamstring – we’ll get it scanned tomorrow. “I think the Lanzini thing has come more from fatigue from we’ve asked him in midweek to work and then again today so that might […]

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    CandH’s Niall McDonald hands out the marks   Adrian: One flying save for the photographers in the second half. Otherwise a relatively comfortably afternoon 6 Zabaleta: The more advanced of the two wing-backs for most of the game 6 Ogbonna: Angelo high-fiving Collins after catching Wilson offside summed up the Moyes defensive regime […]

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