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Slaven Bilic has been impressed sufficiently with the Hammers young guns to take them onto the second stage of the pre-season in Germany. Young Hammers Reece Burke, Josh Cullen, Moses Makasi, Nathan Holland, Toni Martinez, Declan Rice …and Ashley Fletcher have caught the eye in the opening  games in Austria. Academy boss Terry Westley has […]

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The Austria international moves to London on a five-year contract, after the Hammers agreed a £20 million fee with Stoke City

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West Ham are ready to make a new transfer market move once they have landed Mark Arnautovic and Javier Hernandez. The Stoke winger is having his medical today and an announcement may follower later on while the ‘Little Pea’ arrives in London for his and the signing of his transfer forms. Now the Hammers have […]

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Watch Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho talk about former Javier Hernandez: “I think Chicharito will have twenty goals easy, even coming from the bench for the last 10 or 20 minutes, he will have 20 goals. He is a guy that naturally the ball comes, rebound here, rebounds there, boom – goal. The goalkeeper saves, […]

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In our latest ‘Your Shout’ the fans seem in a far more positive mood with the imminent arrivals of some high calibre players. The is the show which gives fans the opportunity to share their views on all things West Ham and we’ve had quite a bit of mobile phone footage sent to us over […]

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A London derby will take place in Austria as the Hammers take on the Cottagers as part of their pre-season preparations for the new campaign

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West Ham’s youngsters have been told to “get off on the right foot” and “make an impact from the start” if they are called on for tonight’s match against Fulham in the second Hammers pre-season friendly. Academy director Terry Westley was delighted with the way his youngsters performed in the opening pre-season against Sturm Graz […]

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Joe Hart has now agreed to the financial terms on offer from West Ham in the wage sharing deal with Manchester City and is currently finalising the parent club’s share of the terms. The England keeper has now passed a West Ham medical but we learned this morning there is as yet no “timeline” for […]

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The pre-season friendly schedule is underway for Premier League clubs – but which team will travel the farthest?

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The Daily Express today claims while Hart has had a medical with the Hammers there remains a dispute over a loan fee. The tabloid say: “West Ham have agreed to pay 90 per cent of his £130,000-a- week wages but have yet to agree a loan fee.City, who are keen to offload Hart, want £5m while […]

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West Ham are playing for him a cagey game in the pursuit of Stoke City winger Marko Arnautovic. The Potters are holding out for around £25 million for the player but the Irons do not see any other clubs in the race for him and will allow the situation to cool before returning for him. […]

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Former Hammer Gokhan Tore will miss the start of the Turkish season due to a worsening injury situation which will keep him out of action with Besiktas for at least another four months. New cartilage damage has been detected in his right knee and he will now undergo a new operation in Germany with a lengthy recovery period […]

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The Daily Mirror’s Darren Lewis claims that West Ham have had a fresh bid worth £17million rejected by Stoke for striker Marko Arnautovic. The 28-year-old joined the Potters from Werder Bremen four seasons ago for just £2 million. But Stoke want as much as £25million for him the well-connected journolist. claims. West Ham returned with a […]

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  To claim that Marko Arnautovic has led an over active social life wouldn’t  to justice to the winger’s rap sheet And should he join the Hammers in what looks an increasingly likely deal it’s reasonable to expect he could put Andy Carroll’s bad boy reputation in the shade. He arrived in the Premier League […]

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Every single West Ham player was on the plane to Austria this morning whether they were 100 per cent fit or not. Pedro Obiang has told the official site that he returned to training early to ensure he would be on the plane for Europe. But it seems the new head of medicine Gary Lewin […]

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Sky Sports have been running the rule over the fitness routines adopted by Premier League managers following the return to training by clubs this week. And in their report on the Irons they say that after a check-over by new head of medical services Gary Lewin, the  players kicked off their training at Rush Green on […]

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West Ham are working on a compromise deal in the hope that Javier Hernandez will lower his £140k a week wage demands on personal terms. According to most reports the former Manchester United striker – now with Bayer Leverkusen – is available at around the £13m release clause although that would rise should there be […]

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Slaven Bilic has reportedly slammed the door on a move for Manchester City’s Kelechi Iheanacho after a deal had been done. The player is now believed to be close to joining Leicester City. Here’s the reaction from ClaretandHugh’s followers @https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ O This just makes no sense whatsoever. Why, Slaven, why? O He better have an […]

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  I’m not the only one beginning to fidget as the summer transfer window seems to tick by carefree. To those who do not support West Ham United, we have been waiting patiently for a new, exciting striker for a while now… Two years being generous, although this could go back as far as 2012/13 when we realised that Andy Carroll alone might not be enough. Whilst Sakho and Valencia have had good spells, Sakho has been injured regularly injured…

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With Liverpool forward Danny Ings having recently returned to training following yet another long-term lay-off, we bring you up-to-date with others on the comeback trail from injury ahead of the new season.

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Premier League teams have returned to work as players begin pre-season training ahead of the new campaign. Everton and Newcastle were among the clubs reporting to training on Monday.

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You may remember Peter Odemwingie. He was the bloke  who launched a tirade against against his club West Brom on Twitter accusing them of “reaching into his pocket” before turning up outside QPR trying to force a move into Lofts Road. He was moved on as no offer had been accepted by the Baggies who sent […]

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The Times newspaper has named the 27-year-old midfielder Fabian Delph as a new target for West Ham this summer. Delph joined City from Aston Villa in the summer of 2015 for £8m. The former Leeds United star, who has failed to establish himself with City is under contract at the Etihad Stadium until June 2020. The […]

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Manchester City face the prospect of a transfer ban if they are judged to have broken rules around the signing of a foreign teenage player at a court case due to be heard next week. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will convene on Monday to hear Argentine club Velez Sarsfield’s claims that City […]

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Arsenal are said to be close to agreeing on a deal to sign former West Ham transfer target Alexandre Lacazette from Lyon. Lacazette’s move is expected to be for a club-record fee of around £50m. Last season Lacazette was at his most prolific as he found the net 28 times in Ligue 1, a tally bettered […]

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West Ham and Spurs are claimed to be holding a keen interest in Javier Hernandez according to  German newspaper Bild. The former Manchester United hitman is out of contract with Bayer Leverkusen hitman next summer and it is claimed the club could entertain offers for the 29-year-old. The newspaper adds that he could even be […]

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