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Reece Burke has been told he has a long term future despite having spent last season and this on loan. The Academy product – having enjoyed a tremendous campaign at Bradford City last term – will be playing Championship football with Wigan this year hoping to make a difference to a club hovering just above […]

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Here is Hammers Chat’s transfer rating video where Geo puts Charlie on the spot to assess our summer dealings. He has a mere 45 seconds to comment on each of the new signings and predict whether they will flop or thrive.   Share This:

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West Ham are interested in signing Millwall defender Mahlon Romeo in a £2m move, according to the Sun. The 20-year-old broke into the Lions’ first-team last season. The right-back has now notched up 24 league appearances for West Ham arch rivals and is starting to attract attention from other Premier League clubs. Despite the transfer window closes […]

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Slaven Bilic has spoken for the first time of his delight that the club has held on to Dimi Payet and hopes the top man can grow even stronger this season. Speaking to the official site the manager said: “It is key for us if he can produce his best form again. He has the […]

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Hammer Andre Ayew has thanked his teammates for dedicating their goal in the game against Rwanda to him. Ghana shared the spoils with Rwanda in their final Africa Cup of Nations qualifying group game on Saturday. Samuel Tetteh scored Ghana’s goal in the 1-1 draw against Rwanda. The Black Stars players in celebrating the goal displayed shirts […]

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Jacqueline Gold CBE Jacqueline_Gold For goodness sakes, it’s not rocket science – sit on the seats, get the licence – do what you like #COYI Jackie Gold nailed it with this tweet and there’s really not much more to say – except by those who like a row for its own sake: Read the message she’s […]

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A media report in France today claims Real Madrid made inquiries about Dimitri Payet this summer. The report from buzzsport.fr in France claims Real Madrid President Florentino Pérez was particularly charmed by Dimitri Payet after the Euro 2016 championships. But West Ham quoted a ridiculous price to scare off the Madrid boss. Pérez was told that […]

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David Gold’s daughter Jacqueline has entered the debate on standing on social media controversially suggesting supporters should sit down to obtain the license to increase the capacity to 60,000 then 66,000, then hinting they can do what they want afterwards. Speaking on her private twitter account, the CEO of Ann Summers wrote to her 56,000 […]

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Sam Allardyce scraped a win over the 10 men fro Slovakia with a depth of injury timegoal. But what did the Hammers fans make of the first game under the former Irons boss. Here’s some knee jerk reaction from members of the ClaretandHugh Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ O Normally I wouldn’t go near an England qualifier. […]

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West Ham are set to see four players – all of whom have suffered major or minor injuries – become avaialble for the match against Watford…with of course Dimi Payet leading the way. According to the very well respected Physio Room website which lists Premier League return dates for injured players, Sofiane Feghouli could be set […]

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The referee’s organising body has denied claims by Mark Halsey they have put pressure on refs to claim they had not seen controversial match incidents. ClaretandHugh covered Halsey’s comments yesterday after they had appeared in the national press and followed closely on the Sergio Aguero/Wimston Reid elbowing affair. The organising body for elite referees in […]

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David Gold has admitted being seriously hurt at a Twitter claim which questioned his motives on telling supporters to sit not stand at the London Stadium. The club has issued a recent statement via Karren Brady that the club would take serious action against those who continue to stand and obstruct the view of others. […]

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David Gold has made it clear there was NEVER any intention of allowing Dimitri Payet to leave West Ham this summer despite him becoming one of the top players at the Euro 2016 tournament. The co-chairman told the official site: “There was obviously a lot of speculation surrounding the future of Dimitri Payet and a […]

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Hammers vice chairman Karren Brady claims the Irons are no longer a selling club. And she points to the summer signings to back her claim after the club brought in Sofiane Feghouli, Ashley Fletcher, Andre Ayew, Alvaro Arbeloa, Arthur Masuaku and Havard Nordtveit on permanent contracts amongst other players. Simone Zaza and Gokhan Tore on loan […]

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Sam Allardyce – having brought Michael Antonio into his international squad – has left him out of tomorrow’s starting line-up for the match in Slovakia. Right or wrong? ClaretandHugh’s Facebook forum members at  https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ have their say. O I think it’s a wise decision to give him a chance from the bench. It’s a qualifier, […]

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  Aaron Cresswell is getting better and after talking to a consultant is now on track to step up his rehab. Speaking to the official site the left back has been talking about his aims and hopes as he makes his bis to make an early appearance in our fabulous new home. He said: “I’m on […]

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Diego Poyet has become a target for Championship and European clubs after becoming a free agent. Poyet and the Irons agreed to terminate his contract on deadline day and the former Charlton midfielder, who has had loan spells at MK Dons and Huddersfield, is open to a move abroad as well as looking at options […]

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West Ham have increased their wage bill by £11m per season despite releasing over £18m of wages per season in outbound and loan players. Ten of our new signings will cost nearly £24m per season in wages but that is only a £5.5m net increase when you factor in those who have left, left at […]

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Toni Martinez scored twice as the Development side lost 4-2 against an almost full-strength Coventry City side in the Checkatrade Trophy and remains very confident for the future.The young Spaniard scored on the half hour before he netted a fabulous consolation effort with a superb volley. And afterwards he told the official site: “It was an important […]

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The decision to ban shirts of teams – other than our own and those of the opponents on the day at The London Stadium – is excellent news and has eliminated potential flashpoints for trouble. I could barely believe early reports CandH were receiving that shirts of other clubs were being seen around the ground. Why […]

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Exclusive David Gold couldn’t be happier that his prophecy that Michail Antonio would be calle up for England has come true. He told ClaretandHugh last week that he believed the Hammers sensation was a perfect Sam Allardyce player and so it has turned out with the former club boss calling him into his first squad. […]

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David Sullivan has revealed that new right back loan signing Alvaro Arbeloa won’t be ready to take his place in the team for another two or three weeks. The co-chairman said: “We explored all avenues and managed to secure the signature of one of the more experienced full backs in the world and one with […]

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Barry Fry remains as close to the two Davids today as he was at Birmingham City where, despite being fired, the laugh-a-minute Peterborough Director of Football has maintained a long friendship with the Irons owners. He was a guest at the prestige pre-season friendly against Juventus. The Hammers always give Posh a pre-season friendly and […]

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Make no mistake even at 33 Alvaro Arbeloa is a top top signing. He has made over 150 appearances for Real Madrid and 66 for Liverpool and he is now set to become the ideal mentor for Sam Byram. He was so keen to join the Hammers that Jack Sullivan – in an interview last […]

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Jack Sullivan has revealed the news that many has feared after the club suffered its shocking injury problems. He has said that over-training ahead of the opening Premier League game against Chelsea had been an issue. His admission came in a wide-ranging interview on Phoenix FM last night when he declared that whilst they had suffered […]

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