Up The Hammers – Latest West Ham United FC News

The Moore Than Just A Podcast crew is back this week recording a closed season podcast special covering the three confirmed signings, summer transfer news and West Ham related topics involving the World Cup. Listen to Sean Whetstone, Nigel Kahn and WestHamTillIDie.com founder Iain Dale set the world to rights in all things West Ham in […]

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Our partners Blowing Bubbles Magazine are producing a monster Summer Annual which comes out next week. This will be a must have for all West Ham fans this summer to fend off the post-season blues, and it will be one of the biggest editions the team at Blowing Bubbles has ever pulled together!  There is some brilliant exclusive content as well […]

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West Ham’s director of football Mario Housillos is understood to have two options in mind to fill the hole left behind by Manu Lanzini’s devastating injury. According to well connected @whufcbulletin the two players he has very much in mind are Barcelona’s Denis Suarez  and FC Porto ‘s 23 year old Oliver Torres Suarez is […]

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West Ham has invested over £40m in the three transfer deals they have completed this summer while committing another £35m in wages over the lifetime of their contracts. Ryan Fredericks was a free agent but we paid a combined total of £4m in signing on bonus and agent fees to land the former Fulham man. Issa […]

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Swansea centre-back Alfie Mawson’s switch to West Ham now appears to be in doubt Claret and Hugh has learned. The manager and his director of football Mario Housillos want a second new central defender but have reservations about tabling a £20 million bid for a second player from a relegated club – Swansea. The club […]

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Former West Ham transfer target William Carvalho will join Inter Milan on a free transfer after the World Cup claim the Italian media today. The report believes he’ll sign a £2.5m-per-year deal at the San Siro despite being heavily linked with West Ham and Everton in the past. Carvalho along with seven other players have cancelled […]

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West Ham are tonight being reported as making what could be their last offer for Lazio’s Felipe Anderson. The Hammers may now have played their final card in the chase for the Brazilian according to www.tuttomercatoweb.com. The to-ing and froing on the deal has been going on for two or three weeks but the Italian media […]

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Issa Diop has become a Hammer within the last hour on a five year contract worth around £70k. The giant defender has become the third signing of the window although his and goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski’s  switch to the London Stadium haven’t yet been officially announced. However that is due to happen on the official website […]

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James Maddison has been announced as a Leicester City player over the last 24 hours, this laying another rumour involving the Hammers to rest. Despite regular bulletins from the mainstream media that the former Norwich City midfielder was a target for the Irons that was never the case And in the end it came down […]

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West Ham are set to announce a double signing within 24 hours according to reliable journalist Ken Dyer writing in the London Standard. It is well known that the Hammers have agreed on a £7million, three-year contract with Swansea for Fabianski but Dyer confirms they will delay confirmation of the deal until tomorrow since the 33-year-old […]

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Jack Wilshere’s hopes of landing a West Ham gig remains the longest of longshots – indeed a non starter. Reports have emerged over the last few days that Manuel Pellegrini wants the player and would love him to become his Manuel Lanzini replacement. Indeed one report – in a notorious red top -went as far […]

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It has been an interesting twenty hours as the foreign and British media indulge in speculation about West Ham transfer targets. Multiple media outlets in France claimed last night that “Diop will undergo a medical at West Ham ahead of a £21.9m move from French club Toulouse” This has since been repeated by Sky Sports today. At the same […]

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Swansea City goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski has admitted “there is something in it” as the worst kept secret of the summer transfer window draws ever closer. Fabianski is set to become Manuel Pellegrini’s second summer signing after the arrival of Ryan Fredericks but the Hammers are still looking for a second stopper with Jack Butland a […]

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West Ham have still to receive an offer for any of the players they are ready to sell this summer. Sam Byram – whose contract runs out in 2020 – is known to be available along with striker Jordan Hugill but as yet there is no buyer in sight for either. And although the manager […]

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West Ham fans are split right down the middle over whether the Hammers should move in on Sporting Lisbon’s defensive midfielder William Carvahlo. This time last year the club was involved in a highly charged and bitter battle with the Portuguese club which resulted in supposed e mails being made public, insults thrown  from Lisbon […]

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Manuel Pellegrini is ready to turn his attention to Manchester United’s central defender Chris Smalling after the negotiations for Toulose giant central defender Issa Diop hit snags. Pellegrini is a big fan of the Manchester United player who, with a year left on his current contract, is reported ready to leave Old Trafford. Despite agreeing […]

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Football scouting is an evolving industry using more and more technology. The days of relying on an old-school scout gut feeling are long gone. Most clubs now use computer programmes, such as Scout7, to gather detailed statistical analyses of players. Videos are uploaded within minutes of a game finishing, enabling a manager or director of football […]

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West Ham legend Sir Geoff Hurst has told the Daily Star of his disappointment that West Ham has been linked with Yaya Toure and Jack Wilshere as possible transfer targets. “When I see them linked with Toure I just think that’s completely and utterly off the wall. I absolutely cannot believe as a club we’re […]

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There is further confusion over the state of negotiations to sign Felipe Anderson with the Italian media now saying West Ham and Lazio are over £8.7m apart in their valuations of the Brazilian midfielder. La Gazzetta Dello Sport is saying Lazio President Claudio Lotito is demanding €45m (£39.4m) plus a 20% sell on fee for Anderson. The report […]

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French newspaper L’Equipe today claims that Issa Diop’s move to West Ham should be completed in the next few days. The report claims West Ham and Toulouse have reached a €25m (£22m) agreement for the player and adds that Diop will travel to London early next week and sign a five-year deal with the Hammers. […]

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Lukasz Fabianski flew to London before joining the Polish squad in Russia to take a medical with West Ham. The 33-year-old keeper had been training with the Polish national team at their pre-World Cup camp at Arłamów, a mountain resort in southeastern Poland. That training camp finished on 7th June and Fabianski is understood to have […]

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A Paris United report that claims West Ham are edging closer to signing Argentinian attacking midfielder Javier Pastore has some flaws and should be treated with caution. The report claims Pini Zahavi and West Ham owner David Gold are currently negotiating a deal, with the player’s agent Marcelo Simonian supposedly willing to bring Pastore’s salary demands […]

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Portugal play Spain in the World Cup Group B tonight at 7 pm on BBC 1 Joao Mario is still technically a West Ham player as we hold his registration until the end of June under the terms of his season-long loan. The Inter Milan player played 14 games in all competitions for the Hammers scoring two […]

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Manuel Lanzini has begun his rehabilitation after undergoing successful surgery to repair his injured right knee WHUFC.com have confirmed. Head of Medical Richard Collinge, who attended an appointment with Dr Cugat alongside Lanzini ahead of the operation, has explained the process which will ultimately lead to the 25-year-old’s return to action on WHUFC.com. “Manu had […]

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West Ham United Ladies have signed two former Chelsea players. The Ladies announced the signing of England international Claire Rafferty from Chelsea F.C. Women. Rafferty signs for the Hammers after spending the last 11 seasons with Chelsea; a run in which the left-back helped the Blues claim the FA WSL title and FA Women’s Cup […]

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Manuel Lanzini spent the night at the Hospital Quirón Barcelona in Spain after his surgery on torn anterior cruciate ligaments by pioneering orthopaedic surgeon Dr Ramon Cugat last night. He will be visited today by West Ham’s new head of medical, Richard Collinge and should soon be discharged to begin his recovery. West Ham expect to find […]

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