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West Ham are still considering their pre-season plans with suggestions that they may set up a training camp in Malaga. Nothing has been finalised at this stage with plans for a Swiss camp also possibly on the agenda but a return to Manuel Pellegrini’s old club hasn’t been ruled out. And were that to become […]

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West Ham have given up on a move for Fulham’s Tom Cairney who has been strongly fancied by both former boss David Moyes and new manager Manuel Pellegrini. The club has made solid inquiries about the 27 year old midfielder who has been outstanding in the newly promoted Premier League side. But the Cottagers are […]

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A long overdue crackdown on the activities of agents is one of the major issues to arise from the latest Premier League recommendations to emerge from the latest chairman’s meeting . A  decision — backed by 15 clubs including the Hammers— will see recommendations drawn up o be passed on to FIFA who are themselves […]

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Adrian’s days as the Hammers Number One keeper look well and truly numbered with the club’s move for Lukasz Fabianski. The trustworthy Wales on Line has reported the Hammers have had an offer knocked back for the Polish international player who wants out of Swansea and has just a year left on his current deal. […]

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Marko Arnuatovic has repeated  insisted that he has heard absolutely nothing about a much discussed move to Manchester United. And with West Ham doing the same it seems that the speculation which has been doing the rounds is almost based entirely based on agent chat. The Hammer of the Year has been linked regularly with […]

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West Ham have been hit by the worst possible update on Manu Lanzini’s injury after contacting Argentine national team medics. The club believed they were ready for the worst when hearing he had ruptured the cruciate in his right leg but were stunned when the full extent of the damage was revealed to them this […]

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West Ham remain relaxed that negotiations between themselves and Declan Rice’s new representation team will see a new deal agreed. And the club is also keen to ensure that new boss Manuel Pellegrini is involved in talks with club and player before moving too far ahead with negotiations. Pellegrini is still away on a summer […]

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Marko Arnautovic’s links to Manchester United refuse to go away with claims tonight there have been texts swapped between Jose Mourinho to the Hammer of the Year’s brother and agent Danijel. The speculation has been growing since the Manchester United boss arrived at the Austria v Russia friendly international which resulted in the Arnie claiming he […]

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Premier League Clubs will receive more money from International TV rights the higher up the table they finish it has been announced. From the 2019-20 season the current level of revenue from international TV rights sales, £3.3bn, will still be shared equally between all 20 clubs. Any increase on that level, which Scudamore is understood to […]

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A majority of supporters have chosen a homegrown Chelsea midfielder as their incoming midfielder of choice over various foreign imports that West Ham have been linked to in the media in recent week. In a Claret and Hugh poll of more than 1,650 supporters over 27% of fans said they would like to sign 22-year-old […]

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Manuel Pellegrini has spoken out this evening on his relationship with the Hammers board following his widely publicised comments on his needs at the club in the Chilean media. The manager – having declared that he needs a big name player to attract others to the club in his remarks – has now made it […]

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Reports that West Ham are interested in signing AC Milan Fabio Borini are unlikely to be true! Calciomercato.com reported last week that West Ham have joined  Napoli in the race to sign the forward. AC Milan have just made the player’s loan move permanent for a fee close to € 6 million but new Napoli boss Carlo […]

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Gazzetta dello Sport correspondent Nicolo Schira claims West Ham are in advanced talks with Lazio over Felipe Anderson who they want to offer a five-year contract. Writing on his personal Twitter account last night  Schira explained that the deal is being worked on by super agent Kia Joorabchian after West Ham reportedly tabled a £33million bid […]

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Swansea’s Alfie Mawson is the surprise choice of supporters in a Claret and Hugh poll asking for their preferred choice of  a new centre-back from a list of names already linked with West Ham. The 24-year-old defender polled nearly 38% of the votes from over 1,550 voting in Tuesday’s C&H poll. A recent article in […]

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In our latest Claret and Hugh poll this week, we turn our attention to midfield transfer targets this summer. Midfield names that have been linked to West Ham in the media include Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere, Felipe Anderson from Lazio, Danny Drinkwater and Ruben Loftus Cheek from Chelsea, Javier Pastore from PSG, William Carvalho from Sporting Lisbon, João […]

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Malaga sporting director Mario Husillos has left the club to become the new West Ham director of football. The Spanish club released an official statement to say: ‘Mario Husillos has finalised his last stage with the Club, in which he has been a player, coach and sports director. The club would like to thank Mario for his […]

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Manuel Pellegrini’s interview in Chile with Emol seems to hint that he wants the West Ham owners to bring in one big name this summer like he did at Malaga when he landed Ruud Van Nistelrooy. If the reports are to be believed that big name could well be Javier Pastore from PSG,  the 28-year-old […]

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The big six will demonstrate precisely what’s wrong with the Premier League at a summit meeting later this week. They want a  larger slice of international television cash with Liverpool owner John Henry making tetchy noises about it being wrong that lower-ranking teams should be subsidised via the broadcasting cash. So far all previous attempts […]

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Some of us have seen more false West Ham dawns than we can remember while others – younger of course – have had there share of them or, put another way, more than enough! The last one came in  July 2017 when we reckoned the arrival of a marquee signing in Chicharito, an England goalkeeper […]

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Mike has and has actually HAD a dream which has him believing the Hammers will finally win the title. Yeah, well we are talking comedy stuff here and we are  listening to Mike on what turns out to  be a very hot day so maybe it’s given him a funny head. It’s Monday again and […]

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Hammer Joao Mario has declared he won’t return to Inter Milan and says return to the Premier League and West Ham would be ideal. Technically Mario is contracted on loan as a Hammer until June 30th. “I will not go back” to Inter, the truth is that I don’t like Serie A. I don’t want to try […]

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West Ham target Felipe Anderson is now being linked with Leicester City and Southampton. According to Tuttosport the 25 year old Lazio winger – who is very much on the Irons radar – could be sold because of the Serie A outfit missing out on a Champions League place next season after finishing fifth last […]

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Manchester United goalkeeper Sam Johnstone is not a primary target for West Ham Claret and Hugh have learnt tonight. While there remains some interest in the shot stopper we have have been told he is a backup option with only a 5% chance of signing the 25-year-old this Summer. Johnstone spent a season on loan with […]

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    By Allen Cummings     The football season may have finished, but the football transfer ‘silly season’ is clearly in full swing. The transfer rumour mill is alive and well and throwing up new names every day of players we’re ‘monitoring’. We all like a bit of gossip now and again. It’s what […]

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West Ham has yet again been linked with Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere. The Daily Stair claiming an Exclusive say this morning that Manuel Pellegrini has long been an admirer of Wilshere. While in charge of Manchester City he was heavily linked with a swoop for the England outcast. The Arsenal’s midfielder’s current deal runs out at […]

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The man in charge of Michail Antonio’s future is an agent called Will Salthouse who is the CEO from Unique Sports Mangement. Along with Aaron Cresswell, Pedro Obiang and Cheik Kouyate he is Antonio’s agent.  His other high profile clients include Harry Kane, Wilfred Zaha, Tom Cairney, Callum Wilson, Andros Townsend and Jamaal Lascelles to name a […]

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