Posted on 18 February 2019.
Edmilson Fernandes is presenting Fiorentina with reasons to make his move to Serie A permanent in the summer. They are believed to hold an option to buy the midfielder and scored in the 4-1 win over Spal yesterday which was his second in three games. The Hammers loanee also notched in the game against Udeinese […]
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Posted on 18 February 2019.
Issa Diop is up for another big physical challenge on Friday night and is using the prolonged break to decide on how to handle a certain Aleksandar Mitrović. Ironically, with the Hammers looking for strikers this summer, the Fulham front man has been mentioned by many as a possible target and seven goals in a struggling side […]
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Posted on 18 February 2019.
West Ham and E20 Stadium have this morning revealed they are currently exploring some significant changes which they believe will improve the seating and experience of supporters in the Sir Trevor Brooking and Bobby Moore bringing fans closer to the pitch The concept, which has initially been presented to a meeting of West Ham United’s Official Supporters’ Board, will bring the vast […]
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Posted on 17 February 2019.
West Ham Vice Chairman Karren Brady has refused to condemn her friend Sir Philip Green despite fresh allegations. The Baroness said she would not be resigning as chairman of Taveta Investments – which owns Sir Philip’s Arcadia Group – asking a reporter, ‘Why should I?’ The comments were made outside her £3million Knightsbridge home and […]
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Posted on 17 February 2019.
If anyone were to doubt the standing of the Hammers strike force in the eyes of the fans they had a big awakening in the ClaretandHugh poll for Hammer of the Year. Whilst there may still be much to come from the unpredictable Marko Arnautovic his standing in that poll came as a shock. For […]
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Posted on 17 February 2019.
Over 70% of Claret and Hugh readers expect West Ham to total between 40 and 50 points when the Premier League season ends, a further 24% believe we could push on to between 50-60 points with just over 1% saying 60-69 is still possible. Just over 3% say we will amass between 33 and 40 […]
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Posted on 17 February 2019.
There are stories …and then there are sensible reports! And the tale in The Sun this morning seems like nether given the Hammers and Pablo Zabaleta have yet to agree on whether he will be staying at the club next season. As we have reported on several occasion Zaba only needs another eight Hammers appearances […]
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Posted on 17 February 2019.
Marko Arnautovic may have fallen bang out of favour with many but he remains the Hammers best hope for a last lap charge over the last 12 games of the season. His fall from grace has been dramatic and unsurprising given the January soap opera and his brother’s part in the Chinese soap opera. Last […]
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Posted on 17 February 2019.
Hammers Manuel Lanzini and Fabian Balbuena both look in contention to return from Injury for selection in the 18 man match day squad to face Fulham next Friday. Both trained well in the warm weather training in Malaga earlier this week and are eager to resume their West Ham playing careers. Samir Nasri who did […]
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Posted on 17 February 2019.
West Ham are understood to have decided that Andy Carroll will not see the option on his contract exercised this summer and the very best he can expect to receive is a pay as you play contract at the club after his injury ravaged spell with us. The Hammers would allow the contract to run […]
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Posted on 17 February 2019.
Striker Lucas Perez seems unlikely to be included in Manuel Pellegrini plans for the remaining twelve games of the Premier League season after a failed January exit. West Ham were close to agreeing a permanent £3.5m deal for Lucas Perez to join Real Betis in January but the Spanish club changed their minds, Bundesliga club […]
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Posted on 16 February 2019.
West Ham boss Manuel Pellegrini looks set to launch a new raid on unsettled Beskitas midfielder Gary Medel in the summer. The defensive midfielder is under contract until June 2020 and has made it clear to Besiktas he has no intention of agreeing a new deal with the club. The Turkish outfit are keen for […]
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Posted on 16 February 2019.
West Ham Vice Chairman Karren Brady says there is no use in complaining about agents and scouts if no-one breaks the law. Writing in her Sun football diary the Baroness points out the world is obsessed with football pointing out that West Ham have seven scouts in Europe and a video analysis department Brady writes […]
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Posted on 16 February 2019.
If the Hammer of the year vote was held this week then Lukasz Fabianski would be the runaway winner with nearly sixty percent of the vote. With over 2,000 readers voting in the Claret and Hugh poll, 1,214 out of 2,206 supporters put their x in the Polish keepers box. Declan Rice was the worthy […]
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Posted on 16 February 2019.
West Ham United take on Huddersfield Town in their SSE FA Women’s Cup fifth round tie at Rush Green on Sunday 17 February. Kick-off is at 2pm. Tickets are priced at just £5 adults and £1 under-16s. What’s more, with no men’s team game this weekend, if you’re an adult Season Ticket Holder, you can get in […]
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Posted on 16 February 2019.
Hammer Manuel Lanzini was treated to a hilarious rendition of I’m forever blowing bubbles in Marbella from Fabian Balbuena and Felipe Anderson as the West Ham first team squad squad took time out to celebrate the Argentine’s birthday in Spain. The amusing video was filmed by his fellow team mates at the restaurant and quickly […]
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Posted on 16 February 2019.
A list compiled by the BBC shows West Ham now charge the highest for football mascot packages in the Premier League after Everton decided to abandon their scheme were they were listed as the most expensive in the top flight. That leaves West Ham now top of the mascot price table with prices of up […]
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Posted on 16 February 2019.
A seventh man has been arrested after fighting between Leicester and West Ham fans just minutes before Khun Vichai’s helicopter crashed. A number of fans were involved in a brawl in Filbert Way, near to the junction with Burnmoor Street, at about 7.30pm on October 27. At about 7.37pm, the club’s owner, Vichai Srivaddhnaprabha’s helicopter crashed on […]
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Posted on 16 February 2019.
A pie-throwing female Wolves season ticket holder has been banned from matches for three years after targeting a West Ham fan seated below. Josephine Johnson pleaded guilty to hurling the missile, which hit a West Ham supporter on the head during Wolves 3-0 win at Molineux. The 44 year old, from Rugeley, was in the […]
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Posted on 16 February 2019.
Former Hammer Ravel Morrison has signed with Swedish top-tier club Ostersunds FK for the rest of their season. The 26-year-old was signed on loan from Lazio on a six-month deal. Morrison had been on trial with Ostersunds FK during their winter break training camp in Marbella, Spain. The troubled player has not played for Lazio […]
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Posted on 16 February 2019.
So we are more or less two-thirds of the way through the season and currently sitting on 33 points in the Premier League. We have 12 more games to play with of course 36 points up for grabs and a mixture of very hard, hard and not so hard games to come. It’s Fulham followed […]
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Posted on 16 February 2019.
A list compiled by the BBC shows West Ham now charge the highest for football mascot packages in the Premier League after Everton decided to abandon their scheme were they were listed as the most expensive in the top flight. That leaves West Ham now top of the mascot price table with prices of up […]
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Posted on 15 February 2019.
West Ham could soon be looking towards a couple of Portuguese signings as the next big things to emerge from the under 23s. Xande Silva has made a big impact and although he has suffered a couple of recent injuries is close to fitness again and hopefully ready to make an impression on Manuel Pellegrini […]
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Posted on 15 February 2019.
Top sports writer Martin Samuel has destroyed the critics with a withering comment aimed directly at the Republic of Ireland international registration system. Writing in the Daily Mail Samuel declares with contemptuous ease: “Rice performed somersaults to avoid offending the nation of his grandparents but this drama wasn’t his fault. If Ireland insist on making […]
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Posted on 15 February 2019.
So far we’ve had Graeme Souness, Dean Saunders, Jamie Redknapp, Andy Townsend and now Micky Quinn giving us their opinions on Declan Rice’s decision to play for England. And by far the most objectionable is the former ‘fat boy’ who represented Wigan, Stockpor,t Oldham, Portsmouth, Newcastle and Coventry That’s the same Mick Quinn who was […]
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Posted on 15 February 2019.
Michail Antonio – confronted with figures from Sky that 87 per cent of football have seen or heard incidents of racism inside stadiums prompted him to make some pretty radical suggestions about how to stop it. He suggested that maybe matches should be played behind closed doors or that there should be points deductions applied. […]
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