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If there is one player you would want marking Mohamed Salah on Monday evening, Issa Diop is that man and the clash between the pair could have an almighty bearing on the game’s outcome. The young Frenchman is a very motivated individual and is excited by the prospect of locking horns with the man some […]

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Paul Merson has had a major dig at West Ham and Marko Arnautovic. Arnie signed a new contract to end speculation of a move to China. But the Irons have endured a serious dip in form, losing their last three games in all competitions. Merson has had a major dig at the club as a […]

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Manuel Pellegrini – as ever – is refusing to over-react to the ‘blip’ that has hit the Hammers, nor is he fazed by the prospect of taking on Liverpool on Monday evening. As ever, there are no injury excuses although he believes the transfer speculation of January – presumably surrounding Marko Arnautovic in particular – […]

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Manuel Pellegrini has given his take on the transfer window after us fans have made our views pretty clear on the various forums. Maybe it’s because West Ham are so often involved in January wheeling and dealing that it’s a hard habit to break when nobody cones through the doors. In reality – assuming of […]

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CandH Exclusive by Hugh Southon Manu Lanzini will rejoin the Hammers squad next week after training alone for the past three months. The brilliant midfielder is recovered from a devastating injury received in World Cup training with Argentine and according to a top insider talking to CandH by telephone is close to […]

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Manuel Pellegrini is giving Mark Arnautovic an outside chance of making it for the Liverpool game on Monday night. The player was offered only a tiny chance of playing after the bruised foot he suffered against Wolves on Tuesday night with CandH outsiders refusing to commit but insisting he would be okay for the Palace […]

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Samir Nasri is unexpected to make the squad for the game against Liverpool in another blow to the manager. It may be no coincidence that the team has been seriously lacking in creativity since the French free signing has been missing. We understand that the midfielder took a knock in the match against Bournemouth and […]

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Finally – at long long last – the agents are starting to feel the bite after bleeding Premier League clubs nearly dry over the last six or seven years. This January saw a fairly dramatic fall in expenditure and that is clearly a knock on from the years of absurd spending fired up by those […]

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By Colin Gates Ok the window has been and gone making very little difference to the Irons set-up! We did a great bit of business earlier when bringing in Samir Nasri and regardless of how you feel about Marko Arnautovic, holding onto our top goalscorer can be considered a plus – at least until summer. […]

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Sadly. we are still receiving messages ion the self evident from players on the official site where today Angelo Ogbonna is telling us that it really is time for the players to concentrate 100 per cent on their jobs. Well excuse me but I thought that was the case on every match day or indeed […]

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ClaretandHugh Facebook Group member Matt COYI Briard has been running the rule over the Hammers nearly men and has come to his conclusion that another big overhaul is necessary this summer. Here’s who gives his view on who stays and who goes! By Matt Briard After another woeful performance at Wolves last night and coming […]

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Speculation is on the rise that Michy Batshuayi could now be on his way to Crystal Palace after negotiations broke down between Chelsea and West Ham. The BBC are reporting that within the last 30 moinutes the south London outfit have been given the chance to clinch a loan deal. But although Palace have been […]

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Struggling Fulham have moved in on former Hammer defender/midfielder Havard Nordtveit as they continue their battle at the bottom of the PL. It hardly seem the sort of move required to keep the south west Londoners up given the player’s record with us where he made just 16 appearances in 2016/17 before moving on to 1899 Hoffenheim. […]

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So as was widely expected it will be a very quiet West Ham transfer window following the breakdown of talks between Chelsea and ourselves over the Michy Batshuyai 12 week loan deal. Had we managed to get rid of Chicharto, Lucas Perez or both then maybe a deal would have been on but adding £170k […]

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West Ham are tonight reported to have completed a deal with Bundesliga outfit FC Augsburg according to Sky sources. Oxford’s future has been under the spotlight this window with speculation that Forest and Eintracht Frankfurt had shown an interest but that was fake news. Now it seems the 20 year old – unwanted at the […]

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West Ham have pulled the plug on moves for Chelsea striker Michy Batshuayi on the back of some incredible financial demands. The Belgian international – who managed just three goals in 23 games for Valencia during a half season on loan – had made it clear he was reluctant to joining the Hammers anyway – […]

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West Ham appear to have only a slim chance of landing Michy Batshuayi before deadline day closes this evening. The Hammers have been negotiating all morning to bring the Chelsea striker to the London Stadium but ClaretandHugh understands the player is reluctant to join us. However, a club insider told us by e mail: “We […]

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West Ham insiders are admitting the club faces a strong possibility of having to find a completely revamped strike force in the summer! Either of Lucas Perez and Javier Hernandez could be gone today so long as they can get a loan striker in and whichever remains – if either – looks certain to go […]

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Hammers academy coach Jack Collison has surprisingly urged Andy Carroll to seek a loan move before the end of the day. The former Irons midfielder – speaking on Sky Sports – declared: “It’s getting to that time with Andy Carroll. He’s fit, he’s desperate to play games and he’s not getting many minutes. “So, for […]

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West Ham go into deadline day having charged Director of Football Mario Husillos to do all he can to bring in a loan striker. Topping his list are Michy Batshuayi who spent the first half of the season at Valencia but for whom Chelsea are now seeking a permanent deal with Everton interested at around £30 […]

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Terry Westley has hailed the arrival of new Potuguese striker Mesaque Dju to the club. And he has told www.whufc.com this is a player that has been scouted for some considerable time. He said: “We had seen Mesaque play for Portugal and win the U17 and U19 European Championship titles. He was an attacking player who […]

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Gauging the temperature and problems inside West Ham are usually best measured by listening to the words of Pablo Zabaleta. For he and Mark Noble are the two players who have been there and done it over and over when it comes to identifying and dealing with issues affecting players. Of the two, Zaba’s comments […]

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So what’s gone wrong with this team of ours! Manuel Pellegrini has been busily stating the obvious on the official website today claiming it’s difficult to understand the performance at Wolves last night or inded the horror of Saturday evening at Wimbledon. Well to be honest I really don’t think there’s too much head scratching […]

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Claret and Hugh readers continued to give some of the lowest ratings ever for West Ham players in yesterday’s game against Wolves. Only Fabianski stood out as the man of the match with an average score of 8.17 despite letting in three goals. No other player scored in the eights, sevens or even sixes with every […]

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West Ham have rejected an attempt by Schalke to take Lucas Perez to the Bundesliga on loan. The BBC have reported that the £4 million summer signing is very much on Schalke’s wanted list as a loan signing until the end of the season. But when we contacted the Hammers this afternoon it quickly became […]

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Marko Arnautovic is set for a scan within the next 48 hours on the foot injury he sustained against Wolves in last night’s 3-0 defeat at Molineux. The striker – making a long awaited comeback after the Chinese transfer saga – left the action in the second half seemingly unable to put any weight on […]

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