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West Ham have just one place remaining in their 25 man West Ham squad and that could well be filled this January transfer window. Samir Nasri became the 24th player to be registered with the Premier League as part of their twenty five man squad. Seven of the twenty-five players must be homegrown and the moment […]

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Xande Silva is just one reason why the Hammers should not be panicking their way into the January transfer window for a new striker. With questions marks continuing to hover around Andy Carroll, the under 23 prospect caught the eye in a significant way against Birmingham City at the weekend. Those who have not seen […]

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Manuel Pellegrini is playing his cards close to his chest on whether Samir Nasri will either start of be on the bench against Arsenal at the weekend. And after his excellent start to life at the club against Birmingham he must be a slight favourite to edge it over Mark Noble in a game which […]

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The Irons are this morning reported as leaving themselves open to’ conflict of interests’ charges after a sports management agency became a secondary shirt sponsor of their Women’s Super League team. Unique Sports Management are listed as having four members of Manuel Pellegrini’s first-team squad as clients – Antonio, Cresswell, Obiang and Fredericks and the […]

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West Ham’s left back spot continues to raise its head with new reports emerging that Olympiakos’ Leonardo Koutris (right) remains very much a target for the club. The position has caused issues all season with first Aaron Cresswell out in the cold before Arthur Masuaku has started to feel the draught over recent games. Cresswell has […]

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A newspaper story that the Hammers are interested in Barcelona’s Denis Suarez has this morning been described as’ nonsense’ by a highly placed Hammers source. According to The Sun the Irons are ready to offer an immediate £20 million for the Barca winger and that this has dented Arsenal’s hopes of signing him. But the […]

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Episode seventeen of season eight of the popular West Ham podcast Moore Than Just A Podcast is now available. Listen to Claret and Hugh Associate editor Sean Whetstone with fellow presenter Nigel Kahn to cover all five games over the festive and new year period from the Watford defeat to Birmingham City victory in the FA Cup. […]

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Declan Rice was again the Claret and Hugh man of the match in the FA Cup third round win against Birmingham City picking up an average score of 7.72 from several hundred C&H readers who voted today in our regular player ratings poll. Samri Nasri making his debut was not far behind in second place with an […]

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West Ham is likely to get an away allocation of 675 tickets for the away game against AFC Wimbledon in the fourth proper of the FA Cup, the same amount they received when they played the Dons in August in the second round of the Carabo cup. The FA Cup rules say that a minimum […]

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West Ham transfer target Gary Medel is a talented midfield player who currently plays for Turkish giants Besiktas. Having spent some time playing for Inter Milan, he has the experience of the premier league before, playing for Cardiff City in the 2013/14 season. He has shown his positioning and passing in the middle of the park […]

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West Ham has been drawn to face AFC Wimbledon again in a Cup game. The Hammers will be looking to do the double over the Dons after previously beating them 3-1 in the second round of the Carabao cup Monday evening’s draw sends the Hammers to the Cherry Red Records Stadium, in Kingston, Surrey to take on the […]

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Andy Carroll looks set to see the season out at West Ham with no interest having been shown in the striker. A goal on Saturday and some fine defensive work against Birmingham City showed that the 30 year old is coming back to his best but at this stage there have been no inquiries. With […]

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West Ham January window interest has reduced even further with the excellent performances of Samir Nasri and players returning from injury. It’s been clear for some time now that the club and manager believe they are in a strong enough position not to bothered with too much January activity. But Nasri’s performance against Birmingham was […]

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Speculation is again on the rise that Lucas Perez could be on his way from the Hammers with Real Betis the latest club being linked with the striker. The news has been reported by AS – a Spanish daily – who declare that he is Betis’ preferred January target although the Hammers have insisted for […]

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Please vote with your personal ratings for West Ham players who played for ten minutes or more in the West Ham United v Birmingham City FA cup victory at the London Stadium on Saturday. Please only vote if you watched the game yourself and select a numerical score between one and ten where one is […]

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West Ham supporters say Birmingham fans broke through a safety barrier following the FA cup win outside the London Stadium causing many to fear for their safety. Police and stewards failed to keep the two sets of fans separated post-match. One eyewitness who spoke to Claret and Hugh who asked not to be named said “They […]

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Marko Arnautovic’s brief show of anger at Manuel Pellegrini when subbed against Birmingham City demonstrated something pretty enthralling about both men on Saturday afternoon. Arnie’s force of personality is all well and good but it doesn’t seem as though it will get him very far with a man who pays very little attention to such […]

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Andy Carroll announced his return to goal action and is not unnaturally very happy about that – it was a decent way 0f celebrating his 30 birthday yesterday! His appearance of course left him Cup tied should any team wish to make a move for him in January but after a decent performance that looks […]

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Grady Diangana once again impressed as we beat Birmingham and already his mind set on Wembley. The youngster’s progress this season has been one of the features of the campaign and although we await his first Premier League goals, they can’t be far away. It seems amazing that he has already made 14 appearances at PL […]

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West Ham January window interest has reduced even further with the excellent performances of Samir Nasri and players returning from injury. It’s been clear for some time now that the club and manager believe they are in a strong enough position not to bothered with too much January activity. But Nasri’s performance against Birmingham was […]

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We are going to have to wait until tomorrow night to discover our fourth round FA Cup opponents but already the excitement in building. All of us will be waiting to hear West Ham No 22 when former Republic international Robbie Keane and his former Wolves team-mate Carl Ikeme make the draw. And ahead of the […]

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Marko Arnautovic is fine and is suffering no injury whatsoever and may well have learned a life lesson on the Manuel Pellegrini style of management yesterday! He was subbed as a precautionary message after feeling a pain in his back according to Manuel Pellegrini and the frustration that followed as he sat on the bench […]

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What may or may not happen to Adrian at the end of the season remains to be seen although it is difficult to see him extending his contract or renewing it. I admire Adrian given the miseries he has suffered over recent years when even fiding himself playing second fiddle to Darren Randolph. At no […]

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Samir Nasi is happy with life and ready to achieve things after his highly impressive start for the Hammers against Birmingham City yesterday. One of those “things” will hopefully be the FA Cup but on most people’s reading of yesterday’s game we are going to be a much better team with him than without him […]

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Manuel Pellegrini has received a triple boost with the news that Ryan Fredericks, Fabian Balbuena and Chicharito could all be back on the Rush Green training pitch next week. And should they make it back for Monday morning there’s even a chance they could be fit to take their place in the squad for next […]

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There is no further room for doubt about what is happening at West Ham United right now! For while the first team were completing a thoroughly efficient FA Cup victory over Birmingham City with the help of three former academy products, the under 23s were thrashing Manchester City in their own back yard by no […]

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