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The London Assembly have released a statement following yesterday’s hearing on London Stadium finances and claiming West Ham Vice-Chairman Karren Brady will face the same committee in October to tell her side of the story. The press statement reads: “At today’s meeting of the London Assembly Budget and Performance Committee, the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) claimed […]

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Slaven Bilic has been appointed manager of Al Ittihad. The Croatian is set to earn £3 million per year in Saudi Arabia, after the club announced his appointment on Thursday. A club statement read: “Bilic will train Ittihad throughout the upcoming phase of the sports season. “The board wished Bilic all success in his new […]

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The West Ham player ratings are in from last night’s 8-0 win over Macclesfield with several hundred West Ham supporters casting their votes. Unsurprisingly youngster Grady Diangana achieved the highest average rating with an 8.9 on his senior debut in which he bagged two goals. 19-year-old Declan Rice was not that far behind with an average of […]

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London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) bosses have revealed that London Stadium losses are forecast to reach around £15m down from £20m last year. The admission came at the London Assembly Budget and Performance committee this afternoon with Lyn Gardner and Gerry Murphy giving evidence to London Assembly members. The LLDC also admitted to the committee that the […]

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Declan Rice shrugged aside all the new contract and international talk this afternoon by demonstrating there was only one place he wanted to be…among his academy buddies. No sooner had training at Rush Green finished than he, Conor Coventry, Grady Diangana and Joe Powell headed straight for Chadwell Heath to join in the celebrations of […]

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Owners of London Stadium have spent £4m of taxpayers’ money in legal fees in the past three years over disputes with tenants West Ham. The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) has been in dispute with the Hammers over several aspects of its 99-year lease. Gerry Murphy, LLDC deputy chief executive, confirmed the costs at a […]

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The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) misled London Assembly members this afternoon by suggesting the corporation loses between £250,000 and £260,000 every time West Ham plays at the London Stadium excluding any seat move costs. LLDC Deputy CEO Gerry Murphy suggested the figure was a net figure excluding any revenue from catering or rent from […]

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West Ham have confirmed that Carlos Sanchez looks certain to miss the rest of the season after pulling out of the Macclesfield Town match early on. The Mirror claimed in a report earlier today that he had a suspected medial ligament problem and we can now confirm that. It’s bad luck on a player who […]

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Hammer Chat’s Gonzo hits out As the Declan Rice saga continues to play out in the public domain I find myself torn between club and player. Whilst the situation may appear to be black and white on the surface, there are quite a few contradicting noises being leaked from the club itself and Rice’s […]

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He’s the talk of the east end and beyond this morning and even he is having trouble believing what happened last night! Remember the name – Grady Diangana. It’s not going to be hard because we are undoubtedly going to be hearing a lot more of it. And after a two goal debut in first […]

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West Ham have lodged complaints with TalkSport about the heavy criticism the club received from pundit Danny Murphy over the handling of their contract negotiations with Declan Rice since learning the player’s agent also represents the former Liverpool and Fulham professional. Murphy argued that it was “ridiculous” West Ham were yet to reward Rice’s impressive performances with […]

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Proud academy director Terry Westley hailed his youngsters and West Ham United after a hugely successful night against Macclesfield Town. Grady Diangana starred along with Declan Rice and both Joe Powell and Conor Coventry joined the action as the Hammers smashed their League Two opponents aside. All have grown up under Westley’s guidance and his […]

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Please give your player ratings for West Ham players who played ten minutes or more in the West Ham v Macclesfield 8-0 win. Please only vote if you watched the game and select a score between one and ten where one is low and ten is high, leave any players who didn’t play or played under […]

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Sean hands out the marks on last night’s performance from the Irons Adrian: Had nothing to do after an early flurry of Macclesfield activity 7 Fredericks: Like the rest of defence it was all about getting forward – fantastic goal. Impressive 8 Ogbonna: Good goal confident performance 7 Cresswell: Good display down the left […]

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Manuel Pellegrini is watching real intensity enter his squad and was delighted they didn’t under-estimate last night’s opposition in an epic 8-0 win at the London Stadium. That’s the highest win so far in their ‘new’ home and is likely to stand for a very long time. It came via some serious professionalism in addressing […]

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Manuel Pellegrini has revealed that Grady Diangana’s quality showing in last night’s epic 8-0 victory came as no surprise whatsoever to him. Discussing the winger’s dramatic entry into the Hammers first team he said:”I think that Diangana played exactly the way he worked in the week. “That’s why he started the game, because he was […]

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Fears have emerged that Hammers midfielder Carlos Sanchez may be sidelined until the end of the season. The Colombian midfielder was forced off after nine minutes in the EFL Cup clash against Macclesfield last night. And although official confirmation from the club is awaited, the Mirror is reporting that the deadline day signing may have […]

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Michael Oliver has been named as ref for the Hammers v Man United clash at lunchtime on Saturday. The Ashington official has taken charge of 17 Hammers games in his career and only four of those have resulted in victories for the Irons. His first was against Barnsley in 2009 when we recorded a 3-0 […]

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Pablo Zabaleta is still basking of the fine draw against Chelsea declaring: ““I thought the point was really good and I’m pleased with the performance of the team.” He added: “We could have won the game. We had a couple of chances for Michail Antonio and Yarmolenko, but also they had some good chances as […]

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West Ham has hinted at possible changes for the Carabao Cup against Macclesfield. There was no pre-match press conference today as managers are obliged to speak to the press ahead of league cup games. The official club website WHUFC.com has hinted at changes by saying: “The likes of Adrian, Aaron Cresswell, Angelo Ogbonna, Ryan Fredericks and Lucas Perez […]

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News continues to circulate around 19-year-old Hammer Declan Rice. The Daily Mail suggested that Spurs are laying in wait prepared to pick him up on the cheap when his contract expires in 2020 possibly only paying tribunal compensation to West Ham. The Mail says “Rice earns just £3,000 a week — a deal that runs until the summer […]

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Manuel Pellegrini has made it clear he is taking tonight’s tie against Macclesfield “very seriously” as he recalls making this the first trophy he won in English football. Speaking to the official site he said: “This is a competition that has many good memories for me. It was the first title I won in English football, […]

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Chicharito has recovered from a bout of glandular fever and is set for a return to training this week. The Mexican was struck down with illness a couple of weeks ago but according to club sources is now free of the energy sapping illness. Hernandez was involved in the squad for the match against Wolves […]

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West Ham United and the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) will sit down this week in a face to face meeting attended by senior executives on both sides in an attempt to resolve their differences over the London Stadium. The news comes after a spate of recent ‘tit for tat exchanges’ in the public domain. […]

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Hammer Andriy Yarmolenko has been mercilessly mocked by his West Ham team mates today at training after his horror miss during yesterday’s game against Chelsea at the London Stadium. His awful miss came 13 minutes from the final whistle as substitute Robert Snodgrass swung over a cross from the left that found Andriy Yarmolenko, free […]

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