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West Ham have sold out their 3,000 allocation of tickets at Anfield for the first game of the 2018/2019 Premier League season against Liverpool. The initial 90% of tickets for this fixture sold out to Season Ticket Holders with 10+ points on Wednesday 25 July. The remaining 10% were made available for Season Ticket Holders […]

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West Ham are resisting Sampdoria moves for Pedro Obiang despite stories emerging that a deal is close to being done. The midfielder joined the Irons from the Italian outfit in 2015 and the Italians have been courting him now for over a year hoping to get him back on the cheap. But the Hammers are […]

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We can all become a bit over critical in pre-season and look at the negatives rather than some very obvious plus points. And as I trawled through some Youtube videos of the action so do far this season I came across a magical moment in the match against Villa.. And if this is the sort […]

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The Hammers under 23s will continue their pre-season build-up at Barnet tomorrow ahead of the season opener against Spurs on Monday August 13 at the Lamex Stadium in Stevenage. And we have been told that it’s more likely that the youngster everyone is talking about – Nathan Holland – is more likely to be involved […]

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    By Allen Cummings     What a summer it’s been as a with our club hardly out of the headlines – and for a change it’s been for all the right reasons – as Manuel Pellegrini’s spending spree tops the £100m mark. The spotlight has well and truly been focused on events at […]

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Eight thousand West Ham away supporters have bought tickets to support the Hammer in their pre-season schedule this Summer. Incredibly nearly 500 Hammers travelled to Switzerland to the Stadion Schützenwiese to face FC Winterthur which would have seen a  1,300 round trip journey by ferry and car. Back in the UK, Wycombe Wanderers saw 1,003 West […]

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Mark Noble is finding playing under Manuel Pellegrini a real “joy.” The skipper was named yesterday (Thurs) as a very important player to the boss and has responded by talking of his enjoyment of being involved in the new Hammers regime. Of the Aston Villa game he said: “You can imagine, I thoroughly enjoyed it. […]

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Reports that Crystal Palace are “in talks” with the Hammers over  signing of midfielder Cheikhou Kouyate should come as no big surprise. Sky Sports News are currently running the story which most definitely has a ring of truth around it given that the midfielder is one of the players looked after by one of the Irons […]

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Hammer Marcus Browne has agreed a deal to join League One club Oxford United on a season-long loan. The attacking midfielder Browne made his Hammers debut and sole first-team appearance when he featured against Romanian side Astra Giurgiu in a UEFA Europa League qualifier in August 2016. He was later loaned to Wigan Athletic, appearing in […]

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Jack Wilshere has been around long enough to know the score and he senses something big in the air at West Ham. Speaking at his official unveiling as a Hammer he said: “I think [I sense an air of change at West Ham],” I think it’s one of the main reasons I came here. With […]

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Portuguese media outlet O Jogo claims Cheik Kouyate will soon be leaving West Ham to join Porto for around a £14m transfer fee. The website says the West Ham defensive midfielder will leave the London club. and will be appointed to FC Porto. Kouyate has yet to return from World Cup duty but was expected to return on […]

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According to Sky Sports News, West Ham is considering a move for Southampton midfielder Mario Lemina. The 24-year-old Gabonese international was targeted by Everton, Arsenal, West Ham, Valencia and Southampton last summer while still at Juventus. Southampton was the only club prepared to pay £16 million asking price rising to £20m with add-ons. The Saints […]

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German newspaper BILD says West Ham are one of two Premier League clubs interested in 26-year-old forward Yoshinori Muto from Mainz. The report claims that a move to England is very serious with Newcastle the second club linked in the Japanese player. Mainz board have confirmed: “The English have definitely woken up, there is now […]

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New Hammers boss Manuel Pellegrini has revealed that David Sullivan has made him  lord of all he surveys at the London Stadium. And during his unveiling today he added he decided to become West Ham boss when Sullivan told him he wanted “a new club.” He said “When I spoke with him he told me […]

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West Ham travel to Walsall against Villa for their next pre-season friendly  tomorrow (Wed) with several players looking for a first run-out under the new boss. And the travelling fans will be hoping to get a look at the club’s record signing Felipe Anderson who could take his place in the midfield as the Hammers […]

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Manuel Pelegrini is continuing to push for new players and hopes to persuade the owners to invest in another midfielder as well as a back-up striker.   But the club – having adopted a ‘no leaks’ policy all summer – as they brought in seven new players is not issuing a single clue on the […]

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By Allen Cummings Declan Rice is with doubt the brightest young prospect at West Ham for many a long year, a throwback to the halcyon days of Ferdinand, Lampard, Carrick, Defoe and Cole. A player with the football world at his feet – literally. With the exception of Arnie, Declan was our player of the […]

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Ryan Fredericks has had experience of Preston North End over recent Championship seasons and knew exactly what to expect on Saturday after – he wasn’t disappointed. He told www.whufc.com “They  puts a lot of pressure on your back four and they put a lot of balls in behind that you’ve got to go and chase.That’s […]

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Declan Rice’s contract negotiations continue but it would be fair to say a high stakes gamble is being played out. His agent Neil Fewings – whom we believe also looks after Jack Wilshere’s interests – is understood to be holding out for a wage of around £40k a week whilst the Hammers are offering something […]

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Manager Manuel looks to have taken be giving an extended opportunity to a couple of youngsters who have clearly caught his eye during pre-season. And with only three games left before the big kick off it will be interesting to see how much time he gives exciting Nathan Holland and Sead Haksabanovich (right) over the […]

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The boys over at Hammers Chat are really pushing the boat out this season as they prepare to receive new fans onto they continue with their highly popular pre and post match social activity. Three years ago HC took the whole fleet of boats available for the season and next month they will open their gates […]

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Well, had I known beforehand I’d have had a bet on him given that it now turns out Open winner Francesco Molinari is a Hammer. In what turned out to be a riveting afternoon’s watching at Carnoustie, the 35 year old lifted the most famous trophy in the game and immediately let the world know […]

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Manuel Pellegrini welcomes back the final thee players in the Hammers squad he has yet to run the rule over when training gets underway at Rush Green tomorrow (Mon). New signing Lukasz Fabianski, striker Chicharito and midfielder Cheik Kouyate will rejoin the Hammers squad following their breaks following the World Cup in Russia. The arrival […]

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Former Hammer Joe Hart has spoken of his disappointment with his loan move to West Ham and now wants a permanent move away from Man City. “I need to go somewhere permanent, I think that’s obvious,” said Hart after making his first Man City appearance since August 2016 in the friendly loss to Borussia Dortmund in […]

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Trevor Brooking has declared that West Ham must finish  in the top half of the table this season. The Hammers legend has told  Sky Sports News that  challenging the ‘big six’ clubs may be unrealistic but that a top half finish is a must. “We’ve been looking over our shoulders in the wrong way the last couple […]

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Fresh reports today suggest Pedro Obiang is keen on a return to Italy but the articles from Italian media have all the hallmarks of agent generated content. The latest club to be linked with 26-year-old is his former club Sampdoria. Sampdoria is close to the signing of Pedro Obiang from West Ham claims Gianlucadimarzio.com who said the […]

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