The Hammers are on their way with a first victory of pre-season over Wycombe Wanderers. And here you can catch up with the highlights and of course Mark Arnautovich’s winner at Adams Park. As suggested by Gonzo in his post match video report new boy Andriy Yarmolenko looks to be an exciting prospect and showed […]
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Goal and Highlights: Wycombe v Irons
Posted on 14 July 2018.
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Video: Gonzo to the rescue after Wycombe stream failure
Posted on 14 July 2018.
Claret and Hugh’s big mate Gonzo has stepped into the breach to give an after match report on the game at Wycombe Wanderers this afternoon. With the club’s ‘live stream’ proving a dead loss Gonz has put together a ten minute video which tells you all you need to know about the events at Adams […]
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Hammers win useful Wycombe work out game
Posted on 14 July 2018.
Hammer of last year Marko Arnautovic started where he left off from last season when grabbing the winner in a 1-0 pre-season friendly victory over Wycombe this afternoon. He smashed home a typical goal in 34 minutes when holding off his defender and firing home across goalkeeper Ryan Allsop and into the far corner. Both he […]
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Hammers fans left sunk by unwatchable ‘stream’
Posted on 14 July 2018.
Those looking forward to watching the Hammers first semi competitive match against Wycombe Wanderers via a club You Tube stream this afternoon were sunk . There are bad streams, awful streams and then there was this excuse for a broadcast which saw extensive buffering throughout the first half. Eventually the entire thing started again from […]
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West Ham v Wycombe Wanderers team news
Posted on 14 July 2018.
Manuel Pellegrini starts against Wycombe Wanderers at Adams Park with a lineup of Adrian, Zabaleta, Diop, Ogbonna, Masuaku, Noble. Obiang, Cullen, Snodgrass, Yarmolenko and Arnautovic Subs bench is Trott, Oxford, Rice, Byram, Coventry, Fernandes, Samuelson, Haksabanovic, Holland and Hugill. Injury news: Jack Wilshere is not match fit such yet as he is one week behind […]
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Official: West Ham announce sixth signing
Posted on 14 July 2018.
West Ham have confirmed the signing of Paraguay international Fabian Balbuena. The defender has joined the Irons from Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A side Corinthians for an undisclosed fee, penning a three-year deal. He told WHUFC.com “I’m really excited for this new challenge and my target is to meet the demands of the Premier League,” the […]
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Hammers ‘live’ stream from Wycombe
Posted on 14 July 2018.
Arnie set to return Manuel Pellegrini takes the squad into their first pre-season friendly on home soil when we take on Wycombe Wanderers this afternoon. And the match can be watched live via the Club’s YouTube channel and whufc.com and also featuring a match live via a matchday blog on whufc.com. Beyond that updates will be available […]
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Pellegrini’s new look team
Posted on 14 July 2018.
The signing of Felipe Anderson and Fabian Balbuena brings the total number of summer signings under Manuel Pellegrini to seven with Ryan Fredericks, Lukasz Fabianski, Issa Diop, Jack Wilshere and Andriy Yarmelenko already in the Hammers squad. We could be looking at an unrecognisable lineup when we face Liverpool on Sunday 12th August. Pellegrini is […]
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West Ham make sixth and seventh summer signings
Posted on 14 July 2018.
Felipe Anderson and Fabian Balbuena are both West Ham players after completing deals yesterday evening and will be announced soon by the club. Anderson completed a record club deal worth around £46m and that should be announced as early as today by the club. Anderson obtained his work permit earlier this week and agreed personal terms […]
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Fabian Balbuena is a Hammer
Posted on 14 July 2018.
Fabian Balbuena is now a Hammer. This photo from inside the London Stadium taken yesterday proves it. Posted by a Paraguayan radio station Centro al Área on Twitter his morning it says “FABIÁN BALBUENA is officially a new WEST HAM UNITED player” The 26-year-old Centre Back was the captain of the Brazilian side Corinthians until West Ham […]
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London Stadium agent mystery solved
Posted on 13 July 2018.
Football agent Adriano Spadoto caused speculation on social media that free agent Bernard was about to join West Ham after the agent posted photos inside the London Stadium tonight. However, Spadoto was at the Stadium this evening as part of team Anderson as the Brazilian completes his deal in a club record £46m transfer. Club […]
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Poll: What should be done with the World Cup statue?
Posted on 13 July 2018.
Newham council have gone back on a previous promise to move to the World Cup statue featuring Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters from Barking road to the London Stadium. Former Newham Mayor Robin Wales and West Ham fan had agreed the statue could be moved and a plinth was created outside the Stadium […]
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Brazilian’s pay demands kills deal
Posted on 13 July 2018.
West Ham have tonight knocked back reports that Shaktar Donetsk winger Bernard is on his way to the club The story is being reported across Europe as fact but ClaretandHugh has been told an attempt to land the player failed a month ago on account of his personal terms. We pulled out when his representatives […]
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Antonio exit may be on hold after Carroll injury
Posted on 13 July 2018.
Andy Carroll’s not unexpected injury issue may have thrown a different perspective on Michail Antonio’s position at the club. It’s been widely speculated that the former Hammer of the Year will be on his way this summer with Palace favourites to grab him. But the Carroll news means that we are now down to two […]
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No rest for Irons as boss makes the going tougher
Posted on 13 July 2018.
Manuel Pellegrini – currently flying back to England with the squad from the Swiss training camp – has become the hardest manager any Irons squad will have worked under in recent seasons. After intensive three sessions a day training routines in Europe there will be absolutely no let up in the boss’ super-tough training regime […]
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West Ham sixth signing is imminent
Posted on 13 July 2018.
The cat is out of the bag again as the club plan to announce their sixth signing of the summer in the form of centre-back Fabian Balbuena. West Ham Italy on Twitter posted a photo inside the London Stadium club store of two shirts with the name Balbuena on the back as they prepare for their next announcement. […]
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West Ham await the outcome of two medicals
Posted on 13 July 2018.
Felipe Anderson and Fabian Balbuena are both undergoing West Ham medicals today a club insider has confirmed. A smiling Anderson arrived at Heathrow airport last night to be greeted by Sky Sports News cameras. He is expected to complete a deal worth around £46m over the weekend and should be announced by the club on Monday as […]
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Hammers increase overdraft to fund player purchases
Posted on 13 July 2018.
West Ham has arranged a £45m overdraft to help fund down payments The club on summer signings. When Felipe Anderson and Fabian Balbuena join West Ham would have committed to spend up to £100m with the first year’s transfer down payment and agent fees of around £30m paid upfront. The club borrowed £25m last season of […]
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London Stadium upgrades CCTV system
Posted on 13 July 2018.
London Stadium is undergoing an upgrade of their CCTV system to Dallmeier Panomera security cameras. In the Newham Safety Advisory Board minutes from April, it was revealed that there were some issues with a fibre cable and the legacy CCTV was down for a very short time during the Burnley game last season when troubles flared. The old […]
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West Ham announce new shirt sponsor
Posted on 13 July 2018.
West Ham will wear a lion rampant on their shirt next season after the club signed their new sleeve sponsor. The logo of Basset & Gold, a financial services firm in London, will feature on the left sleeve of the first team, academy and PL2 players. Basset & Gold will also become West Ham’s eSports partner. A […]
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Andy Carroll suffers malicious false rumours
Posted on 13 July 2018.
Andy Carroll has suffered malicious false rumours on social media in how he has suffered his latest injury blow. Verified Instagram and Twitter accounts are falsely claiming the 29-year-old West Ham striker ruptured his ACL after falling off a balcony in Switzerland while sneaking back into his hotel room after curfew. Club insiders have confirmed the rumour is 100% […]
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Cancelling Carroll’s contract achieves absolutely nothing
Posted on 13 July 2018.
Andy Carroll’s incredible injury woes have again given rise to the cry among many for his contract to be cancelled! It’s a natural emotional knee jerk reaction with people fed up that he is never available and he doesn’t help himself when saying things like: “I hope I get a full pre-season ” following the […]
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World Cup at the London Stadium this weekend
Posted on 13 July 2018.
The 2018 Athletics World Cup will be held at the London Stadium this Saturday and Sunday. The competition format features all field and track events up to and including the 1500m will star the world’s eight leading athletics nations over those disciplines: USA, Great Britain & Northern Ireland, Poland, China, Germany, France, Jamaica and South […]
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Very early days but is this the line up as it stands?
Posted on 13 July 2018.
I may be a little early with this piece bearing in mind that Felipe Anderson is still a couple of days away and according to the manager there could well be more players arriving at the club. But with five new faces on board it’s an interesting exercise to trying working out the sort of […]
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Pellegrini hoping for more transfers
Posted on 13 July 2018.
Manuel Pellegrini has made it clear to the fans that the hammers ain’t done yet in the summer transfer market. The manager – in welcoming latest signing Andriy Armolenko to the club has sent a message that hopefully there are more players on the way during this extraordinary summer. r. He said: “He (Yarmolenko) is a […]
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Hammers to return to the UK
Posted on 13 July 2018.
The West Ham squad will fly back from Switzerland later today after their first Summer training camp at Bad Ragaz under Manuel Pellegrini comes to an end. After landing back in the UK later today the players will be transported to a hotel in Marlow where they will stay overnight before Saturday’s pre-season friendly. The Hammers face […]
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