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The bookies are convinced Jack Wilshere is on his way to West Ham tonight and have him priced at 1/8 to be wearing the claret and blue next season. The odds crash is obviously based on reports that the Arsenal free agent has had face to face talks with Manuel Pellegrini but quite what the […]

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Jack Wilshere is tonight being reported as having had face to face talks with Manuel Pellegrini over a move to West Ham. The former England midfielder is also being chased by Fenerbache but in a widely reported piece it seems that the player is fancied by the new Hammers management. The Mirror reports: “The Istanbul […]

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Academy chief Terry Westley believes Nathan Holland can make a big impression on Manuel Pellegrini during the pre-season camp in Switzerland. Westley has famously declared that the youngster reminds him very much of Ryan Giggs and told ClaretandHugh: Nathan could find that the way Manuel Pellegrini plays the game is right down his street. “He’s a […]

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Manuel Pellegrini  mounted another 100 minute pass-and-move drill and technical work in Switzerland today (Wed). Once again – as it had done on Monday – the session ended with an eleven-a-side match on a one-third size pitch. The game started with the players being allowed just one touch each, before going ‘all-in’ and then restricted to […]

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As I watched Colombia try to kick the living s..t out of England last night my mind wandered back over 50 years to an afternoon at Wembley when a bunch of Argentinians performed in much the same way against us. It was July 23, 1966 and Antonio Rattin had been ordered off for foul language […]

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West Ham’s pre-season training started in Switzerland yesterday without Winston Reid and Michail Antonio being involved. The squad went through a 00-minute session which ended with an an eleven-a-side training match, on a one-third size pitch. The official site reports that initially the players were allowed just one touch, further testing their technical and movement […]

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West Ham are expecting to take a big hit on Jordan Hugill when he finally walks away from the club after having had little chance to show what he’s got. His only real Hammers outing was in a fund raiser for Dagenham and Redbridge last season when, whilst failing to inspire, the former Preston and […]

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Nathan Holland will be aiming to complete a West Ham breakthrough that’s been regularly predicted over the next four weeks. The youngster hits his 20th birthday on June 20 – the perfect time to make a real impact at the club where he has become an under 23 sensation. Academy boss Terry Westley once described […]

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Former England and West Ham player Sir Trevor Brooking has told Good Morning Britain that Gareth Southgate has been spot on and thinks, whatever happens, he will be England boss for at least the next four years. Former England and West Ham player Sir Trevor Brooking says Gareth Southgate has been spot on and thinks […]

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Pedro Obiang has bigged up his new manager Manuel Pellegrini while talking to the official website. Obiang told WHUFC.com “I remember him because he was the manager of the Villarreal of dreams with [Juan Roman] Riquelme and with Diego Forlan, who scored a lot of goals and he came to play in Atletico Madrid when […]

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Reports in Italy claim that West Ham are closing in on a loan deal for Napoli striker Roberto Inglese. Il Mattino says West Ham are keen on taking Inglese on loan from Napoli. The striker was signed from Chievo for €10m a year ago, but remained with them on loan for the rest of the season as part of that […]

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The Hammers are tonight being linked with Borussia Monchengladbach centre-back Jannik Vestergaard by Sky Sports. Whilst Southampton have apparently held talks with the player, the Hammers are in the hunt for a defender who was part of Denmark’s World Cup campaign. Vestergaard is a no messing defender who at 25 is at the perfect age […]

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Manuel Pellegrini is facing two important weeks as he assesses who stays and who goes from the Hammers squad. With the exception of those who have been involved int World Cup action plus Marko Arnautovic – who was playing for Austria in June and has been given extra time off –  the new boss will […]

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Manuel Pellegrini and his backroom staff have put the Hammers through their paces for the first time in Switzerland on Tuesday morning. Having arrived in the Alpine nation on Monday evening, the players took to the training pitch at the home of local Swiss 3. Liga club FC Bad Ragaz. Pellegrini gathered the 30-man group together […]

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According to Gazzetta dello Sport, former Hammer Joao Mario has interest from Everton and Bournemouth. The Portuguese spent the second half of last season on loan at West Ham which technically finished 4 days ago but despite an initial interest in retaining him, the Milan based newspaper report they are no longer interested while reporting […]

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Reports in Italy claim they West Ham have submitted a formal bid for Real Madrid midfielder Mateo Kovacic. The report on Tuttomercatoweb.com claims Serie A clubs including Roma, Juventus and Napoli are also tracking the midfielder as well as several unnamed Premier League teams but says the Hammers are the only club to submit an official offer. […]

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West Ham are today being linked with Nice striker Alassane Plea with the suggestion being they are in a battle with Newcastl for his signature. However, with pressing matters at the back and in midfield it seems unlikely that director of football Mario Husillos is following through on the player as a matter of urgency. […]

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Manuel Pellegrini and the West Ham first team squad plus invited Academy players touched down in Switzerland yesterday early evening.  The West Ham private chartered jet from People’s Viennaline airline took off London Stansted airport arriving at St. Gallen Altenrhein Airport which 45 minutes away from their hotel by coach. The squad are staying in the Grand […]

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Mark Noble says West Ham players are ready to get down to work at the start of their pre-season training. Speaking to WHUFC.com before flying to Switzerland yesterday Nobes said: “All the lads have come back fresh from the summer break and are all ready to get down to work” “It’s my 15th pre-season as […]

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West Ham United – always at the centre of transfer speculation across Europe it seems – are now reported to have tabled an ‘official offer’ for Real Madrid midfielder Mateo Kovacic. The 24 year Croatian is usually deployed as a central midfielder or deep lying play maker but having been under-used – in his terms […]

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Lazio president Claudio Lotito has made it clear that Felipe Anderson and any other players will be sold on his terms … and nobody’s else’s. The Hammers have been in talks for weeks over Anderson and the Lazio supremo has now made his first public announcement which doesn’t sound like great news for the Hammers. […]

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  By Allen Cummings Interesting to read the news update on C&H this morning that Javier Hernandez had bleached his hair blonde prior to the game against Brazil. It’s not the first time it’s been done in the World Cup of course, as Sean pointed out. The whole Romanian team did it back in 1998 […]

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West Ham’s Head of Medical Richard Collinge has explained the screening tests the West Ham players undergo on their return to training after their summer holidays. Collinge told WHUFC.com “It’s a busy morning for us on our first day back as, prior to going to Switzerland, we want to screen all the players to give […]

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Felipe Anderson is reported this afternoon as being ready to slap in a transfer request with Lazio still knocking back every Hammers bid to sign him. The latest twist comes after a month of negotiations which have developed into a total stalemate despite the Hammers slapping £35 million on the table. Now according to new […]

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Pablo Zabaleta has a blood sample taken Arthur Masuaku undergoes musculoskeletal testing at Rush Green Pedro Obiang in movement tests Ryan Fredericks in flexibility testing Mark Noble has a blood sample taken Aaron Cresswell undergoes Cardiac tests Issa Diop undergoes fitness testing on exercise bike

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The West Ham squad returned to Rush Green this morning to be weighed and tested after their holidays. After the weigh-in and measurements by medical staff, under the guidance of new head of Medical Richard Collinge and his team. They will undergo extensive fitness testing which forms the part of every pre-season. The first team will […]

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