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West Ham have set a Wednesday May 23 deadline to have their new boss in place. With Paulo Fonseca out of the frame the club seem now to be focused on bringing in either Unai Emery or Rafa Benitez as their next manager after allowing David Moyes and his backroom team to walk away. Manuel […]

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West Ham will save up to £275,000 per week after four players contracts end later this month. This will save over £14m in wages per year which can now be re-invested by a new incoming manager when one is appointed.  The total wage bill is claimed to top £105m last season. On loan goalkeeper, Joe Hart […]

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Unai Emery remains in the Hammers frame despite a lack of English which is hindering the club’s negotiations with top managers. Having seen Paulo Fonesca – interviewed on Monday – sign a new deal at Shakhtar Donetzk, the club are now working their way through a list of names which is also believed to include […]

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West Ham have officially confirmed that backroom staff Alan Irvine, Stuart Pearce and Billy McKinlay have also departed with immediate effect following the departure of David Moyes. Former Hammer Stuart Pearce will be sorely missed by many supporters who thought that Moyes had created one of the best West Ham backroom teams in living memory. It normal […]

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Reports from Portugal this afternoon suggest that Paulo Fonseca has turned down the chance deciding instead to renew his contract with Ukraine champions Shakhtar Donetsk. The report on Ojogo.pt claims the Portuguese born manager has opted to extend his stay at Shakhtar with a new two-year contract. Paulo Fonseca and his agent Jorge Mendes flew into Luton on […]

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West Ham have released a statement confirming that David Moyes has left the Club following the end of his short-term contract. Joint-Chairman David Sullivan said: “I would like to place on record my sincere thanks to David Moyes and his staff for achieving the target of keeping West Ham United in the Premier League. “Throughout his […]

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Declan Rice has handed the Hammers probably the best news of their season – he’s going nowhere! Rge 19 year old has been the discovery of the year, turning in top performance after top performance during a turbulent campaign. And with a new contract on the cards this summer the youngster has made it clear […]

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  Adrian is heading off for the summer break declaring: “I was really positive about my players and my teammates because I saw they are great players. “We started the season not well enough, then we had many changes and injuries so, at the end of the day, we saved our position in the Premier […]

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ClaretandHugh blogger Mike Miller last week looked at the West Brom and Stoke City squads to see of there were any bargains available for the Hammers. Today he concludes with a look over Swansea’s squad following their relegation   Key – in bold the players I like and would go for **   – I fancy […]

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Joe Hart is furious after being ruthlessly axed from England’s World Cup squad claims the Daily Mail. Hart took the call from England manager Gareth Southgate graciously, but is devastated by the news sources close the player have revealed. The Mail say the goalkeeper is believed to be angry with former West Ham manager David […]

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Season ticket renewals doing better than expected this season and the club is predicting an 87%/88% renewal rate when the 1st June deadline comes. One of the reasons for the surprise is it is also the first year that around 7,000 Band 5 adults £289 adults) have been asked to renew. The supporters were required […]

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“I’ve enjoyed David Moyes, I’ve enjoyed his company, I’ve enjoyed working with him, he’s a proper professional – his record speaks for himself,” said David Gold speaking to Sky Sports News this evening. “As we speak David Moyes is on the list of managers and we’ll be selecting one in due course. I’d like to […]

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Sky Bet have installed Manuel Pellegrini as their 11/10 favourite to become the next West Ham manager despite him remaining in China and their season not finishing until March. Paulo Fonseca is the new second favourite at 9/4 after his public interview with David Sullivan was revealed by the Daily Mail yesterday. Rafael Benitez is […]

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The majority of West Ham fans would still prefer a change of manager this summer despite David Moyes efforts in improving fitness and discipline of the squad as well as guiding the Hammers to Premier League safety. The Scotsman finished strongly with 7 points from a maximum 9 points in the final three games but it appears […]

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ClaretandHugh blogger Allen Cummings (above second left)  describes the hardest of trips down memory lane to Nathan’s and how much it hurt!  As soon as I saw the sad news that Nathan’s Pie and Mash shop was closing, I knew I had to pay one last visit. An important and integral part of my matchday […]

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Unai Emery is expected the next managerial candidate to visit David Sullivan at his Essex mansion this week. His manager successes include Four times Coupes du France et Copa Ligue and Three times Champions of Europa League with Sevilla FC (2014, 2015 and 2016). On his own personal website at https://unai-emery.com/en/ he boasts he is […]

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The Moore Than Just A Podcast crew were back this week recording the last West Ham podcast of the 2017/2018 season covering the Everton win, the West Ham manager situation, a season review, WHUISA’s Karren Brady petition,the latest on West Ham United Supporters Club meeting and the joke Moore Than Just A Podcast end of […]

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Former West Ham youth player J lloyd Samuel has died in a car crash at the age of 37. Samuel started his career Sunday League football team Senrab F.C. which is based at Wanstead Flats in Forest Gate, East London. The team was founded by West Ham youth development officer Jimmy Tindall. Samuel played in […]

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Joe Hart has been omitted from England’s squad for the summer’s World Cup after Gareth Southgate opted against selecting the national side’s most experienced current player for the tournament in Russia. The Manchester City goalkeeper, who has spent the season on loan at West Ham, was told on Monday in a phone-call from Southgate that […]

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Shakhtar manager Paulo Fonseca was asked whether he had thought about his future in the Ukraine just 24 hours before he flew to the UK to be interviewed for the West Ham job. Fonseca told reporters on Sunday evening after winning the Premier League “I always think about it, and in the coming days, you will learn […]

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It’s Tuesday so it must be time for Mike on Monday! Mr Manera was a little bit slow out of the traps with his latest episode but it’s worth the wait as he again casts  his eyes over all things West Ham. And he starts in philosphical mood by recalling a conversation with some idiot […]

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Mark Noble’s plea – seemingly on behalf of a West Ham stay for ‘The Ginger Pele’ – looks unlikely to succeed in the short term. Thirty five year old Ginge looked to have made his final appearance for the Irons in the last few minutes against Everton and left with tears in his eyes at […]

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West Ham managerial target Paulo Fonseca has one more game in charge of Shakhtar Donetsk this Saturday in the Championship playoff against Rivals Dynamo. Shakhtar has already won the Ukrainian Premier League after they triumphed in the game against FC Veres (Rivne, northern Ukraine) and scoring 75 points in the table thus, becoming beyond the grasp […]

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Joao Mario is refusing to close the door on his West Ham experience despite the odds being stacked against a permanent contract. The Inter midfielder produced a fine display against Everton at the weekend linking well with both Arnie and Manu but despite growing into games recently he remains very much an outside bet for […]

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Following trouble at the West Ham v Burnley game in March, Karren Brady and Sadiq Khan got into an argument over the number of stewards at the London Stadium and whether there had indeed been a 15% cut of the security budget cut to save money. The London Mayor wrote back to Baroness Brady to […]

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Paulo Fonseca has reportedly viewed  property in London following his 75 minute meeting with David Sullivan in Essex yesterday. The Portuguese manager of Shakhtar Donetsk is reported by the the Mirror to have jetted into London where he was joined by super agent Jorge Mendes at Sullivan’s multi-million pound Essex mansion. According to Mirror Football he had […]

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