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West Ham are keeping an eye on Rafa Benitez’s Newcastle position as they push ahead with their managerial plans at the club. Despite Unai Emery being lined up for an interview this week following CandH reporting last Friday  he was very much in their thinking , the club would still love to land Rafa. However, it […]

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Reports that Manuel Pellegrini is in advanced talks with West Ham are  premature given it would involve him walking away from his club in mid-season! The China season runs from February or March until November  and we understand there has been no permission given for the Hammers to talk with Pellegrini by his club Hebei […]

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    “We have some problems at the London Stadium caused to a degree by the terms of our lease, which we are tackling, but also by malcontents and keyboard warriors.” Karren Brady May 12, 2018 Karren Brady eh? Maybe she reckons West Ham United is an extension of The Apprentice – a programme I […]

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West Ham are reportedly chasing Cologne midfielder Leonardo Bittencourt according to reports coming out of Germany. Everton, Spurs, Monaco, Schalke and Hoffenheim are thought to be monitoring the former Germany Under-21 star who has a bargain £7million release clause with his relegated Bundesliga side. Cologne seems resigned to losing the 24-year-old.  German website Express.De claims West Ham and Everton have […]

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A report claims West Ham are leading the chase for Huddersfield Town midfielder Aaron Mooy this Summer. The Australia player signed a three-year contract when becoming Huddersfield’s record signing in a £10 million move from Manchester City after the Yorkshire club’s promotion last summer. He is likely to be offered an enhanced deal to stay. He […]

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Karren Brady faces a no confidence vote from WHUISA members at a meeting tomorrow (Sun). In an e mail to members chairman Mark Walker says: Karren Brady’s latest comments in her newspaper column are ill-judged at best, inflammatory at worst and includes this link to the story which appears in a national redtop! ” https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/6268235/karren-brady-mohamed-salah-kevin-de-bruyne-west-ham […]

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West Ham’s hopes of reaching the ‘coveted’ top ten in English football rely on a highly optimistic set of results from the final day fixtures. On paper – in normal circumstances – you would expect at least four of them to probably go our way which would see us finish in 11th. That would be […]

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Burnley’s Head of recruitment Martin Hodge has emerged as a possible candidate to join West Ham. The former Everton and Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper has a wealth of experience as a scout and was brought into Burnley by their former sporting director Frank McParland before taking over that role which was redefined as head of recruitment. Hodge forms […]

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West Ham have reportedly entered the race to sign Sporting Lisbon goalkeeper Rui Patricio. The Hammers are claimed to be considering a bid but will face competition from Wolves, Napoli and Paris Saint-Germain to sign the Portugal international. Sporting do not want to sell the 30-year-old, who still has over four years remaining on his contract, but any interested clubs can […]

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Spanish newspaper Marca claims Manuel Pellegrini is in advanced talks with West Ham intermediaries over the possibility of taking the West Ham job. The newspaper report boldly claims the Hammers are believed to have an advanced agreement with him, although the paper says Pellegrini would be willing to break it by taking the job at Sevilla. […]

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Spot on pic.twitter.com/2H7niBsvy8 — West Ham News (@whufc_news) May 11, 2018 Robbie Earle is not part of the football luvvie set which too often likes to say the right thing in front of the cameras. The former Wimbledon midfielder is a bright cookie who generally has a different take on many issues and it’s refreshing […]

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The London Legacy Committee have rejected Karren Brady’s claim that the London Stadium’s green carpet is dangerous and could cause injuries. The Hammers players will be told to avoid running or walking on it  at the lap of appreciation on Sunday amid concerns it could cause injury. Manchester United defender Phil Jones was seen tripping […]

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West Ham’s players are tonight being reported as not being given a say in whether David Moyes stays or goes The Daily Mail is reporting that insiders this week have said they think it is likelier a new manager will be brought in although CandH’s sources reckon it remains very much in the balance. Pablo […]

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Declan Rice again received rave reports for a top class performance against Manchester United and can’t wait for the final game of what for him at least haas been a marvelous breakthrough season. At the tender age of 19 he has played a major part in a relegation battle and is bound to emerge a […]

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Rafa Benitez remains in the running to become West Ham United’s 17th manager over the next month but David Moyes is far from out of the frame. The Newcastle manager has had an often difficult relationship with club owner Mike Ashley and as we reported earlier – has refused to confirm his future to Newcastle. […]

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Sky Pundit Paul Merson predicts that West Ham will finish their finish with a home win over Everton and former Hammers boss Sam Allardyce. Merson told the Sky Sports website “It depends what teams the managers put out but when I was playing for nothing on the final game of the season, I went out […]

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David Moyes wants a top half finish but claims the real job is done! He insists that the club are not celebrating remaining in the Premier League but told the official site: “For me the real job was to ensure we remained a Premier League club, and we’ve got that job done.” “Also at times […]

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  Rafa Benitez has refused to confirm his future to Newcastle in his last press conference of the season. Rafa told reporters who quizzed him on his future: ‘We have pre-season organised, we will go away to Ireland & then be ready. I will have more talks with the club. My job is to be […]

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West Ham have made their first signing of the summer by signing 16-year-old attacking midfielder Sebastián Nebyla who joins from Slovakian Super Liga champions Spartaka Trnava. “I signed a contract for two years. I have not seen anything like this yet. Everything was perfectly organized, at a high level, “Nebyla said shortly after signing his West […]

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David Moyes has declared he would like to stay at West Ham but with the proviso that everybody is on the same page. Writing in his London Evening Standard column he says that he believes the club is on the right road and adds: “My short-term contract expires very soon. “If we can agree common […]

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Marko Arnautovic picked up yet another Man of the Match award – this time from Sky Sports – and celebrated a decent performance from the Irons against United. Speaking to the official site he said: “We played really well. On a couple of occasions in the first half they had shots from long distance, but I […]

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West Ham United and Manchester United could be charged by the FA for failing to control their players after an incident with Mark Noble and Paul Pogba. It may all depend on what referee Jonathan Moss includes his final report after both sets of players crowded around the referee after the flash point. Mark Noble […]

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David Moyes admitted he is unsure of where his future lies after West Ham’s 0-0 draw with Manchester United at the London Stadium in his post-match press conference.

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  ClaretandHugh’s PlayerWatch man Daniel Leach takes a look at every move made by Angelo Ogbonna tonight and was majorly impressed. 2 – Presses highly on Sanchez preventing him from receieving the ball from McTominay 4 – Beats Lingard to a header on the the halfway line after a long ball from Shaw 19 – Clears […]

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ClaretandHugh Facebook member Sergey Novysh hands out his marks on every Iron Adrian: Few saves, one wonderful double save and one mistake. Not too busy overall, but did really well. 8 Rice: Solid performance, no mistakes at all. 7 Ogbonna: Very good performance, saved Adrian after mistimed run. 8   Cresswell: No silly mistakes defensively,  contribution going forward too. 6 Zabaleta: Played with some […]

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David Moyes was delighted with the Irons after their point against a Manchester United team who clinched second spot in the Premier League. Speaking to MOTD Moyes said: “A good point for us, maybe they will say the same as well. Our boys showed a great attitude after getting safe at the weekend. “They were bang […]

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