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West Ham will hopefully make up to £400,000 a week available for players wages in the summer transfer window. With Andre Ayew’s £80k a week off the wage bill and another  £60k weekly from Jose Fonte’s departure, they are also looking forward to losing  another £110k  from Joe Hart’s exit. That £250k  is a useful […]

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West Ham are preparing new deal for goalkeepr Adrian and teenager Declan Rice this summer. The club want to offer the Spanish stopper a three year deal with an option for a further two years whilst Rice is wanted on a long term deal. A Hammers insider tonight told ClaretandHugh that new deals are on […]

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David Bentley has warned other footballers they could end up skint if they are not careful with their money. The former England winger retired at the age of 29, after playing for the likes of Arsenal, Spurs, Blackburn and a loan spell at the Irons.  He now has money in a number of bars and […]

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Former West Ham manager Slaven Bilic has revealed he should have left the club after his second season in charge. Bilic, who was sacked as West Ham boss in November last year, explained he didn’t start his third season from ‘zero’, as he had to face several off-field issues including three away games and many […]

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Angelo Ogbonna already has his eyes on West Ham’s clash with Swansea after the 4-1 loss at Liverpool on Saturday. The Hammers were well beaten by Jurgen Klopp’s men at Anfield, with the Italian playing the entire 90 minutes. Ogbonna insists he and his team-mates will learn from the defeat, though, and is hoping to […]

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The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is forecast to lose over £120 million over the next four years, according to the mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s draft budget proposals. Total expenditure on the London stadium will be in excess of £37 million while the forecast income will only peak at £6.9 million in 2021-22. In December […]

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Former Hammer Frank Lampard feels that David Moyes made a mistake by an attacking set-up against Liverpool yesterday rather than a more defensive-minded starting line-up. Lampard told TV viewers on BBC Match of the day: “I understand what Moyes is saying, first half they were in the game, but I think they had a problem tactically […]

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West Ham away fans travelling to Wales next Saturday face travel disruption as buses replace trains between Bridgend and Swansea next weekend. Arriva Trains Wales say ‘Essential resignalling work is taking place between Bridgend and Swansea, closing all lines. Buses replace trains between Bridgend and Swansea, extending journey times by up to 30 minutes. Additionally, a reduced Great […]

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Hackney Wick FC will be moving into the community track next door to the London Stadium as West Ham’s new neighbours from the 2018/2019 season. The club announced “League table not looking good for us but take a look at our new home from 2018/19 whatever league we may be playing in. London Community Track […]

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Former West Ham manager Slaven Bilic has told global TV viewers that the Hammers new home at the London Stadium isn’t a proper football stadium. Bilic was doing TV commentary for beIN Sports when speaking about the London Stadium said “It isn’t a football stadium” While still manager of West Ham he was more diplomatic telling Gary Lineker […]

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Winston Reid’s West Ham future looks uncertain after he again found himself on the bench at Liverpool yesterday. Despite having returned from injury , the former Hammers near ever present when fit has been unable to force his way into the team. He has suffered two spells of injury this season which has ruled him […]

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West Ham are reportedly scouting Ostersunds ace Saman Ghoddos. But they are not alone with several clubs now watching regularly following the striker’s fine performance against Arsenal in the Europa League. After the first leg at the Jamtkraft Arena, Gunners boss said: “Technically and  tactically I was impressed by him. According to ESPN Southampton, Leicester City, West […]

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A number of the Bobby Moore 25th anniversary Teeshirts given out to fans at Anfield yesterday have already been put up for sale on eBay overnight. One Bobby Moore teeshirt on the auction site has encouraged bids from 123 people with the highest bid currently at £40,000 here Others are on sale for between £12 […]

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  Moyes told reporters post match “It didn’t start difficult, we played quite well in the first half. I thought we showed good moments, maybe a bit unfortunate not to go a goal ahead. Liverpool had chances as well which we knew would be the case and we had to make the most of ours. But, […]

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David Moyes refused to be unduly downbeat after the Liverpool defeat but believes the team shot itself in the foot. Speaking to the official site he said: “It was a tough day, but we played a good team in form, but we’ve done quite well against the top teams since I’ve been at the Club and […]

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After many months out of the game , veteran Premier League defender Patrice Evra made his first appearance in a Hammers shirt and Daniel Danielli Leach tracked his every move. 10 – Holds the ball up well against Arnold and spins him before passing the ball to Arnautovic 15 – Wins a 50/50 header which […]

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One of the more recent questions from West Ham supporters is how much David Gold and David Sullivan actually invested in the club to get us to the proverbial next level. In January 2010 David Sullivan and David Gold paid £52.5m to purchase 50% of the shares valuing the club at £105m at that time. In […]

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ClaretandHugh’s Facebook member Sergey Novysh is this weeks guest ratings expert. A big hand for Sergey -this is no easy job! Adrian Made a couple of good saves, made a couple of average saves, and whilst conceding four could only really have fingers pointed at him for the third.6   Zabaleta Made a few good interceptions, […]

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Liverpool 4 Irons 1 There are times when you simply have to hold up your hands, pay credit to the opposition and move on – tonight is one of those times. Liverpool are in another world to West Ham United right now but no doubt there will be those who will use the defeat at […]

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Normal service at Anfield has been resumed as Liverpool were far too strong coming out 4-1 victors to jump up to a deserved second place in the Premier League table.  West Ham were unlucky to be one nil down at half-time with some doubt over the corner that led to their only goal in the […]

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West Ham fans paid tribute to club legend Bobby Moore at Anfield this afternoon by donning tee-shirts in his memory. In the away end, thousands of printed shirts were placed on the seats and many fans were quick to pull on the Moore tribute piece. Close to 3,000 West Ham fans made the journey from […]

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Patrice Evra has made his debut for West Ham this afternoon as the Hammers take on an in-form Liverpool. His every touch so far jeered and booed by  Merseyside supporters. His crime was being the victim of racist abuse by former Liverpool player, Luis Suarez in 2011. The Uruguay international was given an eight-match ban […]

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Patrice Evra will get his West Ham debut today while Manuel Laznini makes a welcome return to action today at Anfield. Michail Antonio and Javier Hernandez are the players to make way and are both on the bench. West Ham: Adrian, Zabaleta, Collins, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Evra, Kouyate, Noble, Mario, Lanzini and Arnautovic. Subs: Reid, Antonio, Byram, […]

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The West Ham crest has been a hot topic again in recent weeks amongst supporter unrest and a march before the Burley game. One of the key people behind the crest change was former Hammers managing director Angus Kinnear.  He joined from Arsenal in 2013 where he was previously the Gooners Marketing Director and involved in […]

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The Hammers look set to have a fully fit squad available for the visit to Anfield with Manu Lanzini set to rejoin the action at some stage today. Word is that Manu will start on the bench but could get some minutes later on given his obvious lack of match fitness for such a difficult […]

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Following the sale of Jose Fonte to China West Ham’s net spend this season has turned into a profit of £1m. While the Hammers have forked out £53m in transfers for four players they have received £54m for eight unwanted players in return. Inbound 2017/2018 season Marko Arnautovic £24m Javier Henandez  £16m Jordan Hugill £10m […]

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