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West Ham are reportedly re-looking at 24-year-old  Senegalese striker Khouma Babacar from Fiorentina. With fellow Senegal Striker Diafra Sakho outbound this transfer window Babacar could be the man to replace him. The player has at times been compared to “a young Didier Drogba” but is more physical and looks suited to the Premier League claim reports. […]

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CandH blogger Allen Cummings reckons he knows the player that has made the difference in our recent revival declaring: “He’s always had claret and blue coursing through his veins.”   Saturdays certainly don’t get much better than the last one. Our superb away victory was everything we could have asked for – and more. Our […]

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David Moyes will have a final chance to address the “stay or return” issues surrounding Reece Burke and Josh Cullen at the London Stadium tomorrow evening. Both are set to be launched into the FA Cup replay against Shrewsbury Town with the draw in Shropshire perhaps proving a blessing in disguise. For it gives the […]

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David Moyes appears to be taking a very laid back approach to the January transfer window and refusing to rush into any panic buys. He is talking regularly of there being no guarantees that permanent signings will arrive although loan deals are a possibility. The boss has been here before when taking over at Manchester […]

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Everton have amazingly reported to be looking to make a move for Michail Antiono! But unsurprisingly the story that surfaced over the weekend in the Mirror seems to have disappeared off the ‘paper’s website. The popular tabloid had reported that Sam Allardyce was a big fan and reckoned the player he called up during his […]

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David Moyes is still celebrating the Hammers victory at Huddersfield as the Hammers scored their first ‘double’ over any team this season. Moyes grabbed the 200th win of his career to join Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger and Sir Harry Redknapp. Ferguson was in the crowd as Moyes secured that win and  the Hammers boss […]

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West Ham are sweating on Michail Antonio’s groin injury clearing up  over the next two weeks as he bids to return to full training. The medics are very optimistic that will be the case but should there be snags last season’s Hammer of the Year could face TWO operations! David Moyes has revealed that it […]

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WEST Ham boss David Moyes is today reported to have wanted Robert Snodgrass back from his Aston Villa loan deal to plus his problems down the right flank. The Mirror reported that after assessing his resources at West Ham he was keen to bring the 30 year old back to the London Stadium. But as […]

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Marko Arnautovic thanked West Hams post patch who made the trip to Huddersfield. Speaking directly to a fan’s mobile phone he said: “Hello fans, it is amazing atmosphere outside and without you we can’t win games. When you are there we keep going again. So thanks alot, we are very happy for these three points and Tuesday […]

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CandH Exclusive Declan Rice will DEFINITELY be offered a “double your money ” wage at the end of the season. ClaretandHugh reported this morning the teenager was likely to be looking at the offer of a new contract and that was later confirmed from inside the club. The 18 year old has been seen as […]

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Sam Byram is ready to be included in the team for the FA Cup replay against Shrewsbury at the London Stadium on Tuesday evening. The right sided defender – who has only appeared three times this season – all in League Cup matches – has been sidelined since October but is now fully recovered. He […]

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West Ham are highly likely to offer Declan Rice a new deal in the summer. The brilliant youngster is currently on a contract which expires in 2019 but the club are always keen to reward players for excellence and will be wanting to talk to him and his advisers once the season ends. The 18 […]

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Match of the day were quick to point out how Manuel Lanzini and Marko Arnautovic have drastically improved under David Moyes. The in-form partnership shared just one goal between them under Slaven Bilic this season with zero assists for the pair and no goals from Arnautovic in 7 games under the Croatian’s management. Their impressive […]

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David Moyes wants to bring Everton’s teenage midfielder Tom Davies to West Ham According to Mirror Group reporter Neil Moxley he sees the player as one that he can add to the Hammers engine room believing that Sam Allardyce will listen to offers not only for him but several of his other players. Former boss […]

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David Moyes is thrilled with the progress the team is making and absolutely delighted with the performance at Huddersfield. Speaking after the game he said: We’ve got a long way to go, but the players have done brilliantly well since we came in and a lot of praise must go to them. I thought they were […]

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West Ham defender James Collins sung a Liverpool fan song in the tunnel. Ginger Pele sang “Salah, ah Mane Mane” after the viral video by youtuber Kevin Murphy’ (real name Richy Sheehy)from Cork. The full song goes  “Salah, ah Mane Mane, Roberto Firmino, And we sold Coutinho But that don’t matter at all actually because we got Salah, ah Mane […]

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I really can’t allow this Saturday evening to pass without paying a tribute to our manager David Moyes! What we saw at Huddersfield Town today was a West Ham team becoming new born under a man who has his swagger back – Moysie is certainly the man of the moment. His appointment was greeted with […]

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  Hugh hands out the marks on a top day for the Irons   Adrian: Commanding and demanding of his defence. No chance with a superb goal but excellent save from deflected free kick and always confident 7 Zabaleta: He’s 32 on Tuesday but is still playing with all the enthusiasm of a kid. Always […]

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Heroic Marko Arnutovich returned to the first team at Huddersfield Town today and CandH reporter Daniel Canilleri Leach was on hand to track the top man’s every move for our PlayerWatch feature   8 – Keeps hold of the ball well and releases it out wide to Zabaleta 10 – Beaten to the ball from […]

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Huddersfield Town 1 West Ham 4 West Ham cruised to a fabulous victory inspired by the brilliant double act of Marko Arnautovic and Manu Lanzin to rise into 11th position. The Austrian international was again in sensational form setting up a couple for the Argeninian playmaker and immediately took him to task after the game. […]

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London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) who now fully own the London Stadium have appointed Haringey’s council former Strategic Director Regeneration, Planning & Development as their new Chief Executive. Lyn Gardner is now in charge of LLDC replacing David Goldstone who left in November to join the Ministry of Defence as Chief Operating Officer doubling his […]

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Fyodor Smolov’s UK representative, Mark McKay, who is working with the player’s Russian agent Russian agent German Tkachenko is attempting to engineer a move to Premier League with West Ham high on his list comparing him to the signing of Dimitri Payet. McKay told the Sun: “I cannot believe nobody in the Premier League has […]

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Karren Brady has got her excuses in early by questioning the value in January transfer window and suggested that it better to spend big money at the end of the season and not in the middle of it. She has told of the challenges of attracting high calibre players to West Ham saying the Hammers will […]

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Celta Vigo defender Jonny Castro has emerged as a new January transfer target for West Ham. The versatile player can play in the centre or the right-hand or left-hand side of the defence and has made over 200 appearances since graduating through Celta’s academy and was part of Spain’s successful Under-21 squad. The player has […]

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Michail Antonio is back running with the first team squad but still has a question mark over his immediate future. David Moyes revealed in his press conference: “He’s out on the grass running in training — I say training, he’s out on the grass running doing his work to get himself back training. So I’m […]

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David Moyes believes the Irons can improve their away form by making better use of their front line declaring: “We nailed it at Stoke and we need that level of performance away from home. “If we can get a few wins away from home it’ll make our job a lot easier. “We’ve got players who need […]

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