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With the January transfer window due to open in four days time we summerise the twenty-five names linked to West Ham within the past two weeks. Moussa Dembele from Celtic valued at £35m Brendan Rogers has admitted a big bid would be hard to turn down although he his form has slumped this season. Daniel […]

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David Moyes has explained how he has brought the best from Hammers record signing Marko Arnautovic! And it was the manager’s now familiar mantra which is the sole reason behind it with Moyes explaining: “It was just about telling him if he wasn’t going to run he wasn’t going to play.” He added: “Nobody doubts his […]

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David Moyes is giving every appearance of settling in for the long haul despite the Hammers remaining perilously close to the relegation places. His determination to find new midfielders and the club’s admission that £25 million rated Alfie Mawson is a winter target seems to confirm that the Scot is all set to strike a […]

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Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe has leapt to the defence of Simon Francis after claims the Cherries skipper should have seen red during the Boxing Day draw with West Ham. Francis received a yellow card after his high studs-up challenge had caught Hammers midfielder Cheikhou Kouyate in the face. West Ham boss David Moyes was joined […]

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Jose Fonte has upset Southampton fans on social media over his comments over Virgil van Dijk £75m move to Liverpool. The 26-year-old Dutchman who played alongside Fonte has agreed to join Jurgen Klopp’s side. “Delighted and honoured to have agreed to become a Liverpool FC player,” Van Dijk wrote on Instagram, alongside a photo of him […]

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Michail Antonio is expected to be fit for the clash with West Bromwich Albion at the London Stadium on Tuesday. The Hammer of last season is suffering from a calf strain and after missing the highly controversial draw at Bournemouth on Boxing Day looks all set to return. We were told that Antonio’s injury as […]

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West Ham are unlikely to be able to prise defender Alfie Mawson out of  Swansea in January despite their best attempts. Amid reports that a £25 million bid is on the way after an £18 million offer was rejected for the England under 21 international, the Hammers are being forced to accept that they are likely […]

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Former top ref Dermot Gallagher has confirmed that in his opinion official Robert Madley was guilty of two wrong decisions in the game against the Irons yesterday afternoon. Gallagher has told Sky Sports that the  decision to allow the Cherries equaliser was incorrect and that most refs would have sent off Simon Francis for the […]

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West Ham are unlikely to be able to prise defender Alfie Mawson out of  Swansea in January despite their best attempts. Amid reports that a £25 million bid is on the way after an £18 million offer was rejected for the England under 21 international, the Hammers are being forced to accept that they are likely […]

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David Moyes has made it crystal clear the Hammers squad is lacking quality and he needs to sort it during the January transfer window.   Speaking immediately after the deeply disappointing draw at Bournemouth he said: “I’ve given players opportunities. “I’m in a hurry and I have to be in a hurry and because of […]

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 Atalanta has reportedly slapped a£22million price tag on West Ham target Bryan Cristante even though The Italian club can land Cristante from Benfica for £4.5m at the end of their current loan from Benfica. Atalanta are now set to take up their option to sign the 22-year-old permanently, before instantly selling him on for profit to […]

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West Ham have received no inquiries or offers for Diafra Sakho despite speculation that he is on his way from the club this January. A report in The Express that Chinese Super League outfit Shanghai Shenhua were believed to have come in for the 28-year-old has been denied by club insiders. The striker has become […]

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Celtic manager Brendan Rogers has refused to confirm whether long-term West Ham transfer target Moussa Dembele will stay at the Scottish club after January. “I can’t say [he will stay in January],” Rodgers told reporters. “I live in the real world of football and you can say things that make you look silly. Someone might come […]

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West Ham has been linked with Leganes midfielder Gabriel Pires next month, according to AS. The Spanish paper claims sources close to West Ham suggest that the Hammers are considering two possible options concerning the recruitment of the Brazilian. The first option would be to sign him on a permanent deal for €5.5m during the […]

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Chicharito was caught by TV cameras yesterday not celebrating with his teammates after Marko Arnautovic’s late third goal which he assisted. The Mexican briefly lifted up his arm to celebrate his assist but then remained motionless as the others celebrated away from him. Hernandez was also about to head straight down the tunnel when the […]

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By Allen Cummings Bournemouth’s Pavilion theatre, built in the 1920’s, has seen plenty of Christmas pantomimes over the years. But yesterday, traditionally the opening day of the pantomime season, the stage in Bournemouth had move from the Pavilion to the Vitality Stadium, where the Cherries and West Ham made up the cast in a vital […]

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Marouane Fellaini is out of contact with Manchester United in the summer and speculation about his immediate future has suggested that Jose Mourinho would not stand in his way from a January exit. The 30-year-old midfielder was asked about his future by Belgium press to which he replied: “Honestly, I do not know. I have something […]

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Police officers from the specialist TSG squad were called to Westfield shopping centre in Stratford close to the London Stadium to make eight arrests in total for offences including violent disorder, assault & carrying offensive weapons. Images of stewards attempting to control crowds at Stratford’s Westfield were posted on social media as witnesses said there was no […]

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Sam Allardyce has opened up the intriguing prospect of  Olivier Giroud’s next move by claiming Everton will not be making any approaches for the player. The Gunners striker was hunted by both The Toffees and Irons back in the summer with the north western outfit allegedly close to signing him. But Allardyce claims that in […]

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David Moyes said the referee Bobby Madley claimed his linesman Simon Long was not flagging offside but merely raising his flag to draw attention to the incident. In his post-match interview, Moyes was asked what Madley said to him. Moyes replied “He [Madley] said that the linesman [Simon Long] only put his flag up to […]

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I was gobsmacked at the amount cool David Moyes managed to maintain after the incident that rocked our Boxing Day. Madley’s decision to give THAT ‘goal’ was totally beyond words and among the reasons for it which pass through my mind is perhaps too much alcohol in the Christmas pudding! But whatever the reasons this […]

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BBC Match of the day commentator Kevin Kilbane said: “The Simon Francis incident on Kouyate, personally, I don’t think it is a red card. Simon Francis clearly looked, that looks bad I suppose from that angle. He is clearly looking the ball, he is just trying to bring it down from the air and he catches Kouyate. […]

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Keith Hackett is the latest referee to add his view of Bobby Madley’s refereeing decisions. Writing in the Telegraph Hackett says:  “I have every sympathy with West Ham United manager David Moyes over the two big controversies in Tuesday’s match at Bournemouth. Managers need referees to get the big decisions right and on both counts Bobby […]

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Did you get it? Adrian was given a straight red card for his waist-high studs-up challenge on Leicester’s Jamie Vardy in 2015 and his appeal was rejected while Simon Francis escaped with a yellow card for a studs-up challenge on Cheik Kouyate’s face and he will face no retrospective review under the current FA rulebook.

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Former referee Graham Poll says video technology would have saved the Hammers dropping two points today. Poll wrote in the Daily Mail “Bobby Madley won’t like watching replays of the final goal after over-ruling his assistant referee to allow Bournemouth’s late equaliser. As the ball was crossed into the Hammers area, Nathan Ake headed it back across […]

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Referee Bobby Madley only saw fit to award a yellow card for a disgraceful karate kick by Simon Francis in Kouyate’s face. How Francis stayed on the pitch was an amazement even to Bournemouth fans who feared he would receive a straight red. Because Francis was booked by an official that means he’ll not face […]

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