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Sometimes fact is stranger than fiction! A non-runner in the 7f handicap horse race 3.20pm at Chelmsford yesterday was called The Happy Hammer! The race was eventually won by Sakho’s agent horse who was called ‘Siege of Boston’ at 9/2. Agent Mark McKay explained to At the Races TV that he arrived 10 minutes before […]

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Diafra Sakho has returned to Rush Green training ground this morning after an absence of two days after his trip to France. A club insider confirmed to the news to Claret and Hugh this morning saying “Yes he is training today” Sakho will sit down with the manager to clear to air before resuming training. Bilic […]

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Diafra Sakho will tomorrow meet  Slaven Bilic at the Rush Green Training Ground and should he choose not to turn up will be fined a week’s wages – £27k. And that would come on top of the £54k the club will take from him his monthly pay cheque for his trip to France which resulted […]

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A senior source close to the club has revealed the true investment this summer spending insisting claimed transfer fees received this summer or wages released have often been inflated in media reports while inbound wages of new players were often under estimated. Given the chance to reveal the true figures the senior source revealed: Summer […]

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Exclusive by Hugh Southon West Ham tonight missed out “at the death” on a deal that would have brought Barcelona’s Andre Gomes to the London Stadium. The Spanish giants changed an agreed deal at the last moment to include a clause which was entirely from left field with next to no negotiating time left. The […]

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The wantaway Senegal striker met briefly with West Ham club secretary Andrew Pincher late this evening despite being told no directors were available to meet with him and there was no point in coming in. Pincher again confirmed to the striker in person his previous phone conversation from the afternoon that no directors were present […]

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Stories arriving out of Sky Sports News this evening that Diafra Sakho turned up at the London Stadium to discuss personal issues have been denied by West Ham. In fact the striker had rung the club and been told that none of the directors were able to see him as they were in various parts of […]

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Diafra Sakho turned up at the London Stadium this afternoon wanting to discuss “personal issues” with West Ham officials. The report came from Sky Sports man on the West Ham deadline day watch Michael Weightman who confirmed the ClaretandHugh story which revealed that he had first driven to Chelmsford Racecourse where agent Mark McKay watched […]

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Spurs are today discussing a potential deal to sign Barcelona midfielder Andre Gomes, according to Sky Sports. The 24-year-old has been offered out by Barcelona, who want to sell some players, ahead of the transfer deadline. Spurs remain interested in Barkley but have been put off making a move for him in this window due […]

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Darren Randolph knew he had to get out of West Ham for the good of his career stating there was a race to see who could get out the door first. Randolph told The 42 website in Ireland: “I heard about Joe Hart coming in at the end of last season, I went away on […]

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Samuel Lovett in the Independent has suggested West Ham are considering a season-long loan move for West Ham boy hood fan Jack Wilshere. He claims the Hammers have made contact with Arsenal over the 25-year-old but have yet to submit a formal bid as they wait on the Sporting Lisbon player and an unlikely U-turn. Slaven […]

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Former West Ham manager Harry Redknapp appears to be close to signing Hammers target Jota Jota is currently at Birmingham City’s training ground finalising his move from Brentford, the Birmingham Mail claims. Redknapp has agreed to pay Brentford an initial £6million fee for the Spanish playmaker, a deal that could eventually rise to a club record […]

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Diafra Sakho will be landing back in the UK at 2.20pm this afternoon reports Sky Sports but talks with West Ham owners will have to wait for a bizarre reason. One of his Sakho’s advisers has a horse running in the 3.20 at Chelmsford. They claim the plan at the moment is for Sakho and his […]

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Sky Sports Kaveh Solhekol has spoken Diafra Sakho’s representatives today who confirmed the player remains in France but is flying back to the UK this afternoon but say he defiantly wants to leave West Ham. He wants to setup a meeting this afternoon with West Ham’s co-owners to tell them face to face he wants to […]

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Andy Carroll was whisked from West Ham ‘s training ground at Rush Green back to court  after a last-minute request for him to give further evidence in the trial of a man accused of trying to rob him of his £22,000 watch. Police escorted the striker from the club’s training ground to Barkingside Magistrates’ Court […]

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Domingos Quina is reportedly set to undergo a medical at Sheffield United ahead of a loan move to Bramall Lane. The West Ham midfielder, aged 17, is thought to be travelling to South Yorkshire after being granted permission to join Chris Wilder’s side. Quina has made three appearances for Slaven Bilic’s side and, despite being […]

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Diafra Sakho is still in France missing training at Rush Green for the second day running after allegedly agreeing on personal terms to join French Ligue 1 team Rennes.  France Football claims the Senegal striker and his representatives “do not understand” what has happened over the last 24 hours. He will remain in France on […]

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Various Everton news sites claim they have rejected a loan offer from West Ham for Kevin Mirallas this morning. Mirallas has featured four times this season for Everton, but was left out of the matchday squad for last Sunday’s 2-0 defeat at Chelsea with manager Ronald Koeman questioning his attitude. Koeman said: “Mirallas was out […]

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Talksport has recycled a rumour that the Hammers are still targeting Benfica’s Raul Jimenez and should they succeed in luring the Mexico international to the London Stadium, it will pave the way for Gabigol to head to the Portuguese giants. The 20-year-old frontman is desperate to kickstart his career elsewhere after a forgettable year in […]

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By Hugh Southon Ok, he splits opinion like nobody since Ravel Morrison but Diafra Sakho’s world on Wednesday August 30,2017 needs to be examined a little more closely before hard and fast judgements are made about his behaviour. And the truth surely is that at a time when the manager’s man management is so heavily […]

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West Ham co-Chairman David Gold appears to have some sympathy with West Ham fans agreeing with a comment by one supporter on social media.  West Ham supporter Kenny Edwards messaged the owner last night on twitter to say “We are West Ham United fans we all work hard to buy season tickets we deserve so […]

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Jose Fonte looks certain to be remaining at West Ham despite reports linking him with a deadline day move to Palace. The £8 million January signing looks to be well out of Slaven Bilic’s plans as things stand and given his form since arriving that’s no bad thing. Reports emerged earlier in the week that […]

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    Hughie Southon considers a couple of possibilities but hopes that if any rabbits are too emerge from hats they won’t to too old!     So we head into Deadline Day with all the spotlight on the silly Diafra Sakho Affair and we will discuss that in a separate blog but for now […]

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West Ham are claimed to be lining up an ambitious move for Barcelona midfielder Andre Gomes before Thursday’s transfer deadline claim ESPN quoting their own sources. The report claims West Ham have switched their attentions to Gomes after ending their interest in his Portugal international colleague William Carvalho as Sporting Lisbon priced them out of a […]

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Italian Journalist Gianluca Di Marzio claims Inter Milan want West Ham’s centre defender Angelo Ogbonna but the player does not want to leave the London  Stadium at the moment and his representatives have rejected any such suggestion of a move away from the Hammers. The proposed deal was said to include Marcelo Brozovic in a swap in the […]

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So we know from David Gold and David Sullivan that they have no intention of selling Diafra Sakho and plan to resist offers for him. For that to happen West Ham supporters, and for him to have a way back, we all need to accept he was most likely badly advised to skip training and travel […]

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