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Diafra Sakho is in the best shape of his life and thoroughly enjoying life at the London Stadium. The striker slotted his first goal of the season at Cheltenham last night and laid on the assist for Andre Ayew’s second as he started to show huge potential that he is coming back to his best. […]

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Slven Bilic has admitted that a quality midfielder has been at the top of the club’s wanted list for a couple of years as he awaits the outcome of the William Carvahlo negotiations. But he insists that is remains unfazed as the negotiations go on for the 25 year old Sporting Lisbon midfielder who is […]

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Slaven Bilic could have an embarrassment of riches to pick from when he settles down to selecting the team to meet Newcastle  at the weekend. Reports from inside the camp are that whilst Winston Reid is unavailable others on the way back will see Bilic able to pick close to his best team. Cheik Kouyate came […]

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Aaron Cresswell has received another England call up from Gareth Southgate for England’s World Cup qualifiers against Malta and Slovakia. And Joe Hart has been named as one of the four goalkeepers with Jack Butland, Tom Heaton and Jordan Pickford also named. Cresswell played his first competitive game of the season at Southampton last weekend […]

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Exclusive By Hugh Southon David Gold has revealed that neither he or David Sullivan are looking at managerial replacements after the opening games of the season. And with so many players returning to full fitness he believes we are set fair to kick off the season in style with a few wins over the next […]

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80 Year 0ld West Ham Co-Chairman David Gold has mapped out his succession plan despite claiming he is doing everything possible to live to 100. Asked the question by Claret And Hugh Associate Editor Sean Whetstone in an Exclusive interview for MooreThanJustAPodcast he said:  “The situation would be that my daughters would inherit my shares […]

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Pedro Obiang believes the Irons may have started to change their future with the win over Cheltemham Town last night. And he added: ““We have to try because we have a really nice squad and I think the mentality of the squad, the owners and everybody is to want to do something, be it in […]

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Steve Bruce is hopeful that he’s close to completing a move which will take Robert Snodgrass to Aston Villa. Despite earlier denials by Villa’s owner that a deal was going to happen it now seems that Bruce is very close to sorting out the sort of deal reported here a couple or three weeks back. […]

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Bolton Wanderers will be unable to field either of their West Ham loanees Reece Burke (right) and Josh Cullen for the third round League Cup clash against the Irons at the London Stadium. The pair joined the newly promoted Championship club on a season long loan this summer but under the term of the switch […]

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Nothing’s easy but you can ask for no more than a home draw against lower division opposition in Cup competitions. And that’s exactly what the Hammers got when they were pulled out of the “hat” first to meet  newly promoted Championship outfit, Bolton Wanderers. The draw was made at 4.15am this morning (Thursday) in Beijing and […]

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West Ham Co-Chairman David Gold has repeated his claim that he has no intention of selling West Ham saying he loves his involvement with the club and owning it has fulfilled his wildest dreams. Speaking to Claret And Hugh Associate Editor Sean Whetstone in an Exclusive interview he said: “I think David Sullivan has made it […]

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Sporting Lisbon officials will return to the negotiating table with West Ham on Thursday morning as a very happy group. William Carvahlo was missing from the team but the Portuguese team completed an absolute rout of Steau Bucharest in Romani tonight (Wed) to win their way through to aa Champions League place. And that may […]

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Slaven Blilic was delighted and relieved to secure his first win of the season declaring: “All and any victory creates confidence.” He was equally happy with the clean sheet after seeing the side ship goals in their two first outings of the season but added: “We can’t get carried away because with all the respect in […]

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Adrian: Never seriously troubled but no alarms and looked as good as we have seen Hart so far this season 6 Byram: Growing up fast – defended well and always looking to get forward and make things happen 7 Collins: A rock at the back missing nothing. Named official mom and a top performance from […]

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Cheltenham Town 0 West Ham 2 Birthday boy James Collins was named man of the match which probably wasn’t a true reflection of a game which which finally saw the Irons get a much needed win under their belts. It was never THAT easy but late first half goals from Diafra Sakho – slowly coming […]

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William Carvhlo is a significant absentee from the Sporting Lisbon team which takes on Steau Bucharest in the second leg of the Champions league clash in Romania this evening at 7.45 pm. It’s one of the Portuguese club’s most important games in years but with transfer negotiations going on with West Ham, the defensive midfielder’s […]

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By Matthew Kemp With an abundance of centre backs at West Ham, to such an extent that both Reece Burke and Reece Oxford have been loaned to Bolton and Borussia Mochengladbach, the Hammers also have an international defender has another yet to play for the club in the Premier League. Candaian internationa Doneil Henry is […]

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Bordeaux and Lazio are today being reported as being interested in signing Diafra Sakho. But with the striker only just recovered from injury and making tentative steps to full fitness it would come as a surprise if the Irons were ready to let the player leave at this stage. Andy Carroll is still sidelined leaving […]

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Robert Snodgrass may be about to attract a third club as a serious battle develops for his signature. Aston Villa are reportedly favourites to grab the Scottish international with Sunderland also in the frame but both of them may be hijacked by Harry Redknapp and Birmingham City. Snodgrass has been exiled from the Hammers first […]

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David Gold has taken the opportunity to clarify comments he made on social media about West Ham’s youth players. In June the Joint Chairman said on twitter “It’s hard for a teenager to break into the first team and it becomes even harder as the first team gets better but they are, not teenagers forever. dg” […]

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Adrian has the chance to put some heat on Joe Hart this evening although the majority of us will probably be hoping otherwise. We need no further dramas in a season which has got off on entirely the wrong foot with Hart himself looking uncertain at the start of his Hammers loan spell. A top […]

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Cheltenham Town manager Gary Johnson has challenged his players to enhance their reputations against us as the Hammers make their first visit to Whaddon Road. He said: “West Ham need a result and I am sure they don’t care who it’s against or how it comes. I am sure they will be putting out a […]

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West Ham’s hopes of landing Michy Batshuayi  in a late shock loan move  look to have been killed off by the player’s desire to stay at Stamford Bridge The Irons have never stopped tracking the player since failing with a 35 million euros bid for him ahead of his decision to join the champions. And […]

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Slaven Bilic insists he feels under no added pressure following his point-less start to the season. The first ‘he’s on thin ice’ story emerged yesterday but the simple truth is that every manager in the country is under scrutiny in all circustances. Football management is one of the most vulnerable positions on earth and the […]

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Raging Slaven Bilic has blasted Marko Arnautovic and admits he is still fumig at the £24million record signing’s sickening attack on Southampton’s Jack Stephens. Most knew that attitude and risk came with the former Stoke man’s arrival but Bilic hasrarely been seen so angry as he was during yestrday’s presser – banging the table with […]

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This edition of ‘Your Shout’ see’s the bloggers from West Ham Uniteds premier magazine discuss some of the articles that feature in this months publication. Each author has sent me a video clip with their mobile phone and pose a question to me pertaining to their feature. Blowing Bubbles Magazine founder and editor David kicks […]

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