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Pep Yakubu started for the Hammers Under 19’s on Tuesday night as they faced AFC Hornchurch in a friendly. He is said to be the son of famous Nigerian footballer Yakubu affectively known as ‘the Yak’. Now thirty four of age his father played for Portsmouth, Everton, Middlesborough, Leicester City and Blackburn Rovers. In more recent […]

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Stadium operators have yet to find a technical partner to provide free supporter WiFi in the London Stadium next season admitting no contract has been awarded to date.  Originally, an Indian company called Mahindra was supposed to provide free Wifi as part of their naming rights deal but that deal collapsed last year. Likewise, Vodafone […]

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West Ham will give up their share of the gate receipts to the opposing club if they are drawn at home for the EFL Carabao Cup on Thursday as a condition of reversing their second round cup fixture should it be needed. West Ham managed to get a record capacity 39,877 for the last EFL Cup game […]

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West Ham have fielded a team of near unknowns for their friendly at Billericay Town this evening with Martin Samuelsen the only recognisable face on view. Meanwhile Steve Potts’ under 18s are involved in a match against Hornchurch under 18s which sees son of a famous father, Pip Yakabu – who is on trial with […]

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EXCLUSIVE By Hugh Southon David Sullivan has sent a brief five word but straight to the point message to Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp! With misinformed speculation still swirling around the media that Manuel Lanzini is on the Kop radar Sullivan told ClaretandHugh exclusively: “Manu Lanzini is not for sale – it’s as straightforward as that.” […]

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West Ham’s new signing  “wonderkid” Sead Haksabanovic won’t be thrown straight into first team duty after signing his  five-year deal. Such was the greeting and announcement on the official website that one could be forgiven for believing that new new Ronaldo had arrived. We read: “Blessed with searing pace, outstanding technical ability and vision and […]

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West Ham latest signing Sead Haksabanovic previously had trials at Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City, Liverpool and Aston Villa but previously failed to impress and returned disappointed to his Swedish club Halmstads. While on a one week trial with Manchester United in 2015 he admitted he was a Liverpool fan saying “I am a Liverpool fan, but United are […]

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Sofiane Feghouli will travel to Istanbul today according to the Turkish media. Fanatik.com.tr says Galatasaray have already agreed personal terms with Feghouli and he will now take a medical in Turkey this week.  The report says assuming he passes his medical in Istanbul he will then sign the official contract. Galatasaray will pay West Ham for 4.5 million Euros […]

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West Ham have reached a breakthrough on installing the remainder of champions stones ordered by supporters after mid-April last year. Contractors are said to have faced a number of challenges which has delayed installation of a third phase leaving some fans waiting over a year for their stones to be installed in Champions place at […]

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West Ham have flatly denied new claims that Olivier Giroud is set to join West Ham. America’s Fox News pundit – former Wimbledon and Newcastle defender Warren Baron – told viewers that the Gunners striker was definitely on his way to east London. Sadly, however, as we suspected it simply isnt true with a top […]

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The Hammers have to day signed a young Swede who is believed to be on his way to the very top. Sead Haksabanovic, 18. is understood to have arrived at the Hammers for a fee of around £3 million despite it formally be described as “undisclosed.” He looks to be a very attacking midfielder but whether he […]

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Former Wimbledon and Newcastle defender turned pundit Warren Barton has put his reputation on the line with employers Fox Sports in the USA. For soon after Olivier Giroud hinted he was set to stay at Arsenal by reminding reporters he had a two year contract with the Gunners, Barton was claiming the opposite. He said that  Giroud’s […]

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West Ham have signed Montenegro attacking midfielder Sead Haksabanovic. The 18-year-old joins the Hammers on a five-year contract for an undisclosed fee from Swedish club Halmstads BK, where he became the second-youngest player in Allsvenskan league history in April 2015. In a statement on the official site he is described as having ”  searing pace, […]

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London Stadium operators have reacted to a story by the Sun newspaper headline that “West Ham’s London Stadium seats lie dumped in industrial yard” A source close to the stadium management company LS185 who spoke to Claret and Hugh this morning laughed off the weekend tabloid story saying the seats had been carefully stored in an agreed […]

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The ongoing debate over the injury records of Andy Carroll and Diafra Sakho has become one of the biggest and most unfortunate discussions among Hammers fans. Obviously,  even within such a debate as this, sides are taken and as a result we have dug out the career injury records of both to make the direct […]

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The Football Supporters  Federation (FSF) and Shrewsbury Town fans have launched a crowdfunding campaign to create a showcase for safe standing in England, so that MPs can see how well this will work in this country and be more likely to give the OK for safe standing everywhere, including at the London Stadium in the future. […]

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Slaven Bilic wants to bring in a new midfielder but Jack Wilshere is not currently on the Irons agenda. The 25 year old has been regularly linked with the Irons this season but he is not in their minds given the problems they have with injury prone players. Whilst the Arsenal and former England man […]

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Diafra Sakho could make his West Ham first team re-appearance against Huddersfield on September 11. Sak made his return to action on Saturday in the behind-closed-doors clash for the under 23s against Spurs on Saturday, coming through with no problems and a smile on his face. The Senegal hit man was subbed after an hour […]

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Zak Seddon showed his love for West Ham live on BBC TV over the weekend as he competed in the IAAF World Championships at the London Stadium. The athlete who runs in the 3000-metre steeplechase did not qualify for the final over the weekend but displayed a crossed Hammers cross sign to millions of viewers […]

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Andy Carroll is being pushed through what many believe may be the fiercest training regime of his career under new head of medicine Gary Lewin. And the injury ravaged striker has responded well to the get tough regime designed to push him to his limits ahead of the new season. He is currently involved in: […]

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Ashley Fletcher received  negative reaction following his debut for Middlesbrough against Wolves for the visit to Molineux on the opening day of the Championship programme yesterday (Sun). The Hammers collected a cool £6.5 million for the former Manchester United youth product when Slaven Bilic decided to cash in. But the forward has a lot of […]

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Faint hopes among Hammers fans that the club could again attempt to bring Olivier Giroud to the London Stadium look to gave finally been dashed. The Arsenal striker was a big early target for Slaven Bilic but despite strong advances from ourselves and Marseille the 30 year old is still part of the Gunners set […]

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Mark Noble is refusing to be depressed after the defeat by Manchester City and instead is concentrating on the week ahead. The captain insists there’s a big week ahead as the squad prepare to step into Old Trafford an take on Mourinho’s mob! He told the official site: “We’ve been away for four weeks really […]

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Football fans are being advised to get to Old Trafford at least an hour before kick-off next Sunday as part of new security measures. The Manchester club has been reviewing their security procedures with Greater Manchester Police following terror attacks in Manchester, London and Paris in recent months. The Manchester club have emailed their own season ticket […]

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Robbie Savage may not be everybody’s cup of tea but his latest predictions will certainly cheer the Hammers fans worrying about the new season after some average displays in the build-up to our campaign. The Daily Mirror columnist pops up here, there and everywhere over the  course of the  season and he hasn’t always been flattering […]

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Diafra Sakho came through his first match action for weeks with no problems during a Hammers under 23 game against Spurs yesterday (Sat). The injury ravaged striker played for an hour as the Hammers under 23 team beat the north London outfit 3-2 in a behind closed doors game. And ClaretandHugh was told this morning […]

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