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Phil Parkes makes no bones about having been a strong critic of Joe Hart in the past and insists the West Ham loan signing has ” a lot to prove during the next year.” But he admits to the world at large the England keeper’s signing makes a statement in Irons terms along with the […]

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Ashley Fletcher is being chased by four Championship clubs who want to loan him for the upcoming season. The Sun claims Middlesbrough, Leeds, Reading and Wolves are keen to give the former Manchester United youngster first team football this season. However, reporter Andrew Dillon – a Hammers supporter who has decent links to the club  – […]

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In the wake of recent signings of Joe Hart and Marko Arnautovic and the imminent arrival of Javier Hernandez where do you think West Ham could finish in the Premier League league table this season? Jose Mourinho said last week “I am thinking about West Ham for the first match of the Premier League. They […]

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Lazio have received offers for Keita Balde but none have come from Inter or Juventus and no acceptable offers have been accepted says Lazio president Claudio Lotito. Juventus, Inter Milan and West Ham are all said to have an interest in the 22-year-old forward who scored 16 goals in 31 appearances in the Italian league last […]

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West Ham have been made odds on overnight favourites at 1/2 to sign Jota from Brentford despite being a 10/1 chance just a few days ago. West Ham are listed at 1/2 with Newcastle 5/1, Burnley and Derby 16/1 Swansea and Huddersfield 25/1 and Everton, Brighton, Nottingham Forest at Leicester City at 33/1. He is listed […]

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West Ham have broken their club transfer record with the signing of Marko Arnautovic with a fee that can reportedly rise to £25m.  We look back at the success of previous record signings since the formation of the Premier League in 1992. 1993 Dale Gordon joined the Hammers for £750,000 from Glasgow Rangers. His claim to […]

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Javier Hernandez flies into London on Tuesday for the medical which looks all set to see him become the Irons star summer signing. There have been reports that ‘Chicharito’ will have the medical on Monday but the Hammers have confirmed to us that things are in place for the Mexican to pass through the final […]

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Sofiane Feghouli appears to be edging ever closer a West Ham exit. Galatasaray have reportedly upped their offer to the Hammers last week in a transfer deal worth around £4.5m last in an attempt to seal the deal. Today French Football claim that Galatasaray President Dursun Özbek and Sporting Director Cenk Ergün went to France and the two of […]

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Bookies Sky Bet, William Hill and Bet Victor have refused to take bets on Badou N’Diaye joining West Ham this summer.  Claret and Hugh asked each of the bookmakers to give odds on the midfielder becoming a Hammer but each in turn politely declined. Yesterday morning club sources admitted they were looking at the Senegal […]

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Top Hammers prospect Domingos Quina will be back in training over the next few days after being given a ten day break following his involvement on international duty for the Portuguese under 19 team. And despite reports that Paris st Germain are looking in his direction the Hammers have no intention of letting the 17 […]

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John Cross in the Daily Mirror claims this morning that Paris Saint-Germain have made a shock move for West Ham wonderkid Domingos Quina. PSG head of recruitment Joao Luis Afonso instructed a party led by his brother Nuno to meet 17-year-old Quina’s family. Portuguese midfielder Quina is regarded as one of the hottest teenage prospects and West Ham pulled […]

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Exclusive Academy boss Terry Westley is delighted how his youngsters have adapted to life with the first team squad in Austria and believes the long drought of home grown products could be coming to an end. Delighted that such as Nathan Holland, Declan Rice and Josh Cullen are showing such composure in pre-season games he […]

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Darren Randolph took time to thank Hammers fans for their support over his two years at the club explaining decisions were made to cut short his West Ham career. Boro have paid £5million to West Ham for the 30-year-old where he will receive around £27,000 a week on a four-year contract Ireland’s keeper made 50 appearances […]

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The eagle-eyed among you may have noticed the section “Academy news” appear on the ClaretandHugh header as we approach the  new season. And this reflects the growing importance of the academy to the club with prospects such as Declan Rice, Josh Cullen, Nathan Holland, Reece Burke, Quina and the other lads making their advance on […]

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Slaven Bilic has been impressed sufficiently with the Hammers young guns to take them onto the second stage of the pre-season in Germany. Young Hammers Reece Burke, Josh Cullen, Moses Makasi, Nathan Holland, Toni Martinez, Declan Rice …and Ashley Fletcher have caught the eye in the opening  games in Austria. Academy boss Terry Westley has […]

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West Ham have this afternoon announced the club-record signing of Austria attacker Marko Arnautovic. The 28-year-old, joins Joe Hart and Argentina full-back Pablo Zabaleta having signed a five year deal with the Irons. After making 62 caps for his country. ‘Arnie’ declared: “It feels special to me to be a West Ham player. Everyone knows that West […]

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West Ham have collected £5 million fee for Darren Randolph who was a free signing from Birmingham when joining the club. The Republic of Ireland keeper will join Middlesbrough for the new campaign following the arrival Joe Hart and the fee and his wages now go back into the pot for possible further investment in […]

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West Ham are ready to make a new transfer market move once they have landed Mark Arnautovic and Javier Hernandez. The Stoke winger is having his medical today and an announcement may follower later on while the ‘Little Pea’ arrives in London for his and the signing of his transfer forms. Now the Hammers have […]

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Mexican journalist Martín del Palacio who works out of Spain has got the Internet transfer rumour machine in overdrive this weekend after he suggested that Javier Hernandez would not be the only Mexican to join West Ham this summer. He tweeted  “Javier Hernandez will not be the only Mexican joining West Ham. On Monday, you will […]

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Middlesbrough have tonight announced on their website that they havee agreed a deal which will see Darren Randolph sign for the club. The website statement says: “The club have agreed a deal in principle with West Ham United to sign goalkeeper Darren Randolph, subject to a medical and personal terms. The Republic of Ireland international […]

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It’s the latest edition of the fans opinion show ‘Your Shout’ and everyone seems to be eagerly anticipating the arrival of Mexico record goalscorer Javier Hernandez into the West Ham squad. There does not appear to be any negativity surrounding the transfer and Tom in particular believes that it will be the pivotal signing that takes […]

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Stoke midfielder Charlie Adam has warned Marko Arnautovic he has to improve if he is to be accepted by West Ham fans. “He will need to improve because he’s going to be the record signing, and the West Ham fans, they won’t take anything,” he told Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast on Talksport radio. “They won’t […]

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Slaven Bilic declared himself entirely happy with the run out against Fulham last night in teh team’s second pre-season friendly Reflecting on the match he said: “It was a good game for us. Again we treated it as a training test. We trained the morning before the game and it was quite hot, but we wanted […]

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Some players pen heart felt messages to fans thanking them for their support when they leave a club but Marko Arnautovic has decided to post an unusual photo with a gesture saying “London here I come” to his Instagram followers. The 29-year-old is expected to complete a medical today ahead of a £20m move to West Ham […]

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“It was a good game for us,” Bilic told WHUFC.com “Again we treated it as a training test. We trained this morning before the game and it was quite hot, but we wanted to stick to our schedule. “We played with two teams each half – only Josh Cullen and Moses Makasi had to play […]

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by Carl Sampson When West Ham appointed Slaven Bilic to take the club forward, they were clearly looking to finish higher than 11th in the league which was last season’s finishing position. The move to the Olympic Stadium was  tough but in fairness few clubs make immediate successful transitions to new stadiums without a hiccup. […]

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