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The ownership of the London Stadium is unlikely to ever change hands while West Ham’s current ‘deal of the century’ remains in place. A senior source close to the club told ClaretandHugh this weekend: “Our deal is so good its better than owning the freehold.” Some West Ham Supporters had believed that the stadium’s public owners […]

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Olivier Giroud is set for the Arsenal exit door this summer, according to reports in the L’Equipe newspaper in France. The Arsenal striker scored 16 goals in all competitions last season despite only eleven Premier League starts. The report says Giroud is not a part of Arsene Wenger’s plans next season. The 30-year-old signed a new deal […]

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The firm chosen by the London Mayor to carry out an investigation into the London Stadium transformation overspend and financial viability have been heavily involved in the Stadium project itself in previous internal audits. Under Freedom of Information, the London Legacy Development Corporation admits it has paid Moore Stephens a total of £167,665.07  since 2013 in […]

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Leicester City have had their first bid for Manchester City striker Kelechi rejected according to Owngoalnigeria.com today. Overnight Leicester have suddenly become the bookies favourite at Evens to land the 20 year old Nigerian forward after talks with West Ham are said to have broken down over the fee that will be inserted in his buy back clause. […]

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Manchester City are set to hold out for a £25 million minimum fee for Hammers target Kelechi Iheanacho. The City academy product is the more likely permanent arrival than Chelsea’s Chelsea’s Michy Batshuayi at this stage with the striker position at Stamford Bridge remaining confused. Iheanacho signed a new contract signed last year, the club […]

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West Ham goalkeeper Raphael Spiegel seems set to leave the club this summer Reports in Belgium media say “24 year old Spiegel will fly off to Belgium on Monday to take medical tests with Excel Royal Mouscron.  The Swiss goalkeeper is contracted with the Hammers until mid-2018” West Ham  signed the then teenage goalkeeper from Swiss […]

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Reports of Hammers interest in defenders continue to emerge despite the club’s continued assurances that a striker is their sole interest this summer apart from a wide and speedy midfielder. Our supposed interest in Sunderland defender Lamine Kone. was first reported in November of last year ahead of the club buying Jose Fonte and has once […]

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 West Ham are poised to complete the signing of Adama Traore from Middlesbrough in a £8m deal. David Sullivan is reported to have held talks with the 21-year-old winger on Friday according to the  well placed Ken Dyer of the London Evening Standard and says the transfer could be completed soon pending a medical. Traore […]

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West Ham have released full-back Stephen Hendrie by mutual consent. The 22-year-old, who joined from Hamilton in 2015, has had loan spells at Southend United and Blackburn Rovers where he made eight appearances last season. Hendrie progressed through Hamilton’s youth system and made his senior debut for the club aged 16 in July 2011. The […]

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In the next episode of our new series Geo sits down with Tom and Danny to discuss the goalkeeping situation at West Ham. Is Adrian our number one? Should Randolph be sold? Is Joe Hart worth the inflated wages that are widely reported? Should we even be looking to improve that position at all?

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The Boleyn Ground Memorial Garden was in a sorry state today when West Ham season ticket holder Nigel Kahn paid his respects to Green Street. Developers had promised to keep the garden in good order as part of the original agreement when the land was sold to Galliard homes for £38m, that responsibility was passed on to […]

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With the bookies suspending betting on Adam Traore joining West Ham we thought it miht be the moment to take a look at the speedy Middlesbrough winger. The 21 year old Spaniard has been on the Irons radar for some time and the club have admitted to Claretandhugh that he is among those they have […]

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Betting has been suspended on Middlesbrough winger Adama Traore joining West Ham in the summer. The former Barcelona player who has been linked to the Hammers in recent days is looking for an exit from relegated Boro. West Ham supporter Jamie Norwood tweeted bookmakers BetVictor asking for a  price for Adama Traore joining the Hammers. Bet […]

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Around 5,000 season tickets will go on sale to the 55,000 waiting list today after the relocation window shuts. The Hammers have modelled that approximately one in three on the season ticket waiting list will take up the offer to purchase season tickets meaning the first fifteen thousand in the list are likely to get […]

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A freedom of information request submitted by ClaretandHugh has revealed the staggering amount of taxpayers money spent by Stadium owners London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) and E20 Stadium LLP in external legal services relating to the London Stadium. The LLDC spent a staggering £1,834,550.02 excluding VAT getting external legal advice and creating the 99-year Agreement […]

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West Ham are ready to cut their losses on Enner Valencia by taking a 50 per cent loss on the striker. The Ecuador international cost the Hammers £12 million but with two years left on his deal reports have emerged that Porto are ready to give him a route out of his Hammers hell. Slaven […]

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Pablo Zabaleta believes the pre-season clash against his former club Manchester City in Iceland on August 4 is the prefect preparation for the Irons  new season. The match in  the national stadium in Reykjavik will be a great event for the locals and give the Hammers the opportunity to show just how ready they are […]

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By guest writer Charlie Fellowes Slaven Bilic endured a turbulent past Premier League campaign with West Ham United, despite having enjoyed much success the season prior. Keen conversations are taking place on who the Hammers need this summer so may I add my two pennorth! The London club’s move to the Olympic Stadium from their […]

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Henry Onyekuru could face a challenge to obtain a work permit as he does not automatically qualify on the percentage of senior international matches for his national team. In order to automatically qualify for a work permit, the player must have participated in a certain percentage of senior international matches for his national team. Generally, that […]

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 Sofiane Feghouli has told RMC Sport that he sees his future at West Ham despite rumours linking him to a move to PSG. “I had a very good pre-season but a week before the season I was injured for a month and a half. The first team was in place and it was necessary to get […]

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Michy Batshuayi is set for crunch talks with Chelsea in the coming days according to reports which say he wants assurances over his future after struggling to make enough first team starts in his first season. Diego Costa has already been told he has no future at the club by Antonio Conte and is expected […]

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West Ham have raised their offer for 20-year-old KAS Eupen Nigerian striker Henry Onyekuru to £9m, Nigerian website Owngoalnigeria.com claims. Previously the same website claimed West Ham had already agreed a fee agreed after meeting his release clause of around £6.5m but now conveniently they claim the fee only applies to clubs in Belgium, while for clubs […]

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The Daily Mirror are reporting that Crystal Palace are set to launch a bid to hijack Manchester City forward Kelechi Iheanacho from under the noses of West Ham. The 20-year-old is widely expected to leave the Etihad Stadium this summer after the emergence of Gabriel Jesus alongside Sergio Aguero and he has remained one of the […]

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Newcastle will be forced to relocate away fans from next season meaning West Ham fans will no longer have to sit in the gods climbing up fourteen flights of stairs. Under new rules set to come in, top-flight clubs must locate some visiting supporters at pitchside level. League and TV bosses believe such placement leads […]

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Reports that West Ham are leading the chase to sign Manchester United defender Chris Smalling are wide of the mark yet again. The defender has two years to run on his current deal at Old Trafford but new reports claim Jose Mourinho is ready to sell the player if clubs can match his £15million valuation. […]

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Many Hammers supporters are upset about the thought of never playing a Boxing day fixture at home again. West Ham will play their Christmas fixture away for the fourth year running this December instead making a 300 mile round trip to Bournemouth this year. Personally, I can’t imagine anything worst than battling with 200,000 shoppers […]

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