West Ham are looking at every striker with a top six club unable to get regular first team football as targets this summer. As reported here earlier the Irons remain very keen on Chelsea’s Michy Batshuyai but Manchester City’s Kelechi Iheanacho (above) is another top target with both expecting to cost between £25 – £30 […]
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Irons looking hard at top six striker targets
Posted on 23 May 2017.
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All at peace after review of season meeting
Posted on 23 May 2017.
Slaven Bilic headed straight out of yesterday’s two and a half hour review of the season meeting at Sullivan Towers and into a hospital bed. With his position in absolutely no danger, the manager was able to relax as the meeting centred on the need for a striker or two plus a right back before […]
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West Ham fans could face parking ban
Posted on 23 May 2017.
West Ham fans could be banned from parking in streets around the London Stadium on matchdays next season after locals complained they were nabbing their spaces. Hackney Council has launched a consultation asking everyone who lives within a mile of the ground whether they would support the changes, which would come at no extra cost. […]
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We need two or three, maximum!
Posted on 23 May 2017.
Director of player recruitment Tony Henry has revealed that West Ham will only sign two or three players at maximum this summer with an emphasis on quality over quantity. Speaking to WHUFC.com he admitted “We need two or three, maximum. If we can get the ones that we want, I think we’ll be a really […]
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West Ham pulls out of striker race
Posted on 23 May 2017.
West Ham have pulled out of the race to sign former Hammer Jermain Defoe according to the Daily Telegraph. They claim Defoe is on the verge of signing for Bournemouth on a free transfer after West Ham turned their striker attention elsewhere. Defoe, who did not play in Sunderland’s final game of the season against Chelsea, had a […]
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Hammers set for big bid on main target
Posted on 23 May 2017.
Michy Batshuayi remains top of the Hammers wanted list this summer. Slaven Bilic confirmed at the weekend that the targets on the Hammers wish list are the same as several other clubs and the Belgian striker is certainly among them. He enhanced his transfer value with a couple of goals towards the end of […]
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Rice dream become reality
Posted on 23 May 2017.
Declan Rice may only have got four minutes of action at Burnley but it made his dreams come true. The teenager – captain of the under 23s – emerged from the dug out in the 90th minute at Turf Moor – and had two or three touches before the final whistle blew. And afterwards he […]
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Unfazed Hammers reject Lanzini speculation
Posted on 23 May 2017.
Manu Lanzini is this morning being reported as a target for champions Chelsea. According the The Sun the Blues’ technical director Michael Emenalo is an admirer of our playmaker. Lanzini,24, may be seen as an option should Cesc Fabregas leave to join AC Milan, and has also been linked with a move to Everton. However, […]
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Quiet man Henry opens up on recruitment policy
Posted on 22 May 2017.
West Ham quiet man Tony Henry has given an in depth interview to the official side in which he describes this summer requirements and how he operates in his job. It’s the first time the recruitment director has opened up about his methods and it makes fascinating reading. He explained at http://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2017/may/22-may/two-or-three-signings-will-take-us-level-director-player-recruitment: “It is difficult […]
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Hammers get business rates discount
Posted on 22 May 2017.
A recent freedom of information has revealed that West Ham pays a fraction of the £2.3m business rates for the London Stadium. The FOI response said “West Ham’s usage fee under the concession agreement does not cover business rates, however the Underleases between E20 and West Ham for West Ham’s leased areas state that West […]
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Sunderland game cost £6m and 3 places
Posted on 22 May 2017.
West Ham’s away game against Sunderland cost the Hammers a cool £6m and an eighth-place finish in the Premier League table. The Irons finished the 2016/2017 season in eleventh place yesterday on 45 points but just one point separated the next three places. West Brom finished in tenth place with 45 points on better goal difference than […]
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Fonte wants to be loved!
Posted on 22 May 2017.
Jose Fonte is heading for his most restful summer in three years and has vowed to come back a better player as a result. Speaking after the victory over Burnley he said:: Firstly, they are a very difficult team to beat at home, so we’re very pleased. We came in with a bright attitude and […]
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Board meeting focus on Feghouli
Posted on 22 May 2017.
Sofiane Feghouli will become a bihggish issue at today’s annual review of the season being held at Sullivan Towers toady. The two Davids, Karren Brady and Slaven Bilic will settle down to frank talks after the club finally finishedg in a creditable 11th position. But they will know it could have been very different had […]
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West Ham’s turnover to pass £268 million
Posted on 22 May 2017.
West Ham should record a record turnover of around £268 million when the financial year finishes on the 31st May later this month. The Hammers are set to earn £119m from the new 8 billion pound TV deal after finishing 11th in the Premier League. Each Premier League receives £85m but the Irons received £15m […]
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Striker already looking forward to next season
Posted on 21 May 2017.
Hammers record signing Andre Ayew produced probably his best performance in an Irons short at Burnley and declared: “The whole season has been difficult so we’re happy to end like this.” And he added: “Overall, the season has been difficult, but we’re just a point away from eighth spot at the end of the day. We were […]
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The Bilic verdict
Posted on 21 May 2017.
Slaven Bilic insisted this had not been “a very bad season” as the Irons went out with a heartening last day victory over Burnley at Turf Moor. The manager said: “We wanted to finish positive and we deserved to beat them. It is always nice to win the last game and I’m really pleased for […]
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How we rated the Irons at Burnley
Posted on 21 May 2017.
Adrian: No chance with the goal and next to nothing to do after that so average mark 5 Byram: Looking better and better game on game; stout defending and raided forward well 6 Fonte: Looked calm and composed. Vastly improved since early games 6 Collins: Couple of clumsy fouls and caught out of position early. […]
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Feghouli stars in gritty Irons win
Posted on 21 May 2017.
Burnley 1 Irons 2 The Irons showed true grit to come from behind to grab a final day victory at Turf Moor with Sofiane Feghouli the star of the show. The Algerian grabbed a superb equaliser (27) after a wonderful set up from Andrew Ayew after Sam Vokes had grabbed the opener (24). Ayew, himself […]
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Hammers bag £119m for top 11 finish
Posted on 21 May 2017.
West Ham is in line to earn £119m this season from the new TV rights mega deal. Every club gets a £38m as an equal share of the UK TV rights shared by Sky Sports and a £47m equal share is given to all twenty Premier League clubs as part overseas TV rights agreement. Clubs then […]
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Feghouli’s £4m goal
Posted on 21 May 2017.
At half time at Turf Moor it is Burnley 1 West Ham 1. Burnley went one nil up on 23 minutes after a poor touch by Lanzini which allowed Andre Gray to cross through James Collins legs which Sam Vokes finished to put the Irons 1-0 down. That lead leap frogged them in 12th spot in […]
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Bilic message to the fans
Posted on 21 May 2017.
Slaven Bilic has sent a big thank you to the fans ahead of the last game of the season at Burnley this afternoon. And he has given his thoughts on the campaign which has left so many disappointed but insisting he has seen people’s true characters in the bad times. He said: “Last season was […]
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Hammers kids set to step up
Posted on 21 May 2017.
West Ham could include five youngsters in the squad which travels to Burnley today in search of a last game victory. We understand that Declan Rice (right), Nathan Holland, Martin Samuelsen, Moses Makasi, Ashley Fletcher could feature in the squad for Turf Moor. With Winston Reid sidelined via a season-ending surgery on a chronic knee injury […]
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Gold sticks by “teenagers and Premier League” argument
Posted on 20 May 2017.
David Gold remains unapologetic in claiming the huge difficulties facing teenagers looking to break into Premier League first teams. And explaining a tweet in which he made the point, he added: “Chelsea won the league without a teenager making even a minute’s appearance. It really doesn’t and shouldn’t happen when you have seasoned internationals in […]
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Bilic contract talks could start this year
Posted on 20 May 2017.
Slaven Bilic can expect to be handed a new deal as early as December if he get the club away to the sort of start he enjoyed during his first season. There has never been a real appetite to part company with the manager and, as we reported earlier, he is set to lead the […]
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Bilic heads for critical Monday board meeting
Posted on 20 May 2017.
Slaven Bilic heads straight into a critical end of season board meeting on Monday before going straight into hospital for hip surgery on Tuesday. It will be a cards on the table meeting at which David Gold, David Sullivan and Karren Brady will expect an exchange of views that ensures no repeats of this deeply […]
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Five Hammers out of contract
Posted on 20 May 2017.
West Ham Academy players Sam Howes, Noha Sylvestre, Djair Parfitt-Williams, Jaanai Gordon and Sam Ford are all out of contract in June and set to be released by the club. Goalkeeper Howes joined West Ham United at U10 level from Crystal Palace. The England U19 keeper has failed to agree new terms and is free […]
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