Captain Mark Noble is the latest Hammer to undergo an operation this week after playing on with an injury for several months. Michail Antonio and Cheik Kouyate had operations earlier this week and now it is Noble’s turn. Mark Noble will have an operation to rectify a long-standing double hernia injury on Saturday and will, therefore, […]
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Noble to go under the knife
Posted on 12 May 2017.
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Irons ready to offload injury hit duo
Posted on 11 May 2017.
West Ham’s patience with Andy Carroll and Diafra Sakho has now been exhausted and the club will consider any or all offers for both in the summer. Carroll has been training all week and looks odds-on to appear at some stage in the match against Liverpool – a club with which it is believed he […]
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Antonio set to hang boots up at Irons!
Posted on 11 May 2017.
West Ham’s new deal with Michail Antonio means the player looks likely to end his career – or very close to it – at the London Stadium. It emerged shortly after the announcement was made that the new Hammer of the Year had agreed what is effectively a six year contract rather than four. […]
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Antonio signs new long term contract
Posted on 11 May 2017.
Hammer of the Year Michail Antonio has signed a new and improved long-term contract with West Ham United which will keep him at the club until 2021. “It’s about time, eh!” said the winger, with a laugh. “I’m only joking! I’m over the moon, I’ve loved my time here and I’m just happy that we have […]
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£85m summer spending spree may be on cards
Posted on 11 May 2017.
West Ham maybe heading for an £85 million summer spend in the transfer window. ClaretandHugh has done the sums and with £45 million consistently made available another £40 million could and perhaps should be added to Slaven Bilic’s budget. The club saved £20m by not signing Simone Zaza in a deal they were obliged to pay […]
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Frank Lampard refuses to forget West Ham
Posted on 11 May 2017.
Former Hammers Academy product Frank Lampard Junior refused to airbrush West Ham out his footballing career at a business conference today. Giving an interview to Gabby Logan in front of businessmen at the Excel centre close to Canning Town he refused to gloss over his time at West Ham. Gabby told him she wanted to concentrate […]
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It could be a Long summer
Posted on 11 May 2017.
Southampton’s Republic of Ireland striker Shane Long, who was on the club’s radar last summer, could again become a target this summer according to a number of reports in the papers this week. Last week Long came off the bench for his 20th substitute appearance of the season for the Saints. That’s more than double […]
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West Ham track Ipswich Town youngster
Posted on 11 May 2017.
West Ham is said to be tracking the availability of London-born Kundai Benyu who plays as a central midfielder for Ipswich. The 19-year-old has played for the Ipswich u21s and u18s side and spent last season on loan at Aldershot. He played 22 games for Aldershot scored 5 goals and 2 assists. He has been heavily featured and […]
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Hammers linked with Bristol City defender
Posted on 11 May 2017.
West Ham has been linked Bristol City defender Aden Flint, according to reports. The Sun reports that Aston Villa and Derby County are interesting in signing the £5m rated centre-back, who has been one of the standout performers at Ashton Gate this season. West Bromwich Albion is also said to following developments with the 27-year-old. With […]
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Under 23s Play-off Final date set
Posted on 11 May 2017.
West Ham’s under 23s will take on Newcastle United in the Premier League 2 Division 2 Play-Off final at St James’ Park next Tuesday night ( May 16) at 7pm. The Hammers will travel to the north east full of hope that they can record their first win over the Toon side this season. Terry […]
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Report: Hammers close in on right back
Posted on 11 May 2017.
Pablo Zabaleta has reportedly been offered around £100,000 a week to make the move from Manchester City to West Ham this summer. In a story published this morning the Sun reports Zabeleta as having told Sport360: “I’m not getting any younger and we see new players coming in for the future.” The veteran full-back is […]
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Hammers told it’s a buy not loan for top striker target
Posted on 11 May 2017.
The Irons are set to make a firm offer to buy Michy Batshuyai with Chelsea disinterested in letting the player out on loan. The Belgian striker has failed to make a single Premier League start for the Blues this season despite 17 substitute appearances for the West London team but he has remained bang at the top […]
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Another injury blow for West Ham
Posted on 10 May 2017.
It appears West Ham’s injury curse has struck their backroom team too after a photo of Julian Dicks was posted by his daughter. The 48-year-old is seen resting on the floor with an inflatable cast around his knee. A club insider said the first team coach had a nasty slip in the shower after training […]
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West Ham’s new kit revealed
Posted on 10 May 2017.
Hammer Angelo Ogbonna appears to have revealed one of West Ham’s new kit in an Instagram post on social media. The injured defender posted a photo of his teammate Sam Byram at a photo-shoot at the Chadwell Heath training ground today. The dark coloured kit could possibly be the third kit for the Hammers next season a […]
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One year on to the day our Boleyn closed its doors forever – and here is the perfect anniversary video!
Posted on 10 May 2017.
It was a year ago to the day – May 10th – that West Ham United played it’s last ever game at our legendary home of Upton Park. It resulted in a fantastic 3-2 win over Manchester United but the sheer joy and sadness of that night could be measured in virtually equal parts […]
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Noble pledge as end of season comes too soon
Posted on 10 May 2017.
West Ham will most certainly not be going on holiday having ensured their Premier League status. Indeed given the current run of clean sheets and particularly outstanding performance against Spurs, if anything the end of the season is coming too soon. Many teams – whether they have a vacation mentality or not at this time […]
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Antonio drops massive hint on his future
Posted on 10 May 2017.
Michail Antonio went one step better than last season when being crowned Hammer of the Year last night. Antonio, who has scored nine goals and registered five assists in 37 appearances, won 47 per cent of the vote, with Manuel Lanzini finishing as runner-up with 21 per cent, and Pedro Obiang third with 14 per […]
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Kouyate recovers after wrist operation
Posted on 10 May 2017.
Cheik Kouyate missed last night’s end of season Players’ awards as he recovered from an operation on his wrist completed on the same day. Kouyate has regularly played on in pain with a wrist bandage over the past two seasons with a pre-existing problem and that wrist injury was aggravated further in his international duty for Senegal in […]
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Hammer of the year close to signing new contract
Posted on 10 May 2017.
Michail Antonio dispelled many rumours he is unhappy with the club by giving an interview following his award of Hammer of the year last night. Rumours spread around the awards ceremony after he failed to turn up with the first team. However, a club insider privately told us he was missing on medical grounds after […]
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West Ham Players’ Awards -The Results
Posted on 09 May 2017.
Michail Antonio, Chek Kouyate and Diafra Sakho are all missing from the players’ awards tonight due to medical grounds. As reported earlier Kouyate and Antonio had operations in the past 24 hours. The West Ham United Player Awards 2017, in aid of The Academy, are taking place on tonight at The InterContinental London hotel hosted by […]
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A strange story of Yaya Toure and the Irons
Posted on 09 May 2017.
A bizarre Telegraph online story is tonight claiming that the Irons are keen on Manchester City veteran Yaya Toure and that we may make a move for him given his free signing status this summer. In a piece claiming the club have no intention of sacking Slaven Bilic and will back the manager big time […]
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Kouyate, Sakho, Antonio Carroll updates
Posted on 09 May 2017.
In his latest update from the treatment room head of Medical and Sports Science Stijn Vandenbroucke reveals that Cheikhou Kouyate has been playing through chronic wrist injury, aggravated at the Africa Cup of Nations in January. He said: “He has shown the true spirit of the Hammers by playing with this condition and given everything to the team […]
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West Ham Players Awards predictions
Posted on 09 May 2017.
The West Ham United Player Awards 2017, in aid of The Academy, will take place on tonight at The InterContinental London hotel hosted by Tony Cottee and Bianca Westwood. Supporters have paid up to £330 per head to be present at tonight’s ceremony. This year’s Lifetime Achievement Award will be awarded to Bobby Moore with his […]
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Messi’s link with Lanzini
Posted on 09 May 2017.
Lionel Messi has swapped a vast number of shirts with his fellow pros. Indeed, the Barcelona star posted a photo of his heaving collection on Instagram, also revealing that he’s had a room of his house specially fitted to house the entire haul. Just take a close look at his collection which includes a shirt from […]
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Irons look to dent Liverpool top four hopes
Posted on 09 May 2017.
It still comes as a pleasant shock to the system to realise that the we haven’t lost to Liverpool in the last three encounters. Along the way we have scored seven times against the scousers and that there is a special reason for wanting to sort them again. Just as we stopped smashed Spurs’ Title […]
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Hammers cool big time on former striker target
Posted on 09 May 2017.
West Ham have lost interest in Jermain Defoe as a summer signing. The Hammers of course made a move for the Sunderland striker in the January window when they ere badly in need of goals and he was on fire. The club offered £7 million at that time but are not overly interested in revisiting […]
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