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London Stadium owners E20 Stadium LLP have released details on stewards following a freedom of information request. The recent response reveals there are 949 people on the database who are available to work as stewards at the London Stadium. Of these, 426  worked at London Stadium between 1st June 2016 and 31st October 2016. Supplying a […]

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Enner Valencia will not be able to play against West Ham on Saturday due to his loan conditions.  The Liverpool Echo claim they have learned that on-loan West Ham striker Enner Valencia would cost less than the widely reported figure of £14.5m should they wish to take the player permanently this summer. According to  Echo […]

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A new report that West Ham are considering ” a shock move to for Lazio boss, Simone Inzaghi” has this afternoon been described as “pure fantasy.” The report – from Corriere dello Sport  and repeated in The Sun – claims that we are looking at the Lazio boss as  a potential replacement to Slaven Bilic — and […]

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West Ham may have to stump up £12.5m if they want to land Saint-Etienne right back Kevin Malcuit in the summer say French media. The Hammers have reportedly made two bids for the Frenchman £7m and £8.5m in the January transfer window but both offers were believed to have been rejected by the Ligue One side. […]

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Former England boss Glenn Hoddle has suggested on BT Sport that the size of the pitch at the London Stadium is a problem for West Ham and a reason why they are conceding so many goals at home. “I think at home, the size of their pitch now is a problem,” Hoddle said on BT […]

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West Ham is considering a move for PSV right back Santiago Arias reports in Holland claim. Swansea has been linked with the 25-year-old in the past but according to Voetbal Premieur, West Ham is one of two clubs currently chasing Arias along with Bayer Leverkusen. The Colombian is said to be open to leaving Holland […]

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An increase in capacity to 66,000 for next season at the London Stadium will not happen in the foreseeable future club insiders have admitted. New planning permission would be required to take the capacity to 66,000 despite it already having that number of seats already installed at the former Olympic Stadium. The planning authority which happen […]

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According to the Liverpool Echo, Everton has slapped a world-record £100m price tag on wantaway striker Romelu Lukaku. The Premier League top scorer has refused to sign a new contract at Goodison and wants to leave for a side in the Champions League. Karren Brady claims he has long been a West Ham target and […]

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Slaven Bilic has received a big boost today with the return of Winston Reid to the first team squad. The manager revealed: “Winston Reid is back. He’s been training with the rehab and fitness coaches for a week now and they have done good work on his fitness, so he is back and trained with […]

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Slaven Bilic admits that he and the players are continuing to look over their shoulders whilst attempting to finish as high as possible at the end of the season. The manager said: “We are looking both ways. We can’t be arrogant and say we are not interested in what is happening below us. We are pretty […]

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Diafra Sakho’s long term West Ham future is likely to be established over the next five games. Slaven Bilic denied today there was a problem between the pair claiming Sak had explained he had an injury when he called him up on the day the squad was travelling to Sunderland. However,  our own sources insist […]

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West Ham has tonight announced a U-turn on their decision to set a club cash deadline of 1st September this year.  Earlier today Claret and Hugh highlighted supporter frustration at the announcement in an email over the weekend that all club cash needed to be used by 1st September or it would be lost. Season […]

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  West Ham manager Slaven Bilic has admitted he and every other manager would think about signing John Terry. The central defender wants to carry on playing next season and Bilic believes that although he is now 36, he remains a very competent defender. Bilic told Sky Sports: “He definitely has got at least a […]

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A new online questionnaire asks football supporters whether they would contribute to funding the installation of safe standing at their stadium through crowd funding. Talks aimed at introducing safe standing to an English Football League ground are at an advanced stage – and crowd funding could make it happen claim organisers. Safe standing campaigners and the […]

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Birmingham City have appointed Harry Redknapp as their new manager. The ex-West Ham player and Manager succeeds former West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola, who resigned on Monday following a 2-0 home defeat by Burton Albion. Birmingham City, where Gold, Sullivan and Brady were all directors are currently 20th in the Championship, just three points above […]

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Describing West Ham’s season as a “nightmare” devalues the word! It’s been a horror show played out in a new stadium an eight minute drive away and a million emotional miles from the departed Upton Park spiritual home. We all have a view on that – mine is that other avenues should have been explored […]

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Slaven Bilic has again brushed off the persistent speculation about his job at West Ham and shrugged: “I’m not bothered.” Despite a strong vote of confidence from the board a string of contenders c0ntinue to be mentioned in relation to his position but the manager appears to remain unfazed. Travelling fans made it clear their […]

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West Ham have emailed all season ticket holders to warn them they must use any club cash earned from selling their seat on ticket exchange before 1st September or they will lose their club cash balance. The club wrote to supporters over the Easter weekend to say “Please note that your current Club Cash balance, […]

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Andre Ayew is the latest player to be trotted out on the official website saying precisely what you would expect him to say – that we were okay at Sunderland and he’s confident problems will be sorted before the end of the season. He doesn’t say how  which would have helped! and I’m not sure […]

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Slaven Bilic has dropped a heavy hint that Darren Randolph will retain the goalkeeping sweater for the game against Everton at the weekend. Despite a desperate performance against Sunderland and errors which clearly lost the team two points it seems the manager’s view is that change is not such a good idea. Randolph’s displays have […]

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I watched Jermain Defoe closely on Saturday afternoon and came to one inescapable conclusion. We really shouldn’t buy him this summer. Ok, maybe I shouldn’t judge on one look – and it has to be said he was in terrific form form for England against a poor Lithuania team – but at 34 he clearly […]

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Darren Randolph has come under fire for his recent performances culminating in a display at Sunderland which saw him concede two soft goals – one from a clear foul he failed to protest. Here ClaretandHugh Facebook followers @https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/  give their views on what they believe should happen next. O Dreadful ‘keeping, but I just cannot […]

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West Ham fans have voted  they want Slaven Bilic to remain in charge of the club next season but the percentage of those voting in favour of him in a ClaretadHugh poll has dipped dramatically since pre-Christmas. Before the festive games the Croat won a poll by a landslide with over 80 per cent of […]

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Slaven Bilic and Diafra Sakho look set for conciliation talks this week as the uneasy stand-off between the pair continues to cause tensions. The unhappy Senegal striker is feeling unwanted and second best after battling back to full fitness but being overlooked apart from a cameo performance against Arsenal. He was called into the action […]

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West Ham and Everton are today reported to be chasing 31 year old Manchester City central defender Vincent Kompany But according to The Mirror the Belgian international needs to finish the season with a flourish if they are to firm up their interest. The Irons are known to be set for negotiations over right back […]

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We know there is never a right time to run this kind of poll and some say we should never run them at all. Yet because of so much external media pressure even the board itself was forced to give Slaven Bilic a vote of confidence a few days ago ahead of some crucial games. […]

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