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Sofiane Feghouli is hoping to lock horns with Algerian international team mates Riyhad Mahrez and Islam Slimani at Leicester tomorrow Between them, the trio have been capped more than 100 times, have scored 40 international goals and won three of the last four Algerian Footballer of the Year awards. “It’s a match against two teammates, […]

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West Ham will not stand in Adrian’s way if a Spanish club come in for him during the January transfer window. The Spanish shot stopper has just six months remaining on his contract which has led to speculation that his time at West Ham is coming to an end given his dropping from the first […]

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Slaven Bilic may be preparing to push the Hammers board all the way in an attempt to bring Jermain Defoe back to the club. Bilic revealed yesterday that he has a few midfielders telling him the former Hammers striker’s movement is the best they have played with. And their urgings at this stage of the […]

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West Ham are convinced that Sunderland striker Jermain Defoe wants to join them next month write Daily Mirror journalists Darren Lewis and Neil McLeman in the tabloid today. David Moyes last week insisted Defoe remains “priceless” to the Black Cats and maintained the marksman would not be sold but pressure will mount if the 34 year old […]

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According to reports in website France Football West Ham  are showing interest again in a young french player called Morgan Sanson . The player has been scouted by the Hammers since 2015 and the club were linked last February for a move to the young talent. The 22 year old French midfielder is currently playing at Montpellier where he […]

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West Ham manager Slaven Bilic has laughed off the suggestion that West Ham can land Marcus Rashford. He told reporters yesterday when asked about the possibility of signing the youngster “Rashford is very valuable for Manchester United. There’s no way. There’s no way to get him. They have many games, four competitions. He’s playing. So […]

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Diafra Sakho has finally undergone the operation on his back the club had hoped he would have last year. The striker finally accepted surgery just before Christmas after suffering back pain according to Head of Medical and Sports Science Stijn Vandenbroucke. Giving his latest update from the treatment room Vandenbroucke said:  “After suffering back pain, Diafra underwent a […]

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The Premier League will lose twenty five players for half of January and early February to the African Nations cup.  Sunderland and Leicester City will lose four players each while Stoke City and West Ham lose three a piece. The 2017 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) runs from 14th January through 5th February. Sunderland Papy […]

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Slaven Bilic has confirmed the story brought to you by ClaretandHugh seven days ago. We revealed that our own sources on December 22 that the club’s priority in this window was to “Buy British” at http://www.claretandhugh.info/exclusive-irons-january-signing-policy-explained/ And that was followed by the news that Sunderland’s Jermain Defoe was indeed a target although there were reservations whether Sunderland […]

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Slaven Bilic has sent a big message of sympathy to Bob Bradley following the sacking of the former Swansea boss. The Hammers 4-1 win at the Liberty Stadium saw the American’s sort 11 game reign come to an end and Bilic said: “In such short amount of time, basically you depend totally on luck. “People are […]

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Jermain Defoe will have to put in a transfer request to push through any move to West Ham – and even then Sunderland may block it claims Simon Jones in the Daily Mail this afternoon. Earlier today Slaven Bilic refused to dismiss speculation that West Ham are interested in the 34 year old saying:”He is […]

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Leicester City boss Claudio Ranieri has called Saturday’s clash with West Ham one his side “have to win”  The Foxes are just three points and two places above the Premier League relegation zone after only one victory in nine games as they prepare to host the Hammers on Saturday. Ranieri told reporters during his pre match […]

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West Ham are tracking RB Leipzig striker Davie Selke according to Sky Sports. The Germany U21 international has been linked with a move away from Leipzig, who sit second in the Bundesliga, after finding his first-team opportunities limited this season. Selke has scored two goals this season but has only started one game for Ralph Hasenhuttl’s […]

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A Chinese club has announced the signing of Tevez from Argentinian side Boca Juniors on Thursday in a statement on their official website. Shanghai are reported to have agreed a deal worth £70million for the forward, including a basic salary of more than £500,000 a week making him the world’s highest paid football player. “Shanghai […]

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Slaven Bilic has insisted West Ham will not panic buy in the January transfer window and has told reporters the club will sign two or a maximum of three players in the winter window. Bilic told reporters at his pre-match press conference on Thursday morning: “The January window is not the great one, you would […]

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Slaven Bilic has spoken about former Hammer Jermaine Defoe during his pre- match press conference this morning but refused to dismiss the rumour that West Ham are interested in signing the 34 year old striker, who was born in Stratford. Slav told reporters “He is a very good player of course, the way he is […]

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Slaven Bilic has told reporters he will look for players that tick all the boxes when asked a question about the transfer window at this morning’s pre-match press conference: “You want to tick all the boxes” replied Slav “You want players that are young, that are cheap. that are good players, they score goals and […]

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Slaven Bilic has been quick to reject any move by West Ham for left back Patrice Evra. Asked about the Evra rumour at this morning’s pre match press conference Bilic exhaled a deep sigh of frustration and said: “We are the club that are linked with the most players in Europe, every player that is […]

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West Ham manager has given his pre-match press conference ahead of the trip to Leicester City and given an injury update. Bilic told reporters: “Lanzini will train with us today and we will see for the Leicester  game because he received a knock in the first half of the game against Hull and he missed the […]

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West Ham are close to terminating Álvaro Arbeloa’s one year contract by mutual consent after offering a compensation package for his remaining eight months of wages. The 33 year former Real Madrid right back signed a one year deal with the Hammers on 1st September this year on wages believed to around £65,000 per week matching what […]

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Simone Zaza’s father who is also his agent has told  Corriere dello Sport that his son’s time at West Ham is over and that he would be very happy with a move to Valencia: Antonio Zaza told the Italian paper: “The adventure of Simone at West Ham is finished and we are considering different situations […]

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Besiktas are reportedly interested in taking on West Ham striker Jonathan Calleri. Reports suggest that the 23 year Argentinian  has been offered to Besiktas by his agent, and the Turkish press are already touting him as the ‘new Aguero’. Calleri is on still technically loan at West Ham despite reports he has returned to South America. […]

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Atlético Madrid will  follow in West Ham foot steps by moving into a converted athletics stadium next season and have recently revealed a redesigned club badge just like the Hammers did before they moved home. The new rounder badge pays homage to the first ever logo used by the club after its founding in 1903. […]

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The latest edition of Blowing Bubbles Magazine is on the way! And the blockbuster January edition is an absolute belter with some of the best features and stories on the West Ham scene. ClaretandHugh is very proud of its partnership with a great mag and highly talented team of writers and is bringing you a […]

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Who is the greatest Hammer of all time? Who would make your top 10? Or even your top 25? These are just a few of the questions Blowing Bubbles Monthly has attempted to solve as it kicks off 2017 with a countdown of the 40 greatest Hammers of all time. A panel of influential West […]

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One of the biggest requests from West Ham season ticket holders is to move the London Stadium retractable seats closer to the pitch. Just before Christmas the joint stadium owners London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) confirmed an extra £21m was spent on the doomed retractable system last year and estimated costs could each as high […]

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