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West Ham  have now confirmed the transfer of Ghana forward Andre Ayew for a Club-record £20.5million fee. The versatile striker, winger or attacking midfielder joins the Hammers on a three-year contract, with an additional two-year option. Boasting an impressive spell at Marseille on his CV, where he played alongside Dimitri Payet. He told WHUFC.com: “I am very […]

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by Pete Ellis Social medi-arrgggghhhh!!!! Before I begin, imagine the music from the the old Hovis adverts, the brass band playing that old slow sad song….are you with me? Ok. I miss the days of teletext. The anticipation of waiting for page upon page of stuff you had no interest in, & taking longer to […]

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Andre Ayew has finally landed at West Ham in a £20.5 million deal but the question is “Who are you ” Andre. We know you’ve been at Swansea and are a bit tasty but beyond that most people would see you as a bit of a closed book. So our partners over at Hammers Chat […]

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Andre Ayew has signed for West Ham in a deal worth £20.5m reports Chairman’s son Jack Sullivan this evening. Jack wrote on twitter “Andre Ayew is now a West Ham player, he has signed for £20.5m!!” He went on to say  “Andrew Ayew scored 6 goals in only 8 games when he played up front for […]

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Paul Merson’s prediction for the top ten of the Premier League table at the end of the 2016/2017 season. 1.Chelsea 2. Manchester City 3. Manchester United 4. Arsenal 5. Liverpool 6. Tottenham 7. West Ham 8. Everton 9. Southampton 10. Stoke Share This:

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Following successful two opening games against Domzale and Juventus, the London Stadium faces a number of finishing touches before the first Premier League home game against Bournemouth on Sunday 21st August. As we revealed earlier work has already started  by Fabric Architecture to install fabric sails to hide the back of lower tier retractable seating from […]

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Mark Noble has admitted that competiting on two different levels – the Premier and Europa Leagues – is very much a Catch 22 position for the Irons. And he admits it’s hard to know how we will do this season explaining: “We’re going to bring in a few new players, for sure. We’re playing Monday, […]

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Work has started to cover up the gaps between the London Stadium lower stands and the concourse. The retractable seating has moved forward 15 metres leaving unsightly views  under the seating of scaffolding, breeze blocks and unused seating exposed for all to see. West Ham plan to cover these gaps up with Claret and Blue […]

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The completion of left back Arthur Masuaku and the impending signing of Andre Ayew and Jonathan Calleri will mean we will have two players for every position for the start of the premier league season against Chelsea on Monday 13th August. Goal Keeper:  Adrian/Randolph Right Back: Antonnio/Byram Left Back: Cresswell/ Masuaku Centre backs: Ogbonna/Collins   […]

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ClaretandHugh is today offering our brilliant followers the opportunity of becoming part of an exciting new movie in which the Boleyn Ground plays a central part. It will immortalise the ‘old lady’ forever on celluloid in a tense thriller starring former Bond star Pierce Brosnan and Guardians of the Galaxy’s Dave Bautista. The movie -‘Final Score’ […]

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West Ham has officially confirmed the signing of French left-back Arthur Masuaku. The 22-year-old arrives from Greek Superleague champions Olympiacos on a four-year contract for a transfer fee believed to be around £6m. The Lille-born defender, who has won back-to-back domestic titles with the Piraeus club, has played more than 100 senior games despite his tender […]

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Andy Carroll was justifiably delighted with his afternoon’s work against Juventus but not unnaturally disappointed with the 3-2 defeat. Speaking after his two goal performance he told West Ham TV he said: “The result didn’t go our way, but it was good to get two goals and start scoring again. “I think it was perfect […]

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French left back from Greece Arthur Masuaku was at the Olympic Stadium yesterday watching the Hammers as they lost 3-2 to a late Simone Zaza goal against Juventus. Masuaka is being brought in from Olympiacos as a replacement and cover for Aaron Cresswell and he should be joined by Swansea’s Andre Ayew during the week. […]

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We had the national anthem….we had fireworks…and we hade a great team as our opposition. BUT nothing – nothing on earth – could compare to our fans signing ‘Bubbles’ at full throttle ths afternoon at the official oprning and if prizes were being handed out for the biggest moment of the afternoon we reckon this […]

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Swansea striker Andre Ayew and Olympiacos left-back Arthur Masuakushould be on board within days according to Slaven Bilic. The boss revealed ahead of today’s game against Juventus that the pair are on the brink of arriving at the club. He said: “We are quite close to getting two new players,” “I hoped it would be […]

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Slaven Bilic was happy with the Juventus test at the now officially opened London Stadium declaring: ““It was a packed Stadium against one of the biggest clubs and best teams in Europe. “It was a good test for us and great to see the fans filling our Stadium again.” But he added: “We started sloppily […]

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CandH ratings expert Niall McDonald hands out the points at this afternoon’s prestige friendly against Juventus Adrian: Let in three but made several sharp saves. Always encouraging the team to push out 7 Antonio: No defensive aberrations today. Didn’t get long pushed forward after the break unfortunately 5 Reid: Back in his less-preferred right sided […]

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Irons 2 Juventus 3 Match verdict Ok, it was a pre season friendly but at last Andy Carroll showed himself as a guy who may just be the 20 goal a season striker we need so badly. It’s all about keeping him fit! Two fine headers produced the goals that brought the Hammers back from […]

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Slaven Bilic prefers Andre Ayew as the Hammers last big signing of the summer. The Irons had planned to bring in the Swansea player and a striker, with Carlos Bacca the big choice, but the failed medical suffered by Diafra Sakho has changed  that. Despite talk continuing that the club could be involved in moving […]

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Much has been made of last season’s signings and quite rightly so! Dimi Payet was of course totally stand out but Angelo Ogbonna, Manu Lanzini,  Michail Antonio at £8 million and £7 million respectively were among the best this club has ever made. But let’s go back a year and I remember very well reporting […]

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Cheik Kouyate is still living the dream after become the first ever London Stadium goalscorer. The brilliant midfielder grabbed a brace against Domzale and remains on a high as he approaches today’s prestige fiendly against Juventus.. He said: “I am so proud to have scored the first goal,. The game was very important for the club. […]

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Pre match kick off The London Stadium opens two hours before the 1pm kick off today for this event so the doors will open at 11am today. Doors will usually open 90 minutes before kick off for all other Premier League games. The opening ceremony is scheduled 12.30pm today to mark the official opening of […]

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West Ham transfer target, Carlos Bacca and his wife dined with his agent in Ibiza to decide on his future claim reports last night. Rumours that Bacca has flown to London this week are wide of the mark as he published a photo of himself dining with his agent. It is also claimed that Milan’s vice-president […]

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West Ham joint Chairman, David Gold says Dimitri Payet could be on the bench against Juventus today at the London Stadium and has a good chance playing against Chelsea for our first Premier League game at Stamford Bridge. Speaking on twitter Gold said “Payet could be on the bench tomorrow and has a good chance […]

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