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Chairman’s son Jack Sullivan tweeted that West Ham made a late bid of £32m yesterday for Michy Batshuayi.  “We bid 39m euro Batshuayi and it was accepted yesterday by his club, but he chose another PL club ahead of us, Chelsea ?” said young Jack this afternoon. Yesterday Crystal Palace thought they had done enough after […]

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Southampton are being reported as having joined the Irons in the race to sign Gokhan Tore. Turkish newspaper Sabah is making the claim and say Saints are preparing a £7 million bid for the explosive winger. West Ham have been locked in talks with Besiktas over a loan deal which insiders have told us “currently involve a loan fee of […]

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Only three teams scored more goals than West Ham’s 65 last season – Man City (71), Spuds (69) and champions Leicester City (68). We are next in line with 65 equalled only by Arsenal. But here’s the interesting thing. We are regularly being told we need a 20-25 goal a season striker at enormous expense and […]

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Some are worried Slav will be offered the England job… That won’t happen but former Irons bosses Sam Allardyce would take it in a heartbeat….and Avram Grant would be ready to swap Ghana for the Three Lions at a stroke. As for Harry, well do you know need to ask? So our new fun poll […]

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Mark Noble and the lads return to training at the end of the week and the skipper is massively excited about the pre-season trip to the United States.   The Irons  face the Seattle Sounders,  claimed to be the best-supported and most-valuable franchise in Major League Soccer (MLS), on Tuesday 5 July, before facing North […]

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EXCLUSIVE by Hugh Southon David Gold has calmed growing worries among West Ham fans that Slaven Bilic could be tempted to take the England job were the FA to approach the club. Social media has been alive with the rumour since England’s shocking exit from Euro 2016 but in an exclusive interview with Claret and […]

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The Daily Express have linked Hammer Sam Byram with possible interest from Arsenal. 22-year old Byram only joined the Hammers Championship side Leeds in the January transfer window on a four and a half year contract costing West Ham a reported £3.75m transfer fee. Byram made just four appearances last season clocking up 286 minutes […]

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West Ham are set to sign Arsenal youngster Tyrell Robinson on a permanent deal according to an Arsenal blog called arsenalyouth.wordpress.com The 18-year-old, who can play at left-back or as a left winger, was absent from training at London Colney today and is set to conclude his move to the Hammers shortly says the blog. […]

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Planning permission documentation published this week for the alternative wrap on the former Olympic Stadium has given away the name of the new naming rights partner. Although the stadium has recently been renamed the London Stadium this appears to be short lived. Planning application confirms “The Stadium Partner has not been announced, although the application […]

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West Ham have not received a single inquiry or offer for ther supertar midfielder Dimi Payet. Not a day passes – seemingly – without the star of Euro 2016 being linked to any one of a number of top clubs with Real Madrid being linked to a £40 million bid a few days ago. However, […]

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ITV/BBC sports reporter and director of Women in foootball, Jacqui Oakley has suggested Hammers fans should do the right thing by releasing Slaven Bilic in his role as Hammers manager to become the next England manager. She tweeted from teb Euros in France “Come on, Hammers fans. Do the right thing. Let Slav go. Your […]

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The BBC trust has concluded that BBC’s editorial standards were not met in the bias documentary called entitled “How the Hammers stuck Gold” presented by Dan Roan. A complaint by the LLDC that the programme was unfair, inaccurate and biased was partially upheld. The trust found no overall bias but conceded some unfairness to the LLDC and […]

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Stadium Operator, London Stadium 185 are in the process of testing the updated retractable seating over the newly installed running track at the former Olympic Stadium recently renamed the London Stadium. This is the final dress rehearsal for the moving of the seating  from athletics mode to football and back again before the stadium is set […]

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David Gold has hit out at a Twitter follower who has claimed the club are dragging their feet in the transfer market. Despite huge bids for  Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette, snapping up Sofiane Feghouli on £60k a week wages and negotiating what would be a mega loan deal for Gokhan Tore, the co chaairman came under […]

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West Ham fans have voted by a near landslide for Diafra Sakho to stay at the club. Doubts over the striker’s future have been around for weeks now but in a ClaretandHugh poll, the Irons faithful have made their view clear – he has to stay. With over 1100 having voted 68 per cent of […]

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ClaretandHugh has learned this morning that Marseilles striker Michy Batshuayi  is now looking to be on his  way to Crystal Palace. The Guardian had reported last night (Mon)  Palace had agreed a fee of 38 million euros but that West Ham and Juventus were still hoping to get into the bidding war. However, over the […]

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I wasn’t surprised or therefore disappointed as we slumped out against Iceland. There was just one overwhelming emotion for me and it was this – thank God our Nobes wasn’t a part of the shambles that was Roy Hodgson’s England. The geezer has now gone thanking his players …err WHY? They were dreadful and that […]

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Crystal Palace are tonight being reported as having agreed a £38 million fee with Marseilles for striker Michy Batshuayi. The Belgian international striker has been the subject of two bids so far in this transfer window from Palace and the Irons. We submitted a  €40m at the start of May and remain hopeful of signing him, […]

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West Ham will not stand in Darren Randolph’s way should the Hammers No 2 keeper receive a top Premier League offer. They stress that at this stage there have been no inquries but won’t be surprised if they emerge during the summer transfer window. Randolph enjoyed an excellent Euro 2016 before the Republic of Ireland […]

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The football agent of Carlos Bacca has told the Italian press that he is waiting on a decision from AC Milan on whether his client will be sold this summer. The Colombian international has been linked with West Ham but a decision was expected after the Copa America finished. Colombia finished in third place yesterday in […]

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An overwhelming majority of Hammers supporters say Enner Valencia can leave the club this summer. In contrast to our two previous polls where 80% of fans said they want James Tomkins and Pedro Obiang to stay, over 80% of Irons have no problem with Valencia leaving the club. The Ecuador striker joined West Ham in […]

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Marseille Olympique are up reportedly for sale to solve their financial turmoil with one recent report by RMC Sport in France claiming the financially troubled club could be available as little as 40 million Euros. If true that would be the same valuation as Michy Batshuayi who scored his first goal of the Euros last […]

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An online petition by EU remain supporters has received over 3.6 million signatures since Friday cashing the government website at one stage. This petition has spawned a number of parody petitions on social media including one by a West Ham supporter whose setup a new petition on the Government and Parliament website demanding a replay […]

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There’s never been any doubting Slaven Bilic’s deep rooted desire to sign Gokhan Tore and it’s likely that will happen via a season-long loan arrangement. However,  it’s noticeable – at a time when a striker apparently remains the priority – that maybe we could become a little top heavy with right sided midfielders. No doubt […]

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West Ham are claimed to be in a race for Liverpool and Wales midfielder Joe Allen. The Daily Star claims that Swansea are ahead in the chase and that they have had an £8 million bid turned down before claiming the Irons are also involved. West Brom and Celtic too are named as admirers but […]

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ClaretandHugh understands that talks to conclude a deal which would bring Gokhan Tore to West Ham are continuing but there are big obstacles regarding a loan fee. We revealed  last night that despite widespread reports that a permanent deal could be concluded this week, the Hammers are in fact trying to come to a loan […]

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