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Reading academy boss and former Hammer Eamonn Dolan has died at the age of 48 after losing a battle with cancer. Dolan underwent chemotherapy last year following an operation to remove a tumour from his bladder. The former West Ham striker came through the Club’s Academy and went onto make 21 first team appearances between […]

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This morning, the Liverpool Echo claimed to have solved the mystery of Liverpool player Jordon Ibe photographed in a West Ham shirt which went viral on the internet on Monday. The Echo claimed this morning “The ECHO understands that the photos are genuine but it wasn’t a sign that Ibe is about to join Slaven Bilic’s men was […]

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West Ham have quickly rubbished suggestions that Real Mardid representatives have met with Dimi Payet’s agent. A jounalist @EmaGiulianelli claimed on Twitter that the meeting took place in London yesterday (Tuesday). Giulianelli  describes himself thu on Twitter  as a football writer and journalist. Tribal Football columnist, cooperate with FIFA Weekly, Panenka, FourFourTwo, La Gazzetta dello […]

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ClaretandHugh was the first site to break the news today that the chase for Alexandre Lacazette is dead. We were told by a senior insider that  he has made it 100 perc cent clear through his agent that he has no interest in joining us. Here’s how CandH Facebook Forum members at https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/ reacted to the […]

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Sources close to Lacazette’s agents have confirmed our story  this morning that any Lacazette deal is off as the player has no interest in joining either West Ham or Spurs. Football website HITC Sport has followed ClaretandHugh by reporting that any move to the Olympic Stadium is a non starter. We reported our own sources as […]

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Former Hammer Harry Redknapp believes Dimitri Payet will remain a Hammer after the Summer while bookies and commentators believe he will off if a large offer comes in from a Champions league club during the summer transfer window. On the same week of the BREXIT referendum being held on Thursday we also ask a very […]

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Former West Ham manager, Harry Redknapp believes West Ham will hold on to Dimtri Payet this summer  insisting he will want to stay. Speaking to betting site Betsafe  Harry said: “I don’t think they’d sell him. West Ham have a new stadium, 60,000 stadium, Olympic Stadium, sold 50-odd thousand season tickets, David Sullivan, David Gold, they […]

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The Olympic Stadium Founders Wall will actually be a series of walls around the stadium in the common concourse areas in the transformed stadium. Baroness Brady of Knightsbridge revealed an image last Thursday saying “Walls inside the concourse with every name of every season ticket holder, our founders, is featured…” A source close to stadium transformation […]

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Once again Slav nails it! Whilst dreary pundits blah blah on about how impressive England are and how many great options they appear to have, our West Ham boss tells the unvarnished truth. Here’s what he has to say against our performance against Slovakia and includes an overview of the realities of the group. He […]

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Slaven Bilic lavished so much praise on Chris Smalling after the England v Slovakia, he started a few conspiracy theories running. The Hammers boss is known to be in the market for a central deender but Smalling – Manchester United’s England man? Hmm. Following the game he said: “Smalling’s great on the ball, can pass […]

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West Ham have been told that Alexandre Lacazette has no desire to join West Ham United. Amid widespread rumours of another bid going in – with one or two sites claiming it would be of £37 million – ClaretandHugh has been told categoically this morning: “That is not going to happen.” Our top insider revealed: […]

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Unbelievably we are just 15 days away from our first game of the season – in America. We have become so preoccipied with Euro 2016 that the trip to the States has slipped almost out of our minds. But here’s a great image of the stadium – built 20 years ago – awaiting to welcome […]

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Winston Reid has sent his biggest congratulations to Dimi Payet from Mexico! The central defender said on the official site: “I saw the opening game and he was really, really good and came up with a brilliant goal at the end. “I didn’t see the second game, but I heard he got another goal and played […]

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The club’s insider is back this afternoon to confirm most of what we already knew. They start  by confirming “David Sullivan have made it clear that the Club are looking to bring in a top quality striker who can score 20 goals a season.” Yes, I think he may have mentioned that a few hundred times […]

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France fans singing “We’ve got Payet” ahead of tonight’s group finale against Switzerland: pic.twitter.com/q2J5aJClx7 — West Ham News (@WHUFC_News) June 19, 2016   It’s taken a while but the French have finally caught up. With Dimi Payet the talk of the country and Europe, the fans have finally started singing the song created by Hammers […]

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It’s  impossible to be critical of David Sullivan after last season’s incredible success in the summer transfer market. By common consent across the whole of the fan base, we made a series of brilliant signings – not one of which failed to do the business whenever they were called upon. Every one of them surpassed […]

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West Ham Chairman’s son, Jack Sullivan has discredited rumours about Liverpool winger joining West Ham saying on twitter “The ibe rumours are not true! We are not signing him.” Ibe became a surprise bookies 5/2 favourite over the weekend with Bookmakers Paddy Power after images of Ibe circulated around the Internet of him in a West […]

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Quite why Twitter brings out the worst in people with language to match is one of the most disturbing mysteries of the 21st century. Disagreeing – it seems – is not sufficient for many. There simply have to be obscenities accompanied by accusation and sometimes near hatred. One person who appears to have learned how […]

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David Sullivan has admitted life will improve for him once he has signed a top class striker. The co chairman – despite having a lot of cash to spend – and has regularly admitted it but as yet has failed to get his man. Speaking to the official site the boss said: “Once we sign […]

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Besiktas Chairman, Fikret Orman is said to be furious that West Ham has asked for a season loan deal for Gökhan Töre with an option to buy.  A source close to Besiktas told Claret and Hugh “Bilic (has) made a mistake. Our president (has) gone crazy. Bilic wanted to loan Töre” It is claimed that […]

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West Ham have had no approaches and will not be selling Enner Valencia to Swansea. A morning report has been entirely rubbished by the Ecuadorian international’s joint agent Barry Silkman to ClaretandHugh within the last few minutes (Sun). The story appeared in the Sun this morning but Silkman – talking to us – said: “It’s […]

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Besiktas President Fikret Ormanhas claimed West Ham have beid three million euros for Atiba Hutchinson and that it has been rejected. He said: “Bilic, offered 3 million euros for Atiba. We rejected this proposal and thanked him, ‘‘ Speaking to the Turkish media,the  Besiktas president said the club don’t want to sell Hutchinson or  Gokhan Tore. […]

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Liverpool winger Jordon Ibe has become the surprise bookies favourite to join West Ham this summer. The young winger is 5/2 to join the Hammers with bookmaker Paddy Power. Swansea are 4/1, Stoke are 5/1, Watford, Southampton, Palace and Celtic are  all 8/1 while Spurs are 10/1. Jordon Ibe has fuelled speculation linking him with […]

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Swansea are set to make  a £10million move for West Ham’s striker, Enner Valencia according to the Sun newspaper today. The twenty-six year old striker knows he is likely to lose his starting place in West Ham’s side this coming season and would find himself increasing down the pecking order.Slaven Bilic used him sparingly last season […]

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David Gold agrees that the Hammers are very much contenders for serious glory next season and admits we’ll need to spend ‘big’ to do so.. The upbeat co chairman – a Twitter regular – believes that the Hammers will definitely be serious contenders for the Champions League next term. Despite David Sullivan’s determination to watch […]

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