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West Ham have tonight admitted the club has been tracking Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette but have warned fans not to get fixated on the odd one or two strikers mentioned in the media. We were told by our most senior source: “He is one of 12 we have been looking at. We scout a huge […]

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Our potential FA Cup semi-final at Wembley stadium against Everton will be played on Saturday 23rd April with a 5.15pm kick off so keep that date keep just in case. Watford’s semi-final with Crystal Palace at Wembley will be played on Sunday April 24th at 4pm Each club will get an allocation of 31,500 for […]

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West Ham officially confirmed this afternoon that Cheikhou Kouyate has signed a new long-term contract with the Club.  The Senegal star has put pen to paper on a deal that will keep him at the Club until summer 2021. The 26-year-old told WHUFC.com: “I am happy to have renewed my contract with West Ham. I […]

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Cheikhou Kouyate has signed a five-year contract which will keep him at the club until 2021. The brilliant midfielder has been a well known target for Spurs but Chiek has chosen to agree terms with the Irons as they make rapid steps into the top bracket. The contract was announced in a ​statement on the club’s […]

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Chelsea boss Gus Hiddink is backing the Irons to clinch a Champions League place this season. The Hammers have to defy the weight of history tomorrow as they haven’t lost to us since 2002 t Stamford Bridge but Hiddink admits we look a different side this time. He said:  “They are in the mood being […]

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Eden Hazard is set to join Diego Costa on the Chelsea sidelines for the match against us at the Bridge tomorrow. The manager Guus Hiddink told the pre-match press conference the game would come too soon the player who hobbled out of the Chapion League game against Paris Saint-Germain. As a result of that he missed […]

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A reconvened appeal hearing against the decision to release full details of West Ham’s Olympic Stadium deal with the LLDC was heard in London yesterday. A coalition of 14 supporters’ trusts and groups had a complaint to the Information Commissioner upheld last year, the judgement ordered publication last year by the LLDC decided to appeal […]

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Michail Antonio’s verbal approach is precisely the same as his playing style – fearless and to the point. So it’s no real surprise to hear him declare: “We can turn them over!” Speaking to www.whufc.com he declared: People are starting to take notice. They probably thought we’d be a top 12 team, that kind of position, […]

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Ok, here we go with another ClaretandHugh/Hammers Chat first and if you love a bet on the weekend footie this is a must for you. Making money out of the beautiful game can often be a nightmare – how many times dos that banker bet let you down. It can be an absolute minefield. But […]

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Sky pundit, Paul Merson is tipping West Ham to hold Chelsea to a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge on Saturday afternoon. Chelsea are not having a good week after they were knocked out of the Champions league by Paris Saint-Germain last week and were then eliminated from the FA Cup at the hands of Everton last weekend. […]

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James Tomkins and James Collins will both be fit to return after the international break. Manager Slaven Bilic explained that although Tomkins returns to training today “it’s still too early for a game against Chelsea.” But he added: “After  that we have a an international break so both of them should be available for the […]

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Former Hammer, Harry Redknapp has been confirmed as  the manager of the Jordan national team for their next two World Cup qualifiers, 48 hours after being appointed a football advisor at Derby County. It is Redknapp’s first jobs in football since he quit as QPR boss last year. Prince Ali Al Hussein, president of the […]

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The elimination of Manchester United by Liverpool in the Europa League tonight has meant West Ham will play their FA Cup quarter-final on  a Wednesday evening on 6th April at the Boleyn Ground. It means the Hammers will play three games in a row within eight days at fortress Boleyn. The Irons have not lost a […]

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West Ham Chairman, David Gold has highlighted that the Hammers don’t seem to be getting their fair share of penalty decisions in the last four years. Gold claims the Irons are the only top-flight team not to receive a penalty away from home in the past four years and in total we have received nine […]

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West Ham are likely to be setting the price of tickets for the Manchester United FA Cup replay at around £30- £35. It’s important to stress that no final price has been arrived at yet but the club have pledged to keep the cost of entry lower than that charged by the Old Trafford club […]

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West Ham boss Slaven Bilic has confirmed what ClaretandHugh has told you for weeks – Manu Lanzini  will be a permanent signing before the end of the season. Doubts that Liverpool and others may try to woo him away have been regularly denied by us and this morning Slav has made it clear he wants […]

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Development manager boss Terry Westley reckons his young Irons were well worth their place in the Final following a 3-2 semi-final win over Liverpool at Rush Green, They came from a goal down after Pedro Chirivella scored early on with Doneil Henry’s close range finish levelling. The scores were level at full time but Marcus […]

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David Gold has revealed  following ClaretandHugh’s exclusive story that the club has received planning permission to increase the Olympic Stadium capacity to 60,000, that a further 6,000 seats may become available. CandH broke the news as early as 6pm last night (Wed) and later Gold suggested on Twitter that the further 6k seats could become […]

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West Ham under 21’s beat Liverpool under 21’s in the Barclays Premier League Under 21 Cup Semi Final this evening at Rush Green. Martin Samuelson was drafted back from Peterborough for the evening.  Liverpool opened the scoring on 12 minutes with Pedro Chirivella getting the early goal. Doneil Henry equalised from close range just after the […]

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Martin Samuelsen has returned to West Ham to play in the under 21 cup semi-final match against Liverpool U21’s but only for the night. He returns back to Peterborough tomorrow and will remain  for the rest of the season on loan as agreed. Director of Football at Posh, Barry Fry told Claret and Hugh tonight […]

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Claret and Hugh understands that the request to increase the Olympic Stadium capacity to 60,000 on West Ham match days has been approved and an official announcement confirming this will be made next week. A total of 66,000 seats remain in the stadium after it’s £272m transformation into a multi-use venue and 60,000 of these […]

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Exclusive Winston Reid is making decent progress after his injury scare and should be set to take his place at the centre of defence against Chelsea this weekend. We reported yesterday that the player had felt his hamstrings at Old Trafford and was brought off for precautionary reasons. And ClaretandHugh has learned today that the […]

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Mystery surrounds the fate of  the three remaining John Lyall gates outside the Boleyn ground. Three gates were unceremoniously removed without notice on Monday much to dismay of some West Ham fans who were hoping to have their picture taken next to them on the last day of the season. It had been assumed that […]

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Rio Ferdinand will lead his nation for the last time when England Legends take on Germany at the Boleyn Ground! Rio has agreed to captain  a host of Three Lions stars of days gone by in a unique Farewell Boleyn fixture on Monday 2 May at 4pm. Tickets for a game which will include such […]

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Top ClaretandHugh blogger Pete Ellis has been casting his ironic eye over the weekend events at Old Trafford and clearly can’t handle some of the stuff coming out of the Manchester United camp but finds it impossible to suppress a grin. As we all know, Sir Alex Ferguson loved a good bottle of red and […]

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West Ham are set to conclude the signing of Manu Lanzini “very soon.” A precise time was withheld by our top source when approached by ClaretandHugh this morning but we were told: “You can expect it to be very soon.” The contract will be signed at around £8 million and has only been on hold […]

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