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Jermain Defoe’s former Spurs team-mate Jermain Jenas reckons the 34 year old Sunderland striker wants to return to West Ham. Speaking to the BBC Jenas said: “Somewhere within him he’s probably got that urge to put some wrongs right at West Ham because of the way he left. “And, if we’re honest, if you’re looking […]

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Asked whether Enner Valencia could return to West Ham during the January transfer window Slaven Bilic dismissed the suggestion by saying “No, we didn’t think about it!” The Liverpool Echo claimed yesterday that Valencia could make a surprise return to his parent club West Ham during January. After failing to start a single Premier League […]

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West Ham have hired a former BBC multimedia sports news editor Paul Cox as their new head of corporate communications. Cox was head of communications at UK Sport for the five last years, the agency that funds sport across the UK for Olympics and Paralympics. Before that he spent  nearly 13 years with the BBC as a […]

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Slaven Bilic says Jonathan Calleri is not guaranteed to leave West Ham in January. Asked by a reporter at this morning’s press conference whether Calleri has played his last game in Hammers shirt Bilic replied: “Not necessarily, No, Calleri has a different contract, both of the players are on loan for season but with Calleri […]

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Slaven Bilic has confirmed Simone Zaza has played his last game for the Hammers saying his West Ham story is over. Speaking to reporters at this morning’s press conference Slave said “Zaza came to us when we wanted him, he wanted to come here, maybe his wish was to stay in Italy or whatever but […]

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Redbull’s global head of football Oliver Mintzlaff has flatly denied any suggestion of a take over of West Ham and said Red Bull are not currently looking to add to its portfolio of football clubs. “I should really know about this in my function because I’d be actively involved in it,” Mintzlaff told German magazine Kicker. […]

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Slaven Bilic says he is a fan of both Jermain Defoe and Scott Hogan but refused discuss whether bids had been made. During this morning’s press conference he told reporters about transfer speculation “We are not going to discuss the players that are not ours at the moment,” “The chairman is trying really hard to get […]

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• ‘Last season he was probably the main reason Sunderland stayed up’ • West Ham also expected to table £9m bid for Brentford’s Scott Hogan Slaven Bilic remains in the hunt for Jermain Defoe after West Ham United had an opening offer for their former player rejected by Sunderland . Bilic once again sang the praises of the 11-goal striker who started his career at West Ham, though the manager refused to comment…

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There is confusion among London Stadium  stewards what food and drink can be bought into the ground on West Ham match days. The stadium operators own website says in its permitted items section that food and fruit for personal consumption is allowed and plastic bottles (sealed) and thermoses (no alcohol) are also permitted. On Monday […]

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Sunderland clearly don’t want to let Jermain Defoe leave the Stadium of Light but that is far from the end of the story. ClaretandHugh understands the Hammers are ready to go to £7 million before turning their full attention to Brentford’s Scott Hogan despite talk of a £10 million bid having already been lodged. Sunderland […]

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Your roundup of the best photography from the final batch of festive fixtures in the top flight Continue reading…

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EXCLUSIVE BY STEPHEN MCGOWAN: Celtic are poised to boot out any interest in Moussa Dembele from West Ham United. Hammers boss Slaven Bilic is scouring the market for a striker.

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Common sense prevailed as the FA overturned Mike Dean’s dismissal of West Ham’s Sofiane Feghouli for his challenge on Phil Jones. The decision was made on Wednesday and thankfully the outcome was correct.

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Guest Post by Paul Christmas I am very pleased to inform that the West Ham United Independent Supporters’ Association website is now up and running at http://www.whuisa.org Please visit the site and join as soon as you can. At present we have over 200 members.  We’d really like to get as many people as possible […]

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West Ham Vice Chairman Karren Brady seems to have changed tactics and is engaging with fans on twitter in an attempt to win them over in a new charm offensive. Answering supporters questions on twitter Brady first set the record straight on the London Stadium naming rights. “These rights are not ours to sell as […]

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Visit link: Video: Scott Hogan. . Who are ya?

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West Ham Vice Chairman Karren Brady says the club will apply for an increase of capacity to 60,000  at the London Stadium next Monday when the Newham Safety Advisory Group  (SAG) meets again. Brady wrote on  her personal twitter account “There are 66,000 seats in the ground and we only have a license to sell […]

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Watford have shown their hand on a striker watched by West Ham for weeks by bidding £8 million for Brentford’s Scott Hogan. The Hornets interest has been well known for some weeks but the Irons have the 24 year old very much on their radar should a bid for Jermain Defoe fail. The Bees are […]

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Sportsmail revealed West Ham’s interest last month but the Championship side want closer to £15m for the 24-year-old with a 30 per cent sell-on due to his former club Rochdale.

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A clash between Phil Jones and Feghouli in the 15th minute of Monday’s game against Manchester United led to referee Mike Dean sending the Algerian international off, which has since been rescinded.

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  West Ham have made a £10m bid for Brentford striker Scott Hogan but the bid has been turned down by Championship side Brentford, according to Sky Sports News sources. Hogan is valued at up to £15m by Brentford and has 18 months left on his contract at Griffin Park, but is willing to leave […]

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Coventry City are poised to sign Marcus Browne on loan from West Ham. Sky Blues representatives were in attendance as the attacking midfielder starred for West Ham U23s against Wolves in December.  The player has also been in contact with Coventry City’s Jodi Jones on Twitter, sparking speculation they could be teammates in the not too […]

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• West Ham come back after first bid of £5m is rejected • Striker has scored 11 goals in 21 games this season Sunderland have turned down a £6m bid for Jermain Defoe from West Ham United and have reiterated that they have no intention of selling their leading scorer. It is the second offer from West Ham that Sunderland have received since the transfer window opened – the opening salvo was £5m – and West…

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If a report by The Sun is to be believed, Brentford striker Scott Hogan is hoping West Ham come in with a £10million bid for him this month. The 24-year-old has already netted 14 goals for the Championship club this season and has caught the eye of a number of others clubs as a result, […]

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Nobody should be denied the opportunity of holding an opinion even if it is a load of cobblers! And those who are moaning and groaning about the club’s present move for 11-goal Jermaine Defoe have regularly caused my jaw to drop. Here’s a guy who at 34 apparently has the fitness level of a bloke […]

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Championship side Wigan Athletic want former Hammer Ravel Morrison according to reports. The Latics currently sit 23rd in the Championship in danger of relegation. The man in charge of Wigan Athletic at the moment is former Manchester United youth coach Warren Joyce, who coached Morrison in the Red Devils’ reserves during the rocky moments of his […]

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