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West Ham fan favourite Jack Collison has tipped Martin Samuelsen to become leading players for West Ham in years to come. In a wide-ranging interview, the former Wales international, who was at the same club as Samuleson before he announced his retirement last month, said he has been very impressed with what he has seen

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West Ham United playmaker Dimitri Payet has been called into Didier Deschamps’ France squad following his superb run of form for the Hammers.

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Dimitri Payet and N’golo Kante have been rewarded for their stunning first seasons in English football with an international call-up from France boss Didier Deschamps.

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• Former Arsenal midfielder Nordtveit out of contract this summer • West Ham manager Slaven Bilic confirms interest in Norwegian West Ham United are hopeful of signing Havard Nordtveit on a free transfer, with Slaven Bilic confirming his interest in the Borussia Mönchengladbach captain. Related: N’Golo Kanté to Mattia Destro: what Europe’s top signings teach us about how to spend Continue reading…

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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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Slaven Bilic has confirmed that West Ham are set to complete the permanent signing of Manuel Lanzini and they are interested in Borussia Monchengladbach’s Havard Nordtveit.

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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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This kind of has Andy Carroll written all over it but with a difference. Mickeys spent a small fortune on Carroll, it went tits up because he wasn’t Rodgers cup of tea and sold to us for a cut price deal. Mickeys spend another small fortune on Benteke, Rodgers leaves Klopp takes over and Benteke isn’t Klopp’s cup of tea. In step WHU again. We all have our opinions in Carroll and my personal opinion is that…

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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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Social media is a wonderful thing when you can time hop back to see what people were saying about West Ham before the start of the season and before Olympic Stadium tickets went on sale. My  favourite tweet is from Niall Harbison posted on 1st July last year. “Football chairman are egotistical idiots. (West ham + […]

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One West Ham supporter received the following Email from West Ham this week. Presumably the supporter is the West Ham priority waiting list. “Dear Supporter, Please see the attached stadium map. IF you have yet to purchase seats for the 2016/2017 season please contact me urgently. We only have Band 4 seats available at £499 […]

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MARTIN SAMUEL: Sir Alex Ferguson had a special look of contempt for those who built elaborate theories around Cristiano Ronaldo’s free-kick technique. 

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Only a few months left in the season and then the transfer rumour mill restarts, linking every in-form Hammer a ‘big’ English club… Huh? What’s that? Oh, sorry! I’ve just had a flashback to five years ago! Let’s fast forward to June 2016… the new TV revenue comes into effect next season, which means every

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West Ham are not likely to be making a  marquee signing this summer as is being speculated across the national and social media. It has been widely reported that the Hammers are ready to splash out anything up to £25 million on one player simply because they are moving to a new stadium. But players […]

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West Ham will be hosting a special memorial service at the Boleyn Ground on Sunday 20 March at 10.30am to remember all those Hammers fans who sadly will not be able to join us on the journey to the Club’s new Stadium on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The service will especially commemorate all those loved […]

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The Hammers had been expecting Swansea to be the final visitors to the famous ground prior to their switch to the Olympic Stadium this summer but the honour will now fall to United.

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West Ham United’s Final Farewell to the Boleyn Ground will be the Barclays Premier League fixture against Manchester United on Tuesday 10 May. In a statement on www.whufc.com the club say: ‘The Hammers were originally due to take on Swansea City in their final home game at their historic home of 112 years, but the […]

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