The season's first trophy is up for grabs as Chelsea and Man City meet at Wembley while Man United and Liverpool clash in the Premier League. Here's our picks on an action-packed weekend.
Posted on 22 February 2019.
The season's first trophy is up for grabs as Chelsea and Man City meet at Wembley while Man United and Liverpool clash in the Premier League. Here's our picks on an action-packed weekend.
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Posted on 22 February 2019.
Manchester United 's interim boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will take charge of his first Manchester derby at Old Trafford on Wednesday April 24, live on Sky Sports.
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Posted on 22 February 2019.
The Premier League has announced its 2019/20 season will begin on Saturday, August 10, with the transfer window closing two days earlier.
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Posted on 22 February 2019.
West Ham boss Manuel Pellegrini believes Declan Rice is already England's best holding midfielder.
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Posted on 22 February 2019.
Hammer Marko Arnautovic has been named as Austrian player of the year for 2018 by his fellow countrymen. Speaking to Austrian paper Kronen Zeitung, he pledged his future to West Ham. saying: “I think it’s really obvious what the media attention has caused. Otherwise, I do not want to say much about it anymore. I’m a West […]
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Posted on 22 February 2019.
According to Mundo Deportivo, West Ham transfer target Maxi Gomez is at the top of a Barcelona shortlist to be a long-term replacement for Luis Suarez due to his experience in La Liga as well as them being national teammates which should help him adapt to the club and learn the style of play. However, the […]
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Posted on 22 February 2019.
Hammers chief Manuel Pellegrini has spoken about the once much discussed relationship with co owner David Sullivan declaring in a very straightforward manner: “I have not had any problems.” A lot of Hammers fans have long believed the chief shareholder imposes his own will on managers and makes all the decisions on signings and departures. […]
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Posted on 22 February 2019.
Michail Antonio has seen the dark side of racism during his time in the game but as he approaches his 100th Premier League appearance tomorrow night against Fulham refuses to be concerned by ignorance from the bigots. The Hammers utility man is far more concerned with being a good example to his own children by […]
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Posted on 22 February 2019.
Rice pledged his allegiance to England over the Republic of Ireland last week, ending months of speculation over his international future.
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Posted on 21 February 2019.
Felipe Anderson happily admits he has worked his socks off to repay the faith shown in him by Manuel Pellegrini and West Ham. He has shown – game by game exactly what is required to go higher – quality signings and a lot of money. Sounds simple of course but this is the first season […]
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Posted on 21 February 2019.
Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp was today fined £45,000 by the Football Association for comments he made about the referee after the 1-1 draw with West Ham in a Premier League game at the London Stadium on February 4th. The FA charged Klopp earlier this month after his comments were ruled to have “questioned the integrity […]
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Posted on 21 February 2019.
Jack Wilshere may be approaching a make or break situation on his Hammers future should he be unable to make a full recovery from his injury problems! Manager Manuel Pellegrini revealed yesterday it was hoped an evaluation next week would make the player’s situation clearer. Absent from action since December he will be given time to […]
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Posted on 21 February 2019.
Fulham boss Claudio Ranieri has warned his team that the Hammers have many game changers in their squad and predicts a tough match for his seriously threatened relegation strugglers. Speaking at his pre-match presser he said of the Irons: “It’s difficult because they have very good players, they are very calm. If I remember well, […]
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Posted on 21 February 2019.
Former Hammer Havard Nordtveit could make his debut for Fulham tomorrow against his former team. Nordtveit signed for the Hammers in July 2016 on a free transfer from Borussia Mönchengladbach signing a five year contract. He made his official debut for the Hammers on 28 July in a 2–1 defeat to NK Domžale in the first leg of a Europa […]
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Posted on 21 February 2019.
West Ham supporters are confident of a Fulham double with 83% of Claret and Hugh readers expecting a West Ham win on Friday night. Just over 5% expect Fulham to win while the remaining 12% predict a draw. West Ham won 2-0 away to Fulham in December and are hoping to complete a league double […]
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Posted on 21 February 2019.
Sky Sports pundit Paul Merson predicts an easy 3-1 win for the Hammers when thy face Fulham tomorrow evening at the London Stadium. Merson wrote on the Sky Sports website “Fulham are in the must-win saloon but they are letting in goals for fun, and I don’t see anything except a victory for West Ham. […]
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Posted on 21 February 2019.
Hammer Martin Samuelsen has returned home by joining Norwegian Eliteserien club FK Haugesund on loan until 30 June 2019. The 21-year-old had been on loan at Dutch Eredivisie side VVV-Venlo, but has now gone back to his birth town where he grew up in search of more regular game time. Samuelsen played 12 times for Venlo in […]
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Posted on 21 February 2019.
Manuel Pellegrini is never an easy boss to read when it comes to team selection but with playmakers on the way back we are likely to see a Hammers team more in his image than previously this season. However, tomorrow night we will probably see the team that started the Palace game – with the […]
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Posted on 21 February 2019.
The West Ham United Official Supporters’ Board have published extensive minutes of their second meeting on WHUFC.com. The official minutes cover a meeting held at the London Stadium club store on 6th February which discusses a wide range of topics including the Billy Bonds stand ceremony, the Claret pitch surround, commissioning a new statue, catering managed by […]
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Posted on 21 February 2019.
West Ham are set to see a possible exit of SIX players in the summer as Manuel Pellegrini looks to raise cash for reinforcements. ClaretandHugh understands that Arthur Masuaku, Pedro Obiang, Carlos Sanchez, Chicharito and Lucas Perez are all players the boss may be ready to lose as he looks to the future. Andy Carroll is […]
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Posted on 21 February 2019.
West Ham midfielder Felipe Anderson has opened up on his difficult upbringing in Brazil, revealing there were times when 'we didn't have enough food on the table'.
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Posted on 21 February 2019.
Manuel Pellegrini having hinted that Manu Lanzini could be in the squad for Fulham tomorrow night (Fri) believes the brilliant midfielder will return without fear. After nine months on the sidelines the manager has seen all the right signs from the creative midfielder and declared: “Seeing Manuel working during the last two weeks for me […]
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Posted on 21 February 2019.
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Posted on 21 February 2019.
West Ham are looking to complete a league double over Fulham for the first time since 2009. Fulham are winless in their last nine Premier League away games against West Ham (D4 L5), since winning their first such game back in November 2001 (2-0). West Ham are looking to win three home Premier League London derbies […]
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Posted on 21 February 2019.
Felipe Anderson can remember when there was never enough food on the family tables and watching his parents arguing about their debt problems. And in a human interest feature reported on the BBC website @ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47240426 he reveals how despite his obvious talent for the game buying a pair of football boots was an impossibility. He […]
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Posted on 21 February 2019.
EXCLUSIVE BY SAMI MOKBEL: The anguish is written all over Antonio's face as he recalls a moment he simply cannot forget 'I was 13 and one of the boys on the other team called me a monkey'.
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